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Proofreading

  Proofreading is  the final stage of the writing and publishing process, where a text is meticulously reviewed for errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, and formatting before it is published or shared online . Source: The Internet 

Great poets, Rumi and Omar Khayyam!

Great poets, Rumi and Omar Khayyam! A write-up by Padmapriya  Rumi was born to native Persian-speaking parents in 1207. He was born either in Wakhsh village on the Vakhsh River in present-day Tajikistan or in the city of Balkh, in present-day Afghanistan. Greater Balkh was at that time a major centre of Persian culture  and Sufism had developed there for several centuries. The most important influences upon Rumi, besides his father, were the Persian poets Attar and Sanai. Rumi expresses his appreciation: "Attar was the spirit, Sanai his eyes twain, And in time thereafter, Came we in their train" and mentions in another poem: "Attar has traversed the seven cities of Love, We are still at the turn of one street". His father was also connected to the spiritual lineage of Najm al-Din Kubra. Rumi lived most of his life under the Persianate Seljuk Sultanate of Rum, where he produced his works and died in 1273 AD. ...

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari - The Litterateur

 Chakravarti Rajagopalachari C.Rajaji was an accomplished writer both in his mother tongue Tamil, and English. In 1922, he published a book Siraiyil Tavam (Meditation in jail) which was a day-to-day diary about his first imprisonment from 21 December 1921 to 20 March 1922. In 1958, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his retelling of the Ramayana – Chakravarti Thirumagan. In 1916, Rajaji started the Tamil Scientific Terms Society.This society coined new words in Tamil for terms connected to botany, chemistry, physics, astronomy and mathematics. At about the same time, he called for Tamil to be introduced as the medium of instruction in schools. Rajaji was the founder of the Salem Literary Society and regularly participated in its meetings in which he suggested introducing scholarships for Dalit students.He also edited Mahatma Gandhi's newspaper Young India. In 1951, Rajaji wrote an abridged retellin...

The Novelist - Raja Rao

 Raja Rao was a renowned novelist, who primarily wrote in English. His famous novels were 1. Kanthapura 2. The Serpent and the Rope 3. The Cat and Shakespeare  Important links  ⬇️  https://caravanmagazine.in/reviews-essays/india-metaphysic https://www.ndbooks.com/author/raja-rao/

Teachers (Poem)

  Teachers Teachers are trailblazers, Quenching the thirst for knowledge, They are the torchbearers! Socrates was a philosopher, But first and foremost, He was a preacher, It was this latter bit that, That made him a master! They made us learn letters, The words came flowing, The sentences of life were made! They are living institutions, Holding in them, a revolution, To benefit from them, Let us start now, Wit full determination! Dr.S.Padmapriya