with occupation of territories in Asia, Africa, America, Australia and the far East. The example of Ernesto Che Guevara is a typical example Editorial of traveling for the cause of ideology and revolution. Just as travel attracted people ,travel accounts too became popular Travel Writing: Annals of Infinity writing. Not just travelogues but other forms of literature too have a Journey has been a popular metaphor of life. In the eternal time the strong imprint of journeys undertaken. The picaresque novel is a form space is also infinite. This leads to an unending movement visible in in which the protagonist himself is on the move. Besides fiction, the universe in the form of the revolution of the earth and rotating of poetry too, is abundant in reflections on places visited by the poet. The stars and planets in their orbits. “One who moves, survives, the other entire movement of Romantic revival is devoted to describing the who is static starves” goes the proverb in Rajasthan. Time has proved beauty of nature, for which William Wordsworth, S.T. Coleridge and it again and again. Those who traveled gathered knowledge, those who Dorothy did travel hundreds of kilometers. did not remained ignorant. The metaphysical self is on the journey Travel accounts of Chinese travellers Fahiean, Huentsang, Egytian Ibn from the divine to the earthly and back. Going back is liberation. Batuta, British Colonel James Tod, French Bernier, Italian Manuchhii Getting entangled in the attractions on the way is slavery. Yet the etc. have been used as sources of history too. The autobiography of journey has its own charm. Many travel to reach somewhere. Many noted poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan is divided into four parts, one of others travel for its own pleasure. these being “Basere Se Dur”. It is interesting to see that not just in this Movement from the West to the East resulted in generations of work, in several other writings too, the travelogue and autobiography conflict. More so, the lack of movement from the North to South get interspersed. The question of travel writing being treated as serious created gulf between the dark and the fair. First was the case of literature or not has been debated a lot. Questions are raised about its domination and a sense of superiority while the second resulted into being a genre of literature. How does a piece of travel literature differ lack of communication. The southern parts of the world were perhaps from a travel guide? Can travel writing perform any serious purpose? left to themselves for long till the northerners saw a scope of usurping Does it do anything other than passing on information and impressions the resources available in such abundance. about places and people? Can there be something like an aesthetics of travel writing? How is it different from diary, letter, reportage and Religion has been a motivating factor for long journeys. Visiting itinerary? Does travel writing demand a use of a specific diction, form shrines of one's faith at least once in a life time was considered holy. and style? Can it be used for any pedagogic purpose? Can it provide a Islam gives a special importance to Haj. So does Hinduism, in which catharsis just as a tragedy does to the reader? the “Char Dham” visit is seen as some kind of a fulfilment of religious obligation. In Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales the Some of these questions are addressed in this issue of the Journal. pilgrims were going to the cathedral at Canterbury. Jainism is a faith in Everything cannot be answered in any one publication. In fact, this is a which the Acaryas are always on move. Except for the Chaturmas i.e. publication of research papers which intend to raise more questions the four months of monsoon they keep on traveling from one place to than answer them. Therefore this issue may disturb you with many another, stay in at one place for just a day or two. The followers too more questions than the questions to which answers are attempted. have a reason to travel to have theirdarshan. There are several I am grateful to Prof. A.K. Singh who permitted us to publish his key shrines where people reach walking down all the way. The entire note address. We have transcribed it so there could be some lapses in Bhakti movement was carried forward by traveling saints, seers and it. I seek his pardon. The ideas expressed in articles published in this poets. Politics too, encouraged travel. The mythical “Ashvamegh” was issue are those of the authors. They owe all credit. If there are any but an excuse to expand the territory by traveling to peripheral regions. mistakes, it is our fault. Please convey your valuable suggestions and Alexander's conquest of the