Tether that Light: Poems Inspired by Miniature Paintings by Debasish Lahiri (review)

Abstract

experience and expertise have given him an excellent vantage point for his remarkably insightful analyses. India’s Forests, Real and Imagined: Writing the Modern Nation is a culmination of Johnson’s meticulous, comprehensive research (44page Notes and 21-page Bibliography) and presentations. Though he claims that it would be an “implausible goal” to cover the breadth of texts representing the imagery of forests written between 1880s and the present, he has accomplished the daunting task by selecting texts well-representing the country’s regional, linguistic, and cultural diversity. Besides, he literally trotted around the globe and across many states within India sharing his ideas with critics, scholars, and students at various forums. See “Acknowledgments” for the list of venues where he presented to bring this project to fruition. This will be a valuable resource for teachers and graduate students the United States and other countries including India.