Matter’s Logic and Spirit’s Dreams A Sheaf of Essays Dr. (Mrs.) Prema Nandakumar Centre for Policy Studies Gayatri Vidya Parishad 2016 Copyright @ CPS All rights reserved by the publisher First Edition : 2016 Copies can be had of : DIRECTOR CENTRE FOR POLICY STUDIES 47-7-23, Ba-Bapu Bhavan Dwarakanagar, 4th Lane, Visakhapatnam - 530 016. Ph : 0891-2531727 Mobile : 9848191722 e-mail :
[email protected] Printers : Sathyam Offset Imprints # 49-28-5, Madhuranagar, Visakhapatnam - 530 016 Tel : 0891-2796538, 9849996538 Contents 1. A Touch Of Politics Issues of Concern to Tamil Nadu : The Roots 11 Teaching Cultured Discourse 17 Shimmering With A Steady Glow 21 Centenary of A Defiant Gesture 31 Courtesy and Liberty 33 2. The Glory and Good of Literature Sri Aurobindo’s Philosophical Epic: Savitri 37 The Pleasures of Literature 48 Writing As A Dialogue 62 Iyengar’s Humour 65 Amid the Leaves the Inmate Voices Called 78 Inescapable Grace : English Poetry by Indians 90 3. Amukta Malyada A Triple Soul-Force from an Illustrious Emperor 105 4. The Eternal Feminine Epic Heroines 126 A Spectrum of Feministic Ideologies 138 Trijatha: Beloved Fifth Columnist 152 Grateful thanks to Prema Nandakumar Mrs Prema Nandakumar’s first article for the Bulletin of Centre for Policy Studies was published in 1999. The bimonthly Bulletin’s latest issue of February 2, 2016 carries her article on Sri Aurobindo’s Philosophical Epic: Savitri, a subject on which she had worked for her doctorate degree and has extensively written. Seventeen of her articles sent during these years are now presented in this small book, a token of grateful appreciation.