Ajit Kaliya

'The Postmaster is a short story by Indian writer Rabindranath Tagore. The writer considered as the greatest Indian literary figure of the twentieth century. He won the Nobel prize for literature. 'The Postmaster' is a story of attachment. The Postmaster takes his post to remote village Ulapur. Jr was from Calcutta and so he did not like the place. He feels like a fish out of water in the village. Postmaster was living alone and had to cook himself. Ratan, an orphan girl help him occasionally. Postmaster shares his feeling with Ratan, tells about his family. Those memories were always haunting him. Postmaster teaches Ratan to read. One day Postmaster falls ill and Ratan takes good care of him. Called village doctor, have pills on right time, sat up all night by his pillow, cooked his gruel for him. But Postmaster decides to apply for transfer. He applies on the ground of the unhealthiness of the place. Postmaster was waiting for reply and one day it comes, telling t...

'Moby Dick' is an adventurous revenge novel by American writer Herman Mellville, published in 1851. It is about sea voyage for taking revenge with white whale by a man whose leg was lost because of that whale named Moby Dick. Ishmael is the narrator of the novel. He had made several voyages as a sailor but now he wants to sail as a whaler. He travels to New Bedford, where he lives in whalers inn with Queequeg. They both decide to seek work on a whaling ship together. They go to Nantucket, the traditional capital of the whaling. They find work on the ship calledPequod. a savage-looking ship. They come to know about ship's mysterious captain, Ahab, who has lost his leg in an encounter with a sperm whale on his last voyage. The Pequod leaves Nantucket on a cold Christmas Day with a crew made up of men from many different countries and races. Soon the ship is in warmer waters, and Ahab makes his first appearance on deck, announcing his desire to take revenge with Moby Di...

'A Cup Of Tea' is a short story by Katherine Mansfield. It deals with theme of jealousy. Rosemary Fell is a rich, young married woman who have find of reading. She had been married two years and her husband loves her. One winter afternoon Rosemary goes to little antique shop in Curzon Street. While returning, she meets a young beggar girl. She asks for price of a cup of tea. She supposed to take that girl home and she did it. Rosemary takes that girl home and serves her. She also says that she will look after her. While two girls were talking, Rosemary's husband Philip enters and Rosemary introducing with the new girl. Philip requests Rosemary to come in library. There he asks about the unknown girl. Rosemary tells truth and Philip says that it is not possible to take her with them. Rosemary argues and Philip plays trick. He begun to praise that girl. He says, "I was bowled over when I came into you room just now." Rosemary begun to feel very jealous. She ...

'Tughlaq' is a play in thirteen scenes by Indian dramatist, actor, film director Girish Karnad. It is about life of 14th century ruler Delhi Mohammad Bin Tughlaq. Tughlaq is considered one of the greatest ruler and one of the greatest failure also. His personality  was puzzled. He took many big decisions and that lead him to disaster. He takes decisions like shifting capital from Delhi to Daulatabad. It took many people's lives and corrupted officers like Aziz and Azam loot people. His other decisions like banish Namaz and after five years five time prayer a day otherwise people will be punished. He replaced gold and silver coins with copper coins but that also failed because new coins were very easy to copy and people made so much counterfeit coins. He increased taxes and became enemy of farmers. He had killed his father and brother. So he was very cruel. In the end of the play he understands his mistakes. Lonely and shattered from inside he prays to God. So it is a...

'All My Sons' is a play by Arthur Miller. Setting of the play is time of second world war. Plot of the play moves around wealthy Keller family. Joe Keller, a businessman, lives with his wife, Kate, and son, Chris, in America. Their other son Larry was missing who has taken part in World War II. Three years had passed and everybody was sure of his death except his mother who is very superstitious. Chris tries to explain to give up that hope because he wants to marry Ann, Larry's former fiancée. Now Ann arrives to Keller family. Ann's father Steeve Server was in prison for a crime he committed while working in Joe's factory. They sent defective air plane parts even if they knew of faults. It caused the death of 21 pilots during the war including Larry. Case happens and Joe also was convicted, but he set free and Steve went to prison. Joe had no regret and after returning home, makes his business bigger and better. Now Anne's brother George arrives from v...

Middlemarch is a novel by George Eliot. It was her pen name, whose real name was Mary Anne Evens. Thus novel was published in 1872. It is not a novel of one or two major characters. Its subtitle is study of provincial life. Means it describes life of many people. It describes life of people of Middlemarch town. Story starts with characters of two sisters. Dorothea Brooke and Celia Brooke who live with their uncle Arthur Brooke. Their neighbour sir James Chattam wants to marry Dorothea. But she thinks that Celia is more suitable for James Chattam. One day James comes for dinner with Mr. Casaubon who was quite old. Dorothea impressed by his ideas, marries him. Soon Dorothea meets Will Ladislaw, cousin of Mr. Casaubon. A young doctor Tertius Lydgate arrives in Middlemarch. Many people were not happy because of his new experiments. He falls in love with Rosamond Vincy who was sister of one of his patient, Fred Vincy. Fred Vincy was in debt and wanted to marry Mary Garth. Mary demands if ...