Author : R. Raj Rao
Publisher : Queer Ink
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 45,58 MB
Release : 2022-03-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1922605077
Written in a spirit of activism, the street plays in this collection explore gay identity politics in language that is pure theatre. The monologues, spoken by a single character, Jay, at different points in his life, use homosexual sex as the backdrop, even as they make a satirical comment on bourgeois lifestyle, unemployment, male prostitution, the angst of the homosexual subject, religion, and right wing politics.
Author : Ramachandrapurapu Raj Rao
Publisher :
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 29,90 MB
Release : 1996
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Author : Dr Madhuri Madhukar Deshpande
Publisher : Blue Rose Publishers
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 47,59 MB
Release : 2023-08-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Message To the readers: The present book is the output of constant efforts and dedication, late Girish Karnad is the inspiration for me, so I decided to write the book on him He is my favorite playwright; hence, I wrote biography and have done the interpretation of his collected famous plays. The present book also focuses on the unique relevance of the playwright,it contains six chapters and Karnad's biography,his unique writing style,unique text which would be highly beneficial for the research in English Literature. I would like to request that readers your feedback would be highly appreciated. Please send your feedback to [email protected] I would like to express my roses of gratitude to the respected readers of this book for their trust , encouragement and inspiration. I am expecting your feedback & express my honor to the great legend late Girish Karnad for his unique contribution in Indian English Drama
Author : Eugene Benson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1950 pages
File Size : 21,67 MB
Release : 2004-11-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1134468482
" ... Documents the history and development of [Post-colonial literatures in English, together with English and American literature] and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.
Author : R Raj Rao
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 45,50 MB
Release : 2010-10-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9351181472
One Saturday morning in late 1992, Yudi, a forty something gay journalist, picks up a nineteen-year-old Dalit boy in the Churchgate loo. After hurried sex, he gets rid of the boy, afraid that he may be a hustler. There is nothing to set this brief encounter apart from numerous others, and Yudi returns to his bachelor's flat and sex with strangers. Months pass. But when riots break out in Mumbai, Yudi finds himself worrying about the boy from Churchgate station. He is in love. Chance brings the two together again, and this time they spend a week as a married couple in Yudi's flat, take a holiday, and meet for beer every Friday, till the boy, Milind Mahadik, disappears (he has been hired by a modelling-cum-call-boy agency owned by the Bollywood star Ajay Kapur, a closet bisexual). Desolate, Yudi finds solace in the company of the middle-aged painter Gauri, a highly-strung woman madly in love with him, whose advances he has consistently rejected. When Milind resurfaces, it is only to marry a girl chosen by his parents, for he has had it with Yudi and his kind. Yudi is heartbroken. But all is not lost: in straitened circumstances after marriage, Milind pays his gentleman friend a visit and stays the night. Henceforth, mutual need - Yudi's for love and Milind's for money - will keep bringing them together. In the final analysis, as Yudi tells Gauri - now the mistress of an ageing businessman - everything works out, and 'life is beautiful'. In his first novel, R. Raj Rao brings us a tragi-comic love story from the jumbled up heart of Mumbai.
Author : Rita Kothari
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 36,67 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0143416391
Contributed articles."Something has happened to English; and something has happened to Hindi. These two languages, widely spoken across India, need to be understood anew through their 'hybridization' into Hinglish -- a mixture of Hindi and English that has begun to make itself heard everywhere -- from daily conversation to news, films, advertisements and blogs. How did this popular form of urban communication evolve? Is this language the new and trendy idiom of a youthful population no longer competent in either English or Hindi? Or is it an Indianized version of a once-colonial language, claiming its legitimate place alongside India's many bhashas? Chutnefying English: The Phenomenon of Hinglish, the first book on the subject, takes a serious look at this widespread phenomenon of our times which has pervaded every aspect of our daily lives. It addresses the questions that many speakers of both languages ask time and again: should Hinglish be spurned as the bastard offspring of its two parent languages, or welcomed as the natural and legitimate result of their long-term cohabitation? Leading scholars from literature, cultural studies, translation, cinema and new media come together to offer a collection of essays that is refreshingly new in thought and content."--Page 2 of cover.
Author : Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 23,51 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780231128100
Annotation This volume surveys 200 years of Indian literature in English. Written by Indian scholars and critics, many of the 24 contributions examine the work of individual authors, such as Rabindranath Tagore, R.K. Narayan, and Salman Rushdie. Others consider a particular genre, such as post-independence poetry or drama. The volume is illustrated with b&w photographs of writers along with drawings and popular prints. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
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Publisher : Arihant Publications India limited
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 10,17 MB
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ISBN : 9326191974
Author : Andrew Grossman
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,77 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781560231394
This unique book presents multiple points of view on the portrayal of gay, lesbian, and transgendered people in film throughout Asia. From the subversive sadomasochism of Japan's "pink films" to the hard-boiled world of Hong Kong's gangster movies, Queer Asian Cinema analyzes and discusses attitudes toward homosexuality in the full spectrum of Asian film. In addition, it reveals the hidden homoerotic subtext of otherwise conventional films. Queer Asian Cinema brings together experts in both film-making and movie criticism, providing a balanced viewpoint to unite the worlds of academic and popular perceptions on this largely neglected area of cinematic discourse.
Author : E. Dawson Varughese
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 15,32 MB
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1441136231
Reading New India is an insightful exploration of contemporary Indian writing in English. Exploring the work of such writers as Aravind Adiga (author of the Man-Booker Prize winning White Tiger), Usha K.R. and Taseer, the book looks at how the 'new' India has been recreated and defined in an English Language literature that is now reaching a global audience. The book describes how Indian fiction has moved beyond notions of 'postcolonial' writing to reflect an increasingly confident and diverse cultures. Reading New India covers such topics as: - Representation of the city: Mumbai and Bangalore - Chick Lit to Crick Lit - Call centre dramas and corporate lives - Crime novels and Bharati narratives - Graphic novels Including a chronological time-line of major social, cultural and political reforms, biographies of the major authors covered, further reading and a glossary of Hindi terms, this book is an essential guide for students of contemporary world literature and postcolonial writing.