East and Napolean Bonaparte's observations so that we can make the journal better. expeditions in Europe are similar examples. The Spaniards, Portugese, st French, Dutch and above all the British moved out for trade but ended 21 October, 2014 Dr. Anant Dadheech Guest Editor CONTENTS 17. William Dalrymple'sIn Xanadu: A Quest: A Post Colonial Perspective – Mukta Sharma 125 18. Western vis-a-vis Oriental Travelogues-The Chinese Community in India –Pankaj Vyas and Mehzbeen Sadriwala 131 1. Right from the womb of mother till sinking into the earth human 19.An Area of Darkness: India as seen by V.S. Naipaul – Rekha life is a consistent journey – A K Singh 1 Tiwari 138 2. Travel Writing, Woman and Empire: A Study of Fanny Parkes' 20. Travel Writing and Ideology – H. S. Chandalia 149 Travelogue – Akhilesh Kumar 6 21. Philosophy of Change through Travel – Payod Joshi 159 3. Elements of criticism in Gulliver's travelogue: An Evaluation – 22. Travel Theatre: At a Glance – Manish Ranjan 168 Divyaprakash Sharma 15 23. How Many? Traumatic Memories and Fractured Present – 4. Travel Literature Through the Ages – Divyeshkumar D. Bhatt 23 Kshamata Chaudhary 174 5. Reflection of Tibet's Traditions in Rahul Sankrityayan's Meri 24. A Paean to Travel Literature Dedicated to M.S.Y. Tibet Yatra – Gautam Sharma 33 – L. S. Rathore 181 6. Travel Literature: A pedagogical tool in foreign language Our Contributors 183 learning with special reference to French writer “Montesquieu” in “Persian letters” – Jaivardhan Singh Rathore 38 7. Major Travel Writers of India – Kiran Deshwal 46 8. Writing Travelogue through Composition – Krati Sharma 52 9. Contextualizing the Past Through A Probing Travelogue: Black Lamb and Grey Falcon – Manisha Sharma 56 10. Mark Tully'sNo Full Stops in India: A Study of Colonial Hangover – Narsingh Jangra 61 11. Changing Poetics of Travel Literature: Author to Reader – Rajpal 70 12. Travel Writing and the Medieval Ages-Ibn Battuta – Rukhsana Saifee 83 13. The Eternal Journey of Krishna: Revisiting the Past and Exploring the Present – Sarita Chanwaria and Mamta Chanwaria 89 14. Travelogue as History : A Reading of Oliver Balch's India Rising – Shalini Misra 95 15. Travelogue: A Mirror to An Underlying Journey – Shruti Jain 109 16. Swami Vivekananda's Travel to America: A Saga of Resistance, Representation and Reformation – Subhashis Banerjee and Taw Azu 118 Journal of Rajasthan Association for Studies in English10: 1-5 (2014) 2 A K Singh people travel for different objectives. But travel literature comes into existence when human existence gets into action. When human Right from the womb of mother till sinking into existence begins to flow and takes a certain form. And when that the earth human life is a consistent journey flow is in action in the form of language I prefer to use the term travel discourse. So travel discourse comes into existence whenever human existence is in the state of motion. So when human beings use A K Singh to move the consequence is Travel Literature or Travel Discourse. The concept of travel discourse is important because it goes beyond Distinguished Guests and Dear Students, written or printed world because discourse is language in action, and I can offer nothing but my salutations to Prof. SN Joshi who has been language in action can be what is oral, written or printed or even behind this journey of RASE. It is because of his zeal that the unstated, uncaptured by language. Association has been moving forward and it would be carried to new So discourse covers a larger category and therefore in a place like heights in the times to come. It is very difficult to sustain the Rajasthan when people travel extensively the important thing is that association of teachers .Because teachers have learnt from life we have to think is that when we discuss travel literature, or sciences to question everything and not to follow what they preach. whenever we shall consider travel discourse we have to take note of It is the democracy of this profession and I also include myself in large amount of oral discourse that might not be available in our this community. This becomes instrumental to the growth of the books. Second part I want to submit is that travelling is seeing; so associations and organizations and to the kind of works which are travel discourse is about seeing and living that seeing. And seeing is initiated despite all the harsh realities of life. I offer all my not a one way activity but it is a multi-faceted activity. For instance I salutations and I mean that. I wish that you will give more see you and when I am seeing you, you also see me. And when you opportunities to people like me to come and get educated with these see me then I see myself being seen by you.