LITERARY LOVE

  T his is quite well- known quote that evokes a profound understanding of the duality of human nature. This quote seems striking at most presenting human hearts as untamed force filled with cravings and yearning, pounding with wild rhythms. It is always desires like a feral animal at large, pursuing everything that gets its attention or attraction. But the second part presents ribs as cages, because we let this wretched thing lock away in seclusion, into isolation. Being a wild heart entails living freely and fully, just like a wild creature it longs to think freely, to form bonds deeply, to express itself without boundaries, to dream without constraints. Yet even after knowing that we often suppress those urges. The rib work as shelter in this scenario, but is it really worth it? Is it worth it to silence one’s self to behave in a particular way, to feel in a particular way, to live in a particular way? We are taught from an early age to hide our vulnerabilities in fear of being ...

  The Reluctant Fundamentalist  by Mohsin Hamid is a novel that presents itself with an interesting story. It is a story of an identity crisis as the protagonist strives to search his real identity, and to found the real self he goes through a lot. The protagonist of the novel is Changez, a Pakistani living in the vicinity of America. He gets his higher education from America and achieves a position in a multinational company. But even after getting all these leverages, he is still considered as a threat because of his Pakistani origin. He feels misfit in America on various occasions but, especially on the airport when all the other employees of his company went to their destinations and, he was stopped at immigration for a thorough investigation because of his Pakistani descend. He fell in love with an American girl Erica.  Erica's presence warns him of her being smitten for life by her first love. Changez helplessly moves into an emotional abyss. She fails to find...

  Twilight in Delhi is the first novel in the history of subcontinent  to address various controversial themes such as identity crisis, fall of Mughal Empire, family values and position of women in the society. The setting of the novel is 1911 and it focuses on the social and political changes take place during that time. This is such a novel which can easily leads you to the roller-coaster of emotions. Twilight in Delhi is a beautiful novel artistically written by Ahmed Ali. This novel discusses explicitly the complex relationship among family members. The story of this novel talks about the disappearance of a purpose, isolation, deterioration and disintegration of a family. Twilight in Delhi is a novel that follows the story of Mir Nihal who is a Muslim of Sub-continent. In this novel, the aspect of colonization and Imperialism is also present. Mir Nihal is first shown as a powerful person and glorified just like Delhi but later his glory diminishes that symbolizes the d...

  Red Birds by Muhammad Hanif is a novel that contains dark humor because the writer used his exceptional skills to make something funny which is not funny at all. The most captivating fact about this novel is that it is a polyphonic novel (narration of the plot by different perspectives or the characters). The perspective of Mutt (Momo’s dog) is fascinating because he expresses philosophical thoughts on various occasions. Mutt developed this power after getting electrocuted while peeing on a pole. It is interesting to ponder over the thoughts of an intellectual dog because in some instances in the novel, he appears to be more thoughtful than human beings.  The story begins with Major Ellie, a US soldier who came for a bombing on an unnamed land. The bombs that were placed in his jet named “YES” and “OH YESS” and they were supposed to aim at refugee camps. The name tags of the bombs also show their (American) eagerness to bomb the area. Meanwhile, his plane got crashed and...