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R. Raj Rao

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                    R. Raj Rao   ABOUT:                 Ramachandrapurapu Raj Rao (born 1955) is an Indian writer, poet and teacher of literature who has been described as "one of India's leading gay-rights activists". Rao was one of the first recipients of the newly established Quebec-India awards. On the recurring themes of homosexuality in his works, Rao says: "I am myself a poet, novelist, playwright and writer of non-fiction. Similarly, my teaching and research interests in queer (same sex) theory and queer literature are a direct and natural outcome of my being gay and imaginatively tackling the subject in my fiction, poetry and plays.   There’s hardly anyone as vocal and straight-forward about homosexuality as writer R. Raj Rao. Rao’s own tryst with identifying his sexual inclination came early on in life.   “My homosexuality is of the exclusive kind. I was never attracted to girls,” he says, adding, “I grew up in south Bombay and during
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Character Sketch of Padmini : ( Hayavadhana)

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  Character Sketch of Padmini : ( Hayavadhana) ·        Introduction:-                                   “Hayavadana” is a play written by Girish Karnard. It was written in 1971 and was awarded Natya Sangh Award in 1972. The play is written in two acts, which can be divided as Prologue and Epilogue.   “Hayavadana” is the story of a woman Padmini who marries a great scholar poet, Devdatta A close and intimate friend of Devdatta is the strong and muscular bodied Kapila. He suspects that he loves his wife Padmini. The play is made further interesting with the introduction of a body with horse’s head.   ·        About Author:-                                                      Girish Karnard born on 19 May 1938 and died on 10 June 2019 was an Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and a Rhodes Scholar, who predominantly worked in South Indian Cinema and Bollywood. Irish Karnard was born in Matheran, in present day Maharashtra, 1938. He belonged from a p
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Hello Everyone, I'm Utkarsha Arya. I'm student of English Literature. I'm pursuing my Master's in Arts in English Literature in Bhakt Kavi Narsinh Mehta University. I completed my Graduation in Bahauddin Arts College. My hobbies are doing painting, watching Drama's or movies, dancing. I hold interest in Novels, Short Stories, Drama's mainly of Indian English Literature. I like to discuss more about Literature and other works.
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"The Family Reunion" by T.S.Eliot

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INTRODUCTION : Hello Everyone, so today we are going to talk about one of the Famous Work written by T.S.Eliot i.e. " The Family Reunion". It is a famous work in English Literature. Although we are not going through the whole play but we are going to talk little about the Author , Characters, Summary and Themes used in the play. A this points would be useful for you to write in exams too. I hope you would like this points. So, Lets begin with our topic.   ABOUT AUTHOR: Thomas Stearns Eliot  born on 26 September 1888.  in  St. Louis , Missouri, to a prominent  Boston Brahmin  family. His father,  Henry Ware Eliot  (1843–1919), was a successful businessman, president and treasurer of the Hydraulic-Press Brick Company in St Louis. His mother,  Charlotte Champe Stearns  (1843–1929), wrote poetry and was a social worker, a new profession in the early 20th century. Eliot was the last of six surviving children. Known to family and friends as Tom, he was the na
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