Renowned writers have dealt with love, seduction and sex aesthetically and sensitively. Ratan takes a close look into the so-called ‘Victorian taboos’ and shows us how these ‘three sirens’ of literature...
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February 11, 2016
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Ratan Bhattacharjee
Fake Universities Doom Education in India
The Education Mafiosi is turning the temples of learning into education shops. There are 21 fake universities, 340 private institutions run unaccredited courses and merely 4352 universities and colleges, out of...
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December 5, 2015
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Ratan Bhattacharjee
Two Dark Poems
Different Truths introduces poems from this issue. Ratan pens two dark poems that deal with hatred, violence and deaths, unleashing untold miseries that men in the supreme ignorance bring...
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November 30, 2015
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Ratan Bhattacharjee
Reaching out to Africa in Literature
Ratan maps the development of African Literature. African writings form the Fourth World Literature. This emerging voice has caught the attention of researchers and readers alike. Here’s an in-depth account. Jack...
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November 24, 2015
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Ratan Bhattacharjee
Superwoman and the Fourth Wave of Feminism
Ratan examines the emergence of Superwoman and the fourth wave of feminism, in a historical perspective. The New Woman has to strive very hard to establish her identity in the oppressive...
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November 24, 2015
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Ratan Bhattacharjee
Is Pen Mightier or Paper Dead!
Here the writer reminisces about pen. He is anguished that in this paper free era, pen has become redundant. Bygone is the day when we can stick to the famous...