Yashwant Handibag

The Homecoming by Rabindranath Tagore About the Author:       Rabindranath Tagore was a twentieth century Bengali freedom fighter, educationist, playwright and a poet. He went England for his education but came back to India. He started an experimental school at Santiniketan. He joined Indian National Movement and he was a great friend of Mahatma Gandhi. He was awarded Nobel Prize for literature for his famous work, ‘Gitanjali’. He was awarded the title, ‘Sir’ by the British Government which he later returned in protest against the British policies in India. He translated much of his poetry and received popularity for his work. His famous collections of poetry are Manasi, Sonar Tari and Gitanjali. He also wrote plays and short stories namely Gora and Ghare-Baire. Summary of the Essay:       The present story is about a teenager boy named Phatik who feels homesick after he leaves his home for education. It is about the psychology of the teenagers. ...

The Eyes are Not Here by Ruskin Bond About the Author:       Ruskin Bond was born in Himachal Pradesh but grew up in Gujarat, Dehradun and Shimla. He has written more than hundred short stories, essays, novels and more than thirty books for children. He has also published the three collections of short stories; The Night Train at Deoli, Time Stops at Shamli and Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra . He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award for English writing in India in 1992. He also published a collection of non fiction writing under the title Rain in the Mountain . Summary of the Essay:       The Eyes are Not Here is a short story by Ruskin bond. It was originally published in contemporary Indian English stories. It is a deeply touching story about two co-passengers in a train who are both blind and do not realise that the other is. The irony is in the fact that the narrator of the story learns that his co-passenger was blind only after she had got of...

The Avenger by Anton Chekov About the Author:      Anton Chekov wrote many short stories. His stories are about ordinary Russian people who face extraordinary situations in their life. Chekov was   a doctor by profession but writing was his hobby. So he said “Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress”. His famous short stories are The Black Monk, Ward Number Six, The Murder, etc. Summary of the Essay: The present story deals with the extreme mental suffering experience by a husband whose wife has been unfaithful to him. The story presents the troubling thoughts of revenge mixed with moments of doubt in the mind of the central character in the story, Fedor Sigaev. There is suspense in the story which keeps the readers captivated till the end. Fedor Sigaev decides to take revenge when he finds out that his wife has been unfaithful to him. He wants to buy a revolver. He visits the shop of firearms. His face expresses anger, sorrow and irrevocable de...