Part-1
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I am no optician but I do believe in change.
It was another fine morning and I decided to give the lens a makeover. It was the same lens through which whatever one saw was interpreted from Western perspective.
If nothing this phenomenon had become monotonous and distasteful for any person with common sense - which is rare as I have been informed unfailingly by every other person.
This is a small effort to take off white man's burden - intellectual or whatsoever.
The lens shows that Kalidas is Shakespeare of India:
I would rather say that Shakespeare is Kalidas of West. And it wouldn't be without reasons:
1. Shakespeare was not even born when Kalidas was churning out literary masterpieces. Kalidas dates back to 4th - 5th centure CE while Shakespeare was writing in 16th - 17th century CE.
2. Kalidas is unprecedented in his distinct writing style of using similes and beautiful imagery. Shakespeare largely borrowed from Plutarch and other sources and customized them.
3. The intricacies of human relations, human behaviour, culture, society all are projected in vivid imagery by Kalidas. One play of Kalidas is enough to hold all kind of themes used by Shakespeare in various creations.
4. Plays written by Kalidas are as good for the joy of reading as for staging. Shakespeare's plays make a dull read though beautiful to watch on stage.
5. Heroes in Kalidas's creations script their own destinies. That way Kalidas was a champion of human spirit while Shakespeare's heroes either die or go mad at the end.
6. Creations of Kalidas are so dense that even a couplet is enough to be discussed for hours. Every iota of Shakespeare's creations is an epic. Such grandeur is not visible in Shakespeare's creations.
7. Kalidas was an environmentalist ahead of his time who brought out unity of life in all life forms. Clouds, plants, animals and so on are vividly described in symbiotic relation with mankind. Shakespeare lacked this aspect.
I would rather say that Shakespeare is Kalidas of West. And it wouldn't be without reasons:
1. Shakespeare was not even born when Kalidas was churning out literary masterpieces. Kalidas dates back to 4th - 5th centure CE while Shakespeare was writing in 16th - 17th century CE.
2. Kalidas is unprecedented in his distinct writing style of using similes and beautiful imagery. Shakespeare largely borrowed from Plutarch and other sources and customized them.
3. The intricacies of human relations, human behaviour, culture, society all are projected in vivid imagery by Kalidas. One play of Kalidas is enough to hold all kind of themes used by Shakespeare in various creations.
4. Plays written by Kalidas are as good for the joy of reading as for staging. Shakespeare's plays make a dull read though beautiful to watch on stage.
5. Heroes in Kalidas's creations script their own destinies. That way Kalidas was a champion of human spirit while Shakespeare's heroes either die or go mad at the end.
6. Creations of Kalidas are so dense that even a couplet is enough to be discussed for hours. Every iota of Shakespeare's creations is an epic. Such grandeur is not visible in Shakespeare's creations.
7. Kalidas was an environmentalist ahead of his time who brought out unity of life in all life forms. Clouds, plants, animals and so on are vividly described in symbiotic relation with mankind. Shakespeare lacked this aspect.
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