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“To India – My Native Land” – Henry Louis Vivian Derozio My country! In thy days of glory past A beauteous halo circled round thy brow and worshipped as a deity thou wast— Where is thy glory, where the reverence now? Thy eagle pinion is chained down at last, AndContinue Reading
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (18 April 1809 – 26 December 1831) was an Anglo-Indian poet and assistant headmaster of Hindu College, Kolkata. He was a radical thinker of his time and one of the first Indian educators to disseminate Western learning and science among the young men of Bengal. HeContinue Reading
1) Who approached to Flora for a flower and why? “The Lotus” by Toru Dutt, begins with the goddess of love, approaching the flower goddess, Flora to create a flower who would undisputedly be the queenliest of all flowers. Both the lily and the rose, use their “bards of power”Continue Reading
1) What does Taru Dutt compare the Python to and why? The “beautiful last poem” in the Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan by Toru Dutt, published in 1882, five years after her death, in which the “loving and observant spirit” of this gifted Indo-Anglian poet “finds, perhaps, its highestContinue Reading
Toru Dutt’s “The Lotus” is a Petrarchan sonnet that deals with the issue of crowning a flower as the queen. When Love looks for it, the choice cannot be made easily. Poets over the years have highlighted different aspects of the rose and lily, two contenders for the high honour,Continue Reading
“Our Casuarina Tree,” a poem written in English by the Indian writer Toru Dutt, celebrates the majesty of the Casuarina Tree as the poet/speaker remembers her happy childhood days spent under it and revives her memories with her beloved siblings. The fact that the tree is associated, in the speaker’sContinue Reading
The Lotus[1] Love came to Flora[2] asking for a flower That would of flowers be undisputed queen, The lily and the rose[3], long, long had been Rivals for that high honour. Bards[4] of power Had sung their claims. “The rose can never tower Continue Reading
Our Casuarina Tree[1] LIKE a huge Python, winding round and round The rugged trunk, indented deep with scars, thrust; cut Up to its very summit near the stars, A creeper climbs, in whose embraces bound encircled No other tree could live. But gallantly Continue Reading
Toru Dutt (1856–1877) was a Bengali poet, novelist, and translator who wrote in English and French. She is considered one of the earliest Indian writers in English literature and played a crucial role in introducing Indian themes to Western readers. Despite her short life, she left a lasting impact withContinue Reading
In Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice, set in the Regency Period, dance performs several important functions. Dance patterns emulate courtship rituals, marking dance as a microcosm for courtship and marriage – two main themes of the novel. The Regency period propagated the belief that no ingredient was more essentialContinue Reading
