Prof. Ramesh, with his thorough knowledge of the Western and Indian
poetics, as well as the culture of the land is the right person to
explain and interpret the poems of T. Vasudeva Reddy's Fleeting
Bubbles. This collection of poems holds a mirror as it were to the
existing social situations in India. Following an introduction, this
book explores Fleeting Bubbles in six phases: Rural, Urban, Political
and Social, Subjective, General, and Spiritual phases. Each chapter
focuses on the aspects of a particular thematic pattern as it is
analyzed and explained.
Prof. Ramesh occupies a special place, an unenviable position with his
total reliance on Indian poetics, while analyzing and interpreting a
poem by an Indian poet. As such with his toolkit of integrated critical
background and approach, he can easily open the chambers of the
concealed beauties of the poems of Dr. T.V. Reddy and make it accessible
to the average reader.
The poetry of Dr. Reddy is loaded with the rich ore of ambiguity and
Prof. Ramesh has successfully unearthed the hidden layers and beauties
of the poems of Fleeting Bubbles and decoded the lines for reader's
understanding. As one goes through this book, the reader can understand
better the critical concepts of Dr. Ramesh and the nature of his
critical approach in understanding and interpreting a poem.
Dr. Ramesh Chandra Mukhopadhyaya, (1947 -) is a distinguished scholar,
researcher, a bilingual writer in English and Bengali and editor from
Kolkata. He did M. A. in three subjects, M.Phil. and Ph.D. in English
and Sutrapitaka Tirtha and has retired as a college lecturer and
professor. He has written more than forty books in English and Bengali
and has published hundreds of critical articles and poems. He lives near
Sri Ramakrishna Mission at Belur in Kolkata.
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