Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poemsK. M. George This Is The First Of Three-Volume Anthology Of Writings In Twenty-Two Indian Languages, Including English, That Intends To Present The Wonderful Diversities Of Themes And Genres Of Indian Literature. This Volume Comprises Representative Specimens Of Poems From Different Languages In English Translation, Along With Perceptive Surveys Of Each Literature During The Period Between 1850 And 1975. |
Contents
xxvii | 55 |
55 | 71 |
Dogri | 95 |
English | 104 |
Gujarati | 120 |
PRASAD | 144 |
Kannada | 167 |
Kashmiri | 191 |
Chanakya DINANATH PATHAK | 737 |
The Vast Forest RAJAKAMAL | 744 |
Tell Me if Alls Well with You AMAR | 750 |
A Lullaby IRAYIMMAN THAMPI | 755 |
A Lament V C BALAKRISHNA PANICKER | 768 |
Two Poems VALLATHOL NARAYANA MENON | 775 |
Two Poems ULLOOR PARAMESWARA IYER | 782 |
The Bell Tolls EDAPPALLY RAGHAVAN PILLAI | 789 |
Konkani | 205 |
JAYAKANTA MISHRA | 219 |
AYYAPPA PANIKER | 231 |
IROM BABU SINGH | 256 |
SUDHEER RASAL | 264 |
Nepali | 285 |
Oriya | 297 |
S S KOHLI | 320 |
RAWAT SARASWAT | 342 |
K KRISHNAMOORTHY | 355 |
Tamil | 378 |
Telugu | 401 |
SHAMSUR RAHMAN FARUQI | 420 |
A Letter from My Sweetheart HEMACHANDRA GOSWAMI | 445 |
The Boatman | 451 |
The Setting Horizon HIRENDRANATH DUTTA | 457 |
Sound of the Flute HIREN BHATTACHARYA | 463 |
Hymn of | 475 |
The Rebel NAZRUL ISLAM | 487 |
The Pessimist JATINDRANATH SENGUPTA | 493 |
CamelBird SUDHINDRANATH DATTA | 503 |
Banalata Sen JIBANANANDA DAS | 509 |
On This Shore AMIYA CHAKRAVARTI | 510 |
This Little Life SUDARSHAN KAUSHAL NOORPURI | 516 |
The Rajas Palaces PADMA SACHDEV | 522 |
Kindling the Latent Love MOHAN LAL SAPOLIA | 529 |
Indian Weavers SAROJINI NAIDU | 536 |
Autobiography DOM MORAES | 543 |
Smallscale Reflections | 549 |
Gujarati | 556 |
The Last Goblet ZAVERCHAND MEGHANI | 566 |
As a Flower I Come SUNDARAM | 568 |
Bombay City NIRANJAN BHAGAT | 575 |
Remembered You HARINDRA DAVE | 582 |
Kamayani JAISHANKAR PRASAD | 597 |
Himalaya RAMDHARI SINGH DINKAR | 610 |
The Night of Ravenous Hair G K MATHUR | 616 |
Without a Body B B AGARWAL | 627 |
Madalingas Valley MASTI VENKATESHA IYENGAR | 635 |
Rangavalli P T NARASIMHACHAR | 642 |
V GUNDAPPA | 650 |
The Jogi D R BENDRE | 656 |
Seat Me Not on Your Throne K S NARASIMHASWAMY | 665 |
A Leafless Tree V K GOKAK | 672 |
The SnakeCharmer Boy S R EKKUNDI | 678 |
Kashmiri | 685 |
Helplessness ZINDA KAUL | 692 |
Night Watchman VASUDEV REH | 698 |
Two Poems B B BORKAR | 705 |
Shadow PANDURANG BHANGUI | 711 |
The Earth R B VELUSKAR | 717 |
Two Poems YATRI | 724 |
Vow RAGHAVACHARYA SHASTRI | 730 |
The Master Carpenter G SANKARA KURUP | 795 |
Onam Singers VYLOPPILLI SREEDHARA MENON | 803 |
When Ideologies Are Asleep EDASSERY GOVINDAN NAIR | 810 |
Manipuri | 816 |
The Story of a Dustbin TH IBOPISHAK SINGH | 822 |
My Slate L SAMARENDRA SINGH | 829 |
Marathi | 837 |
Two Poems MADHAV JULIAN | 841 |
Listen to Me INDIRA | 848 |
Today Thirtytwo | 858 |
The Third One ARTI PRABHU | 867 |
Nepali | 877 |
This Life O What a Life HARIBHAKTA KATUWAL | 884 |
A Prisoner Remembering | 896 |
Two Poems MAYADHAR MANSINGH | 903 |
The Cherished Jewel NANDA KISHORE BAL | 909 |
SACHI ROUTRAY | 917 |
The Song of Jara the Hunter SITAKANT MAHAPATRA | 924 |
Punjabi | 931 |
Radhas Message DHANI RAM CHATRIK | 937 |
Say unto Waris Shah AMRITA PRITAM | 945 |
Before Curfew Time SUKHPAL VIR SINGH HASRAT | 952 |
I a Paper Ravan J S AHLUWALIA | 958 |
The Nondescript HARBHAJAN SINGH | 962 |
Before Memories Perish JASWANT SINGH NEKI | 969 |
Compassion G S PADIHAR | 977 |
Beauty Alabaster N S BHATI | 984 |
Two Poems CHANDRA SINGH | 991 |
Famine RAWAT SARASWAT | 997 |
The Widening Gulf NAND BHARADWAJ | 1003 |
The Caged Parrot APPASASTRI RASIWADEKAR | 1011 |
A Quintet of Welcome KUMARAN ASAN | 1018 |
Sitas Life REWA PRASAD DWIVEDI | 1024 |
Robbed of Everything VIRENDRA KUMAR BHATTACHARYA | 1030 |
Down Memory Lane ABDUL HUSSAIN SANGI | 1035 |
Two Poems LEKHRAJ AZIZ | 1041 |
This Merchant World HARI DILGIR | 1047 |
Face to Face with | 1053 |
The Parrot Cage NAA PICHAMOORTHY | 1064 |
Let the Door Be Opened KULOTHUNGAN | 1073 |
Just Think It Over VALLIKANNAN | 1080 |
My God My God | 1083 |
Vine of Love RAYAPROLU SUBBA RAO | 1089 |
Graveyard GURRAM JOSHUVA | 1097 |
Loves Glory BASAVARAJU VENKATA APPA RAO | 1103 |
The Solstice TUMMALA SITHARAMAMURTHY | 1109 |
Two Poems DEVULAPALLI VENKATA KRISHNA SASTRY | 1115 |
Twinkling Anklets C NARAYANA REDDY | 1121 |
A Ghazal HASRAT MOHANI | 1127 |
Two Poems MUHAMMAD IQBAL | 1132 |
An Evening on the Far Side | 1138 |
Compromise AKHTARUL IMAM | 1144 |
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