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Adhunik Hindi Kavya and Bharatendu Harishchandra

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A nation finds a common identity. She gets united by the common interests of war against colonial exploitation. Because despite the diversity India is one at heart and that unity rose to its peak in 1857. This revolution was too hard to suppress. And even suppression could be temporary. This revolution would sow the seeds of nationalism in India. Anti-colonial activities would see a massive rise. It would not stop or slow down until the abolition of colonial rule in India. The emergence of 'Adhunik Hindi Kavya' The colonial rulers called it ‘sepoy mutiny’ to try and reduce its significance. But, it was a revolution that led to the emergence of ‘Adhunik Hindi Kavya’. Poetry no longer confined itself to entertaining the rich. Poetry was now a medium to sympathize with the nation and her exploited people. It was a nation where spirituality and progress had always walked hand in hand. The stories of bravery of Indian heroines have inspired the Indian teenage girl to date. Bharatend...

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Poetry sowed the seeds of nationalism in India. How? Here's the answer. If poetry began to include the masses then did it get divorced from medieval traditions? If not then how did both go hand in hand? The answer comes with the beginning of 'Adhunik Hindi Kavya' and Bharatendu Harishchandra.  We say some writers are better than all others. But, that is our personal choice. When Wordsworth wrote then we call it the Romantic Era. But, he had many contemporaries who wrote nothing of nature. So, some authors form a part of tradition and canon. How did English literature form its canon? Read on ... Doctor Faustus is the perfect example of Renaissance literature at its beginning in England. Marlowe who wrote it was Shakespeare's predecessor. Click here for a great explanation in simple English .   English literature blogs. Visit my homepage.