जिस प्रकार दशहरा और दीपावली का संबंध हमारे भागवान श्रीराम से तथा जन्माष्टमी का संबंध भागवान श्रीकृष्ण से है, उसी प्रकार क्रिसमस का संबंध ईसा मसीह से है। क्रिसमस का यह पर्व प्रतिवर्ष 25 दिसम्बर को विश्वभर में बड़ी धूमधाम से मनाया जाता है। इसी दिन लोकोद्धारक, परम, दयालु, गरीबों …

You might have come across lines like “Then come, sweet death, and rid me of this grief.” It is written in such a way that the person is talking to death which is, obviously, not a person, but a phenomenon. This is an example of apostrophe, which is an important …

“Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition!” Recognize the emphasis laid in the previous sentence? The term ‘anaphora’ originated from the Greek word meaning ‘carrying back’. It can be defined as a repetition or a rhetorical device where the same word or phrase is repeated at regular intervals, which could be …

Allusions probably sound unfamiliar but, as a matter of fact, you would have definitely heard its usage. Do you remember watching movies where characters refer to characters in other movies just to make a point? Well, this is a form of allusion. An allusion, according to M. H. Abrams, is …

Allegory comes from the Greek word ‘allegoria’ that means ‘speaking otherwise’. It is often used to describe stories in verse or poetry that typically have a double meaning. The act of interpreting allegories is called allegoresis. These figures of speech fall into two categories: historical and abstract. There are several …

Question: What was the real name of Rani Lakshmi Bai? Answer: The real name of Rani Lakshmi Bai was Manikarnika. Question: What was the Doctrine of  lapse? Answer: The British had adopted a policy called the Doctrine of lapse. Under this policy after an Indian ruler died an adopted son would not …