A scandal in a small town, a boy s arranged marriage, the evening of Gandhi s death these are some of the subjects that are given a new significance and intensity when subjected to the acute vision and magical art of Jayanta Mahapatra. Harsh, seemingly ordinary, and sometimes sensational themes are here transformed into something rich and strange; persons and events achieve a symbolic significance; and language acquires a lyrical power that is as accomplished as it appears natural.

Critically examines various themes in the works of Jayanta Mahapatra, b. 1928, Indo-English poet.

The Garden Party and Other Stories is a 1922 collection of short stories by the writer Katherine Mansfield that covers topics such as Life and Death, Marriage, distorted reality, regret, disappointment, duty and Gender.

A manual on vegetable, fruit, flower, shrub and tree growing