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Who created the impressive Spanish Empire? How was it created? How was life during the Golden Age of Spain? All these boundless queries are answered in an interesting way by HENRY KAMEN in his book GOLDEN AGE SPAIN . Henry Kamen made a notable study and adverted that Spain alone neither created nor maintained the Grand Spanish Empire, which at its peak covered a third of the world, from the Netherlands to New Mexico. Spain didn’t even exist as a political entity until the eighteenth century rather just a mere association of states showcased itself as a grand empire. The Empire was not only a conglomeration of political states but also religious entities and this had influenced their literature over the years: “The coexistence of three major religions – Islam, Christianity and Judaism – in the peninsula for some seven centuries had a formative influence on the character of Spain and has coloured its literature and history.” Spain's empire-building started in 1492...

Don’t stop, don’t stumble Go on, be fast, Collect strewn coins and jewels A dream run that never ends But Beware! Behind you All along running on A monstrous haunt Ready to grasp If u stop but for once Stopped and wonder Why do I love? A non-stop running game. Are we not running through? The hollow lively grey In life don’t we go on? Running non stop From the devilish being Called time Who consumes us all Leaving nothing behind.

Ghost stories are meant for giving Goosebumps right? But “The Canterville Ghost” will rather make you laugh right from the start. This story clearly showcased Oscar Wilde’s satirical flavour. With an old country house and significant unfortunate tales narrated by Mr Canterville gave a perfect atmosphere for a gothic story at the beginning but all these were foiled by the materialistic and realistic approach of the American Otis family. The only thing that they seem to believe came out from the words of Mr Otis “ I have come from a modern country, where we have everything that money can buy ”. The first appearance of the 300 years old ghost was quite amusing: “Right in front of him he saw, in the wan moonlight, an old man of terrible aspect. His eyes were as red burning coals; long grey hair fell over his shoulders in matted coils; his garments, which were of antique cut, were soiled and ragged, and from his wrists and ankles hung heavy manacles and rusty gyves. “My dear sir...

Yet again another myth-historical master piece has escaped from the pen of India’s Tolkien. After the well scribed Shiva trilogy now Amish Tripathy presents to us the story of Ramchandra the great legendary emperor of Ayodhya. The story is based on one of the two great epics of the ancient/Vedic India. Yet again the unique ingredient is the amalgamation of fiction, Myth and history. The ideologies of masculine and feminine society and their pros and cons are being presented with clarity. The story is clearly based on the Great Vedic Epic ‘Ramayana’. Amish had refined the story with realistic historical & scientific data. But as expected the basic story is all but same. Ayodhya has been portrayed as “a civilisation in an advanced state of decay”.  It is weakened by divisions and corruption. To worsen the condition the defeat of Dasaratha, the emperor of Ayodhya to Ravana caused a steady decline in the empire’s economy. This 1 st instalment of this grand series showcases h...

Messiah, O Messiah Thou art my guide, the enlightenment of knowledge Your hands has saved me From the dense of danky You incarnate in so many visages To save one jour or the other To such a point from whence Single face does no more matter. Guidance gizmo and suggestion surreptitiously Of thine, come to quiz why You disappeared in this fugitive ply. Though, your agile absence bestir to its pallid presence Sacks of sagacity still pine for thy essence. Illuminate my orgiastic body of eclipse Resurrect again, not for mine, all evil memory to release.                                                 

Big Hero-6  The pot-bellied robot won it all Just saw Big Hero-6 again and couldn’t stop myself from scribbling down all that I feel about this jubilantly refreshing movie. The character seemed to be inspired from the Marvel comics still the Disney flair installed in it gave it a complete new look. From the nursery days I always have been a great zealot of the Disney productions. They with their colours and fantastic outputs have always nourished the dreamy minds. I think the first I saw when I was 4 and that was Aladdin, and still it’s my favourite. Always have adored Abu, the cute little monkey and can never forget Genie. To say the truth Baymax has reminded me of Genie. Though there is little similarity still I somehow feel him like the modern sci-fi Genie. The story though revolves round the 14 years old whizz-kid Hiro Hamada still Baymax the ten-foot-tall inflatable robot steals away my heart.  Even if the world at large is not quite congruous he is seen ef...

Tolkien is being lionized for his diamond sparkling fantasy tales for quite some decades now. While going through the Lord of the Rings we have seen Aragorn told the hobbits the tale of Beren and Lúthien, but of Húrin and his son Turin no reference is seen or heard. This mythical fiction like the other ones is more intense than it seems to be at the first glance. This is a long tale, covering the entire life of the protagonist Turin, the son of Húrin, about 36 years with meticulous novelistic descriptions and conversations, but it also skims over a great deal in summary. Moreover this particular tale of the Middle Earth is infinitely more darker than “The Lord of the Rings”.in fact it can be easily called one of the best modern fantastic sagas. It has no solace at the climax rather the tale brings forward a horrific end of the protagonist. This manner of fatalistic writing is seen in the Greek tragedies of the old like Sophocles. The story opens primarily with Húrin & Huor’s ...