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Palamuru University Sem 3 -Unit II Prose Toasted English  RK Narayan About R. K. Narayan:- Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayanswami ( RK. Narayan)was born in Madras on October 10, 1906. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Padma Bhushan. R.K. Narayan remains one of the most renowned and widely read Indian novelists.  He is considered one of India's greatest English novelists. R.K.Narayan  writing style and  language is formal  and  so simple.It doesn’t hit the readers with the pompous and boring long paragraphs as we see in other authors.Gentle humour ,subtle  irony , Indianness and Indian middle class themes are his  prime arms and ammunition. He published fifteen novels and more than two hundred short stories .  Summary:- Toasted English (Text) In American restaurants they call for ‘toasted English’, referring to English muffins which, though being made in America, now retain ‘English’ as a sort of concession to their ori...

MA English (Previous) Palamuru & Osmania University Sem 2 paper IV- Indian Writing in English Silence is All by Sri Aurobindo Silence is all, say the sages. Silence watches the work of the ages; In the book of Silence the cosmic Scribe has written his cosmic pages; Silence is all, say the sages. 2 What then of the word, O speaker? What then of the thought, O thinker? Thought is the wine of the soul and the word is the beaker; Life is the banquet-table – the soul of the sage is the drinker. 3 What of the wine, O mortal? I am drunk with the wine as I sit at Wisdom’s portal, Waiting for the Light beyond thought and the Word immortal. Long I sit in vain at Wisdom’s portal. 4 How shalt thou know the Word when it comes, O seeker? How shalt thou know the Light when it breaks, O witness? I shall hear the voice of the God within me and grow wiser and meeker; I shall be the tree that takes in the light as its food, I shall drink its nectar of sweetness

' The Eyes Are Not Here Ruskin Bond Osmania University UG English I yr -Sem 1 (With effect from AY 2021-22)  Identify the instances from Ruskin Bond's story where the narrator tries to cover up his disability. How does the girl respond to his questions ? ( Dec 23/Jan 2024)  Summary and Analysis.  ' The Eyes Are Not Here'  is a short story written by well-known children's writer and Indian author of British descent Ruskin. He was born on 19th May 1934 and lives in Missouri. His first novel 'The  Room on the Roof ' was received well by the readers. Bond created a fictional character named Rusty. His literary output includes a wide range of genres, including autobiographical works, novels, short stories, non-fiction, and children's literature.His popular books are  Flight of Pigeons ,  The Blue Umbrella, Our trees still grow in Dehra.  He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for the novel  ‘Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra’ .  Roads...

Osmania University I yr-Sem 3 Unit -2 Prose   How to live to be 200 Stephen Leacock Video Lesson Summary:- Stephen Butler Leacock(1869–1944) was born in England,  At the age of 6, he immigrated to Canada with his parents. His books Literary Lapses (1910) and Nonsense Novels (1911) are very popular. The present essay is from Literary Lapses Stephen Leacock, a Canadian author, wrote this satirical and humorous essay. The writer brings out the follies, especially the young men of his time, who wanted to keep them fit and live long.The title is exaggerating. The writer makes fun of health maniacs and advises youth not to follow fitness freaks.  The writer satirizes health freaks. He ridicules health habits and calls them maniacs. He elaborates on his views about health freaks, giving an example of Jiggins’ life. Jiggins represents many youth, who unnecessarily do excessive exercises to keep them fit. Jiggins wanted to live strong, healthy, and for a long time. He used to...

Telangana Intermediate First year The Five Boons of Life Mark Twain The Five Boons of Life is a moral short story with a twist at the end. It was written by Samuel Laughorne Clemens, popularly known as Mark Twain (1835–1910). He was a humorist, journalist, lecturer, and novelist who is well known for his adventure stories of boyhood, especially The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885).  The story is about choosing the right option in one's life. Prioritizing things in our lives is the most important thing. Characters: The Fairy The man The child   The story contains five chapters, each about a boon.A good fairy offers a youth five boons, i.e., pleasure, love, fame, riches, and death. She asks him to choose one valuable gift wisely from her basket. Fairy says only one of the five boons is valuable. He immediately chooses pleasure, which leads to feelings of disappointment. So he laments his choice and asks the fairy for another chance. T...

  Palamuru University Sem 3 (from 2022-23)  Too dear!  Leo Tolstoy The Russian author Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) is considered one of the greatest writers in literary history. His novels, novellas, short tales, and essays contain themes like love, war, spirituality, and social justice. His most well-known works are "War and Peace," "Anna Karenina," and "The Death of Ivan Ilyich.” Tolstoy’s influence was great in the literary world. Tolstoy influenced M.K. Gandhi, Anton Chekhov, Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, and James Joyce. Twenty-three Tales is a popular compilation of short stories by Tolstoy. The present story, Too Dear!, is the 20th chapter in the compilation.      Leo Tolstoy's satirical story "Too Dear!" ridicules the legal system and the idea of the death penalty. The story takes place in a small kingdom named 'Monaco', situated on the Mediterranean Sea's shore near the borders of France and Italy. It is a tiny kingdom with ...