Flipped learning: Indian Writing in English

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I am Hinaba Sarvaiya, this blog is my filpped learning task given by Yesha Bhatt ma'am. This blog based on Three Prose Writers: Radhakrishnan, Raghunathan, Nirad Caudhari; The ‘New’ Poets; and Conclusion from K.R Srinivasa Iyenger’s Indian Writing in English. 

Task 1: The Three prose Writers

Three prose writers on Indian writing in English, the three masters of prose, and very different from each other. Professor Radhakrishnan, the best known of the three, is a philosopher-statesman with an international reputation, a scholar with a phenomenal memory, a resourceful and eloquent and effective speaker, and a voluminous writer with an uncanny flair for lucidity and epigrammatic strength. Raghunathan, better known by his nom-de-plumVigneshwara, is a deep student of English and Sanskrit literature, and was for many years the leader writer of Hindu; but it was as the writer of the 'Sotto Voce' weekly causeries he made a significant impact on the readers of Swatantra and Swarajya. Nirad chaudari, an “unknown Indian” till 1951 when his Autobiography made him famous, is a master of prose style, an intellectual who has the courage to stand aside and be different from the crowd, a critic of Indian society with an almost Swiftian capacity for making surgical probes.

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan a good prose-style is both a matter of choice of the words and their arrangement to form a complete meaningful sentence. Dr. Radhakrishnan is one the eminent philosopher of India who was a literate with special knowledge in handling prose style. Dr.S.Radhakrishnan was one of the most influential and recognized Indian thinkers in twentieth century. I wish to explain some important features about prose style just to explain how Radhakrishnan is well-versed in prose writing and suceeded in the features of prose writing. There are three principal characteristics of good prose, namely, clarity or lucidity, simplicity and euphony.

Clarity is the first and the greatest mark of good prose. The author should be able to make his ideas very clear to his readers. Dr. Radhakrishnan was a good prose writer who expresses his ideas in a direct manner and in the minimum possible words. Simplicity is another mark of good prose.

The world of journalism knew him as the ‘edit writer of The Hindu’ for 31 years. N. Raghunathan, who died in 1982, was also a brilliant writer of short stories and plays, capturing in authentic Thanjavur Tamil the disintegration of feudalism and social structure constructed on it in the face of modernism in the beginning of the 20th century.

The natural story teller in Raghunathan transcends the life in agraharam and he could describe the entire society with a unique style, punctuated with rich imagery, possible only for a keen observer of his surroundings.

Task- 2: The New Poets:-

 Poetry is a language at its most distilled and most powerful - Rita Frances Dove

Poetry is to literature what soul is to the body. The rhythmic verses swell with the deepest emotions of the poet and settle in the heart of the readers. Belonging to the rich history of Indian literature, these poets bring alive the magic of poetry every time we revisit their oeuvre. 

Sri Aurobindo Ghosh

The master of all poetry genres, Sri Aurobinndo Ghosh’s poems touch upon the metaphysical themes in the most subtle manner. These are not only moving but inspiring too.

Nissim Ezekiel

The Sahitya Akademi Award winner, Nissim Ezekiel’s poems are known for well crafted diction in dealing with mundane themes.

Kamala Das

Also known as ‘Kamala Suraiya’, her writings depicted an honest treatment of female sexuality and were infused with power. Her works are noted for fiery poems and explicit autobiography. Considered as an iconoclast in her times, she wrote chiefly about love, its betrayal and the consequent anguish.

Jayanta Mahapatra

One of the most popular names in the Indian poetry literature, Jayanta Mahapatra won Sahitya Akademi Award for his well-known long poem ‘Relationship’. He was also a part of the trio of poets who laid the foundations of modern Indian English Poetry.

Task 3: The Conclusion

Write a note on the changing trends in Post-Independence Indian Writing in English.

English as a second language forms a really “dominant minority” in India. The books in English published in India account for 50% of the total for all languages, and the English newspapers and magazines command a more impressive and influential circulation than others. The problem before the Indians of a century ago was how to learn from the British and from the west generally, without at the same time feeling resentful and humiliated. Without denying the inherited tradition, the new writer has been able to grow a wing of Creative self expression and is boldly caring towards the future. but English literature has continued to provide an impetus and an inspiration to writers, whether they write in English or in one of the indigenous languages.

During the last 20 years, and more especially during the last 10 years, the outlook of Indo- Anglian literature has become brighter than before. There are journals in English- the workshop that- publish poetry and creative prose, and literary pages in the papers and weekly magazines besides serious critical journals. 

This Video series is more helpful  to understand of Indian English Literature.

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