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Note on Tennyson as a Pictorial artist

 Tennyson is without doubt the greatest of the Victorian poets. He exercise a hypnotic influence on the mind and heart of his readers. He is celebrated for both - for the matter contained in his composition and for the manner of presentation. He was a man with an ecclesiastical bent of mind but he looked at religion from the practical point of view. He recommended social changes based on reality. Tennyson stepped into the library Arena at the critical juncture. He came on the scene when many famous poets had died young. Within four years from - 1821 to 1824 Keats died at the age of 23, Shelly at 30, Byron at 36 and Wordsworth (though he lived long) had stopped composing poems at 40. Light after light had gone out and the throne of english poetry was virtually  vacant when Tennyson came to occupy it. Tennyson stands in the same relation to the Victorian Era as Chaucer to the 14th century and Pope to the early 18th. He reflected in his poetry the aspiration of his age for full 30 years.
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Contribution of Vijay Tendulkar

 Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar, Indian playwright and screenwriter, wrote more than 30 full length Marathi language plays and numerous one act plays, short stories, and movie scripts about controversial social themes including violence, poverty, women's rights and corruption. Some of Tendulkar's most famous plays includes Shantata! Court Chalu Ahe and Sakharam Binder . Ghashiram Kotwal was recognised as one of the longest running plays in the world, with more than 6000 performances staged internationally. Tendulkar begin his career writing for newspapers and had a daily column in the Maharashtra times. It was the play Shrimanth ("Affluent"), however, that made him a household name. In addition to his plays Tendulkar wrote screenplays in both Marathi and Hindi. His script for ' Manthan ' won the National Film Award for best screenplay; for his literary accomplishments, Tendulkar received the Padma Bhushan Award,one of India's highest civilian honours. In 199
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Contribution of Badal Sircar

 Badal Sircar also known as Badal Sarkar, was an influential Indian dramatist and theatre director, most known for his anti- establishment plys during the Naxalite Movement in the 1970's and taking theatre out of the proscenium and into public arena, when he transformed his own theatre company, ' Shatabdi ' as a third theatre group. He wrote more than 50 plays of which Evam Indrajit, Basi Khabar and Saari Raat are well known literary pieces. A pioneering figure in street theatre as well as in experimental and contemporary Bengali theatre with his egalitarian " Third Theatre ", he prolifically wrote scripts for his Anganmanch (Courtyard stage) performances and remains one of the most translated Indian playwrights. Though his early comedies were popular, it was his anst-ridden Evam Indrajit (And Indrajit) that become a landmark play in Indian theatre. Today his rise as a prominent playwright in 1960s is seen as the coming of the age of Modern Indian playwriting in B
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Contribution of Girish Karnad

 Girish Karnad is an Indian playwright, author, actor, and film director whose films and plays, written largely in Kannada , explore the present by way of the past. He wrote his first play, the critically acclaimed Yayati , the story is centred on the mythological king, the play established Karnad's use of the themes of history and mythology that would inform his work over the following decades. Karnad's next play, Tughlaq , tells the story of the 14th century Sultan Muhammad Ibn Tughlaq and remains among the best known of his works. Samskara marked Karnad's entry into film making. He wrote the screenplay and played the lead role in the film, an adoption of an anti-caste novel of the same name by U.R. Anathamurthy. He continued to produce work as a playwright, including Hayavadana widely recognised as among the most important playa of Post Independence India. For his contribution to theater, he was awarded the Padmashree, in 1974. He worked in Hindi, directing the criti
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Contribution of Aravind Adiga

 Being a person with flawless language and great writing skill, it is no wonder that Aravind Adiga bagged Britain's most prestigious literary award - The Man Booker Award  for his book ' The White Tiger '. From a proven student to a journalist and then to a famous writer, success always accompanied him. He always kept his eyes and his ears opened to the world around and derived inspiration from the facts he come across in daily life.  His award winning book "The White Tiger" was a critical view on " an India of light and an India of darkness ". His latest novel "Last Man in Tower" describes the life and soul of one of India's biggest cities, Mumbai, where he discovers that the city and its people are obsessed with real estate. He derives this fact from the common man who often talks about elusive 'square feet' while journeying on suburban trains. The book gives the different picture of the city which is always described as the "
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Contribution of Mohan Rakesh

 Mohan Rakesh one of the pioneers of the Nai Kahani literary movement of the Hindi literature in the 1950s has made significant contribution to novel, short stories, travelogue, criticism, memories and drama. He was a talented playwright and novelist. He was also the recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1968. As we go through his early works we find a gradual development in his later works. Gradually he comes closer to the fate and aspirations of mankind. He was a master storyteller and had an excellent control over the language Hindi. He mostly wrote about the urban middle class people about their hopes and aspirations.  Mohan Rakesh entered the profession of teaching to earn his livelihood. For few years he was the editor of 'Sarika'. Few of his major works are  Andhere Bandh Kamre, Antroal, Na Hone Wala Kal in the genre of novels, while few of his collection stories include Quarter tatha Anya Kahaniyaan, Pehchan thatha Anya Kahaniyaan, Waris tatha Anya Kahaniyaan; pla
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Contribution of Kiran Desai

 Kiran Desai is one of the most insightful Indian novelist who got recognition worldwide with her two superb novels ' Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard ' and 'The Inheritance of Loss'. She was daughter of famous writer Anita Desai. Her mother creates good cultural atmosphere at home which gave enormous contributions to make her a prolific writer. Kiran Desai first came to the limelight after publication of her wonderful novel 'Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard'. She took almost four years to complete this novel. Her first novel marked the beginning of her successful career and she obtained good compliment from well known writer like Salman Rushdie. For her first novel she fetched the prestigious award ' Betty Trask Award '. She got this award because it was the best new novels among the writers under the age of 35. Kiran Desai got tremendous success in the very beginning of her literary career. It caused a motivating factor for her to write more novels. In 2
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