Jacob Grimm, following up the suggestion of a Danish Scholar, Rask, formulated explanation which accounted for the correspondences between certain consonants in Germanic language and those found in Sanskrit, Greek, and Latin. According to Grimm, the original voiceless stops (p, t, k) were changed to …
In the 9th century, a Persian doctor published one of the first written accounts of measles disease. In 1912, measles became notified disease. After that measles underwent a sea change in 1963 with the advent of the measles vaccine. Before the vaccine, measles affected almost …
The word Bacteria is derived from the Greek word bacterian which means a little stick. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch cloth merchant was the first person to see bacteria using a single lens. When Bacteria was first observed under the microscope, they looked like little …
Although R.K. Narayan is at his best in the delineation of the characters of rogues (rude) criminals and scoundrels the character of Natraj shows that Narayan is as deft in delineating the character of plain, simple and innocent people as that of a hardened criminal. …
As the leader of the poets of thirties, W.H. Auden is one of the remarkable importance like Eliot he was deeply aware of the hollowness of post-war civilization. His earlier poems show a faith in the violent social revolution for a better order. It softened …
Grimm’s Law is a study of correspondences between certain consonants in the Germanic language and those found in Greek, Latin, and Sanskrit. A Danish scholar Rask discovered that these changes were regular and according to certain laws of change. This was more formulated by a …
“Inquilab” is one of the most effective realistic play by Asif Currimbhoy regarding the social issue. Asif Currimbhoy (1928-1975) has his unique recognition to produce the crucial realistic play for contemporary India through his own transparent and impartial vision. He used to construct the plot …
The Man-eater of Malgudi is one of the most impressive novels of R.K. Narayan. In it, all the three important aspects of a novel namely plot, theme, and characterization have been successfully carried out. Round a somewhat, unusual story, the writer has a woman a …
The paradox is a true statement of a proposition which is contrary to received opinion. In paradox is described in contradiction as an unseparated part of antithesis but in paradox, an opinion does not leave its destination. In other words of literature, we can say …
Critical Appreciation of Silent Steps : Silent Steps is one of the famous poems taken from Rabindranath Tagore’s famous poetry collection, Gitanjali, a collection of 103 poems. The poem, silent step is the 45th number poem of poetry collection Gitanjali. Although Gitanjali, in the Bengali …
