The Browning Version by Terence Rattigan is play which showcases a conversation between Taplow, a lower fifth-grade student and Mr Frank, a science teacher from the same school where Taplow studies.
The Ailing Planet by Nani Palkhiwala is all about the change in the perception of the people from a materialistic view to the ecological view of this world. According to the author, humans are now getting worried about the environment and the impact they have created on this mother earth
In this chapter 'Landscape of the soul' the writer counterpoints two forms of art – Chinese form of art and European form of art by using different stories. He begins this contrast with a Chinese story wherein a Tang emperor Xuanzong ordered a painter Wu Daozi to decorate one of the walls of his palace.
The Ghat of the Only World revolves around a Kashmiri Poet who wants his friend (Amitav Ghosh) to write about him after his death and his last wish gets fulfilled when Amitav pens down the memories shared with him.
'Laburnum Top' is all about poet's experience of observing a 'Laburnum Tree' whereon he finds dead silence in the month of September on a pleasant day with a few of its leave turning yellow and all the seeds fallen on the ground.
'Discovering Tut; The Saga Continues' is based on archaeology and its pros and cons. It is based on a king’s life namely Tut who died unexpectedly. He was just a teenager then and since then, his death has been a mystery for people who suspect him to be murdered which could be the extreme possibility
'We are not Afraid to Die' is all about narrator’s journey from Plymouth, England whereby he decides to break the record of Captain James Cook which was made 200 years ago. He with his wife, Mary & with their two children namely Suzzane and Jonathan, decide to duplicate the voyage. For this, they get a
A Photograph begins with poet’s holding a cardboard and recollecting the memories of her mother and latter’s sea holiday. According to the poet, her mother was 12 years old at that time and had gone to a sea holiday with her cousins namely Betty and Dolly along with their uncle who was clicking their pictures.
The portrait of a lady revolves around narrator’s memorable moments with his grandmother. He recounts the days which he had spent with his grandmother since his childhood. He sheds some light on the pious personality of his grandmother who would take pains to grow him up.
The Tale of the Melon City by Vikram Seth is all about a king who was just and placid who carries his notion of justice too far that he has to lose his life.
