Sarup Book Publisher imprint: 40 books

The creation of knowledge about other cultures with the sole aim of controlling them has been admirably documented by Palestinian scholar Edward Said in his mammoth work, Orientalism, published in 1978. This work inspired a whole new discipline, post-colonial studies, which has served, among many other things to throw light on the perpetuation of stereotypes about the Other

William Shakespeare holds an eminent place in the galaxy of great writers of the world. Today in the world of science and technology where man has little time to stand and stare, the works of William Shakespeare appeal to all and sundry and they are being read and enjoyed in every nook and corner of this globe.

What is important in literature is voice and keen observation of life, which the writer observes from the mundane world. But the significance of great literature is marked as to how an author transforms the everyday experience into an immortal piece of imaginative literature that echoes the soul of the...

Heaneys astonishingly rapid growth as a literary reputation and the culmination of it in the winning of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995, is a long and successful journey of his facile pen, which unearthed several volumes of poetry, prose and criticism. Internal strife since late 1960s in Northern...

This volume, dedicated to Qaisra, collects and presents a series of academic papers and analysis of Qaisras work from around the world that is richly deserved and significant. In the essays, we glean more information about the historical and cultural context for her work and its deep relevance to some of the big issues that currently concern us.

It was in fact Ibn Taymiyyah who lashed at logic, denounced definition, stifled syllogism, attacked analogical reasoning, so that if we are looking for someone to blame for the degeneration of Muslim thought and action although there are other causes for that then surely Ibn Taymiyyahs influence is a major cause of our present intellectual confusion.

Mahesh Dattani is probably the best known playwright in India. His plays are performed and read almost everywhere in India and abroad. One of the reasons for Dattanis success as a dramatist appears to be his artistic response to the problems of the time. Mahesh Dattani and others like Girish Karnad,...

The sub-continent of India is a superb congregation of multiethnic and multicultural transaction. English being a lingua-franca for literary expressions has been significantly sufficient to give vent to the cultural debates on multiple issues. So Indian Writings in English are translations, trans-creations...

Niranjan Mohanty(19532008,) is one of the Orissan poetic pilgrims, who does not belong to the so-called hubs of literary administration, politics and favouritism. He is not metro-bred; he grew up listening to the incessant silent cry of common birds and animals. The poet in Mohanty identifies himself...

Anita Desai is undoubtedly one of the most powerful Indian novelists in English. She is more concerned with the inner realities, the psychic cries and conflicts than the social, political and cultural scenario of the nation. Her primary objective in her novels is to dive deep into the inaccessible and...

East is East and West is West, and never the twin shall meet (Rudy and kipling) This Concept is changed into post-modern concept of the global relationship where the East is meeting the west every year about thousands of women of former USSR are married to U.S. Citizens. Not only this a number of men...

Writings meant especially for children have always reflected societys caring approach to their budding minds. Regarded as the future of society, they need to be guided along the paths which the grown-ups try to make better, safer and sounder. And this is done with a lot of affection, love, care and sense of protecting them from harmful effects.