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 Interpretations on Indian English Fiction-3 (In Custody) Self-Alienation and love In Custody presents a young man Deven, psychologically edgy and longing to indulge in some literary enterprise. It is a touching account of the happenings in the life of a small-town lecturer, Deven in Hindi and his dream project of interviewing his idol and how it ends up in disaster. Here in the novel Anita Desai has experimented with the theme of alienation with a new set of characters and situations. The theme of alienation is emphasized herein with great skill. It draws our attention to the mental agony and dilemma of Deven, whose extreme love of Urdu forces him into the clasp of his supposed friend Murad. Desai’s sensitive portrayal and understanding of essential human nature makes the narrative conspicuous and captivating. The ups and downs of human life, the upheavals in relationships have been deftly crafted in this novel. It is the novel of shattered emotions and scattered dreams. ...

    Exclusive study material for students The Dreams of Tipu Sultan Girish Karnad   Introduction   Tughlaq, The Dreams of Tipu Sultan and Taledanda are Karnad’s historical plays which ranked him one of the best dramatists of all. History is the source of these plays. The special genius of Karnad lies in the unerring instinct with which he seizes upon the scattered facts of history transmuting its ore through the channels of his own ardent imagination into the subversions of themes and techniques in his plays refined and beautified. In Karnad we have a writer with an intrinsic strength and originality of outlook that places him easily among the most distinguished dramatists of the era. The Dreams of Tipu Sultan Karnad’s play ‘The Dreams of Tipu Sultan’ was originally written in English on the invitation of the BBC in 1997 as one of the best historical plays. An arresting blend of depth and simplicity with creative subversions, Karnad’s work serv...