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 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.

 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