Tolstoy is best known forWar and Peace(1869) andAnna Karenina(1878), widely regarded as pinnacles of realistic fiction. In the late 1870s, after a profound moral crisis, followed by what he regarded as an equally profound spiritual awakening, he became a ferventChristian anarchistandpacifist. H...
His best known work includesPaavangal, a translation ofVictor Hugo‘sLes Misérables.It has been said that Mahatma Gandhi advised this stalwart to rewrite Les Miserables as a transliteration, supplanting the characters and the plot in the Kerala milieu. Yet, it was not to be and Nalapat creat...
1.Workinpairs.Discusswhythepeopleinthe picturesareimportant. MahatmaGandhi(1869–1948)wasaresolute opponentofcolonialismandBritishrule.He resistedracialprejudice,buthisgreatestclaimtofame washisbeliefinnon-violentaction.Hismainweapon was“passive”,arefusaltoobeythe ...
His best known work includesPaavangal, a translation ofVictor Hugo‘sLes Misérables.It has been said that Mahatma Gandhi advised this stalwart to rewrite Les Miserables as a transliteration, supplanting the characters and the plot in the Kerala milieu. Yet, it was not to be and Nalapat creat...