In the last one month we’ve lost several great people, who have shaped the way culture is as we say it today – world culture and Indian culture…
Christopher Reeves – Superman – passed away 2 days ago, after a long struggle against the paralysis that had confined him to a wheelchair and forced him to survive on a respirator, after a equestrian accident.
Derrida, the founder of the Deconstructionist school of thought (which I studied in MA-II but still don’t under what it is all about!) passed away a few days back in Paris – the man definitely has an enormous impact on philosophy and the way literary texts are analysed today. Even though most of those who profess to understand him don’t really understand anything, he is a person you can NOT be ignorant of, if you’re in the field.
In India, we paid our last respects Mulk Raj Anand, one of the founders of Modern Indian English Literature, Shobha Gurtu who played an influential role in way Indian music developed and Arun Kolatkar, bi-lingual poet of collections of poems such as “Jejuri” and “Kala Ghoda”….
R.I.P
P.S. While on the subject of literature, I couldn’t resist making this small point – as I read about the latest Nobel Laureate, I couldn’t help but think that there is at least one person I know who would want to read “The Piano Teacher” ;-)
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"I couldn’t help but think that there is at least one person I know who would want to read “The Piano Teacher” ;-)"
I wonder who that would be ;-)..uhm.. *thinks hard*
from the sands they rise shall they return
the glory and the riches left behind
for thoughts and for talks
on the sands to which they will return
Have you read the "Morning Face" by Mulk Raj Anand?
Derrida? Dead? Where the hell have i been???
*blinks and looks around*
excuse me, while i go and mourn his passing away.
Nopes I've not read that one by MRA..infact I've only read "Untouchable" - which is not exactly the kind of litt I enjoy reading, so I've not tried reading anything else by him.
Superman is dead :'(
Let's observe a minute of silence for the caped crusader from Krypton.
(sniff)(sniff)
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