Interested readers could try their hand directly with the full texts - I would say, you must do that.
Never Raise Your Hand (Granta essay)
The writer here tells about the corporeal punishments which he had experience in his childhood while he was in a missionary school. The school followed strict discipline and anyone who disobeyed the rules implemented were punished severely. the teacher whom he remembered the most for her strict discipline and cruelty was Sister Margaret. The seven year olds were not allowed to ask questions in her classroom and once she even cause one of his classmate’s nose to bleed for making wise cracks in her class. Her discipline made a barrier between the students and herself which prevented them from learning anything. To have an effective education, it is vital that there is a good teacher student relationship, not the type of relationship that the writer and Sister Margaret had with each other.
Where to Begin (Granta essay)
First a character in a story is portrayed as a human being and later he is given the identity of where he comes from and his surroundings and according to Nadeem Islam it is due to this fact why fiction writer fails as there is always be the truth after the first four pages. A writer observes and sees everything that goes on around him and later when he writes a book, the environment around him unconsciously pours down into his writing. The writer, Nadeem Islam believes that his writings are an exploration of his own life and it is only possible to connect with his readers only after he shares his views of life with them. A writer can awaken the ordinary people and make then question and think of the surrounding in which they live in. It is astounding how mere writings of thoughts on pieces of papers and awaken people from their sleep and this is the reason why politicians fear writers so much and even cause some to fled their countries like Qurratulain Hyder.A writer’s perception of his own culture and mother tongue acts as the basis of what he writes about; it is the identity of where he comes from and are the inspirations of what he writes about.
Going Back (Granta essay)
The writer looked back when she used to be young and was used to enjoy the surroundings around her. Her children reminded her of the days she used to enjoy. Hough they are in the same place, things changed and the environment is not that same as it used to be. Temperature has risen due to global warming and this lead to the change that we see today. Our surroundings changed because of the deeds of our ancestors and its preventing the new generation from enjoying what their parents used to do when they were of the same age.
The Ribbon of Valour (Granta essay)
After years of using the typewriter, Hal Crowther has to stop using his beloved machine due to technological advances. Our lives are changing due to the constant advances due to technology and preventing us from going to the past. But are these technological advances good for the human kind? According to Hal the typewriter made the typist think thoroughly before writing anything as making a mistake would cause them to type the whole thing again but with the computer a writer can delete his writing easily and because of this there are not that many good writers around. Technology is making our lives easier but is it for the good or for the worse? It has both its cons and pros and it depends on us to make the decision of how we want to use technology.
A Voice from the Vault (Granta Essay)
Mark Twain forbade his autobiography to be published within hundred years of his death. But there have been many editions before he decided on the final one. This is mostly due to the fact that Mark twain dictated rather than put them with his own hands. This caused the writer to do a lot of revisions. Because of the huge bulk of different materials for his autobiography, there can be a lot of interpretations. To understand his autobiography it is necessary that we know all that is available.
Writer’s Writer and Writer’s Writer’s Writer (London review of books)
Translating a piece of work from one language to another is a very hard job indeed as it is very difficult to present the same literary meaning which the original language provide. There is also the possibility of not interpret ting the true meaning that writer wants to tell the reader. In translating a work, we miss out the true meaning. The difficulty of translation has been shown here with the example of Madame Bovary. There has been many translations of this famous piece of work as it depends on the translator how much he wants to keep up with the writer or write what he comprehended from reading the writing.
Socialism (London review of book)
Most of the countries follow capitalism rather than socialism. Capitalism lead to immense profit of the owners by cheating the consumers and it also forms big gad between classes. Socialism on the other hand aims for equality of class and prevents exploitation of consumers. The essay is a review of the book Politics of Socialism.To the writer the book seems to lack focus and it was not clear in saying its messages aloud to the readers.
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