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  Amitavo Ghosh's  The Hungry Tide  is an intriguing novel that masterfully unveils Sundarbans’ fragile beauty where nature and humanity collide in a delicate often devastating way.  Set against the tidal landscape’s shifting currents, the novel juxtaposes the personal quests of Piya, a cetologist studying river dolphins, and Kanai, a translator uncovering his uncle’s revolutionary past, with the region’s ecological and socio-political tensions. Ghosh's lyrical prose captures the archipelago's unbridled essence- where merciless strom furies shatter lives, man-eaters prowl the darkness- while exposing the scars of colonialism. Intertwining myth ,like the folklore of Bon Bibi with stark realities of clim ate change Ghosh redefines our understanding of survival, coexistence, and the cycle of life and loss in the world, making  The Hungry Tide  a poignant reflection on humans' fractured relationship with nature. Piyali Roy, the protagonist is an American ceto...

  University Wits : This term coined by George Saintsbury refers to a group of 16th Century playwrights and pamphleteers who were educated at universities, predominantly Oxford or Cambridge with the notable exception of Thomas Kyd who is often associated with this group. Other prominent members of this group are :                  1) Christopher Marlowe: Doctor Faustus              Tamburlain the Great, Edward 2                  2) Robert Greene : Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay  ,   Greene's Groats , Pandosto                 3) Thomas Nashe :    The Unfortunate  Traveller                   4) John Lyly :  'Plays':: Campaspe , Sapho and paho,  Endymion , Gallathea , Midas                'Pr...

  Scottish Chaucerian : Originated in the 15 th Century by a group of Scottish poets who were influenced by Geoffrey Chaucer, “ father of English Poetry ”. ·         They were best known for their ‘narrative poetry’, ‘courtly romances’ , ‘dream allegories' , ‘use of long Latinate words,   and Middle Scots’ ·         Popularly cited as ‘makars’, these poets were believed to have introduced Chaucerian style to Scotland during the period of Scottish Renaissance. ·         Most notable of them are :       1.Robert Henryson: a) Testament of Criseyde   b) Orpheus and Eurydice       2. William Dunbar: a) Golden Barge b) Thristle and the Rose       3. Gavin Douglas: a) Palace of Honour       4. Sir David Lyndsay: a) The Fall of Prince    ...