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The Intrusion by Shashi Deshpande

The Intrusion Summary The short story “The Intrusion” revolves around the consent of a woman. Her parents don’t give importance to her consent before her marriage. Later, her husband also ignores her consent. Consequently, her husband intrudes into her ‘privacy’ and she cannot protect herself from the intrusion into her body. The short story was…

Mulk Raj Anand | Two Lady Rams [A Complete Explanation]

Mulk Raj Anand | Two Lady Rams [A Complete Explanation]

Mulk Raj Anand’s “Two Lady Rams” was published in Man Whose Name did not Appear in the Census and other Stories. I will discuss the following points in this blog post: Two Lady Rams Summary  It is a humorous story about Lalla Jhinda Ram and his two wives, Sukhi and Sakuntala. Ram is a contractor to whom…

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The Strange Affair of Robin S Ngangom

Introduction About the poet Robin S Ngangom is a bilingual poet from Manipur who writes both in English and Manipuri. Ngangom describes his poetry as “mostly autobiographical, written with the hope of enthusing readers with my communal or carnal life — the life of a politically-discriminated-against, historically-overlooked individual from the nook of a third world…

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Poem Enterprise Summary & Theme

Nissim Ezekiel’s “Enterprise” is about a quest for some pilgrims.  Enterprise Summary A group of pilgrims sets off to an unknown destination. At the outset of the journey, they are thrilled.  Soon, their excitement fades as they reach a desert. Arguments start among them over crossing a desert patch. As a result, an intellectual member of the group…