Literature of India: Stories from Tagore (1918)

Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore is one of the foremost poets and philosophers of India. However, he was an excellent author of prose too. This collection of his contains ten stories, and virtually all of them showcase his genius. The collection begins with his most famous and anthologized story, Cabuliwallah, where an Afghan seller of dryfruits …

Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge: Two of My Favourite Poems

The Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge is hosted @ LongandShortReviews and for this week we have been asked to cite our favourite poems, stories, or novellas. I thought this was a wonderful opportunity to share two of my favourite poems. The first is Spring and Fall by Jesuit priest and poet G.M. Hopkins (1844-1889), written in …