Aju Mukhopadhyay’s Short Stories: A Multicoloured World


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  • Dr. O. P. Arora Poet, Fiction Writer, Critic A Veteran Professor for decades; An Academician, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53032/tcl.2020.5.2.04

Keywords:

Global Outlook, Human Relation, Environment, Galaxy, Nostalgia

Abstract

Aju Mukhopadhyay is one of the brightest stars in the firmament of contemporary Indian English Literature. He is a magnificent literary artist, in fact a versatile genius. As a visionary poet he has enraptured the hearts and minds of millions of poetry lovers, both in India and abroad. He is a profound critic, and his insightful critical studies are highly valued in the literary world. His essays on various subjects have made a mark in every field. He is a great storyteller too, both in English and Bangla, and the range of his short stories has baffled the fiction lovers. Like his previous volumes of short stories, the present collection too offers a large variety of subjects and feeds the craving of every set of readers. Aju’s world is so vast that you cross the national boundaries many times to peep into a new world. You open the window to a new story and step into a different world altogether. “In the Company of William, Samuel and Dorothy”, Aju takes us to the Lake District of England to enjoy the company of the great Romantic poets, William Wordsworth, S. T. Coleridge and Dorothy Wordsworth. His description is so vivid that you really feel you are watching everything happening before your ‘fleshy eyes’. In the next story “They Came Down from the Roof of the World”, the writer takes you indeed to the roof of the world, Tibet and the Tibetan Cause. Tibet and New York come alive before you and you partake in the stormy scenes, the rebellion, the persecution, the great Dalai Lama escape and the aftermath.

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Published

2020-06-30

How to Cite

Dr. O. P. Arora. “Aju Mukhopadhyay’s Short Stories: A Multicoloured World”. The Creative Launcher, vol. 5, no. 2, June 2020, pp. 43-47, doi:10.53032/tcl.2020.5.2.04.

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