Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan's Comparative English Literature-Limits And Prospects?

Dr. M.K.Bhatnagar, Head, Department of English, M.D. University, Rohtak in his article, ”Comparative English Literature-Limits and Prospects” says “Comparative study of Literature involves in lumping together of two or more tests which are perceived by the critic, to have a significant, similar or dissimilar theme or style. It also gives ways to assume a number of dual awareness studies inter-genre or intra-genre, inter-cultural or intra cultural, inter authorial or intra-authorial or a specific permutation and combination of these” (1). Many Indian writers have tried their hands in writing autobiographies. This paper distinguishes the similarities and the dissimilarities established in Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s ‘My Search for Truth’ and

D.K. Naik in his ‘Arts of Autobiography’ views autobiography as a popular and satisfying form of literary art and a great blessing to humanity. E.S.Beats in his ‘Inside Out, An Introduction to Autobiography’ views, autobiography has a great store house of first hand, vivid, authentic. It offers an opportunity to understand the circumstances of the person and the personality of the writer. The reader may have the opportunity to know the failure and success stories of the author and he comes to know how an ordinary man becomes an extra-ordinary man. The reader can form the psychological bond with author; he will get the inspiration from

He worked as a Vice- Chancellor for Andhra University and Benara Hindu University, Spalding professor of Eastern Religion and Ethics at University of Oxford. APJ Abdul Kalam “the Missile Man of India”, dedicated scientist in DRDO and ISRO, project director of SLV3, developer of the nation’s prestigious AGNI and PRITHVI missiles, the founder of the Advanced Missile Technology Research Centre IMARAT, Scientific advisor of India’s defense minister, the first bachelor president of India from 2002-2007 and the first designer of very light braces for the disabled. Both of them got Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in India. Kalam and Sarvepalli rejected the president post for the second time. Radhakrishnan was brought up under limited Hindu high caste culture and in a very poor family. But Kalam was brought up under mixed culture. Though he belongs to Muslim religion, one can identify his writing that he lived in a place where people belonged to various religions. The beauty of Rameswaram tells us though there is a mixed culture, its people maintained unity among them. Radhakrishanan’s language is poetic, aphoristic and highly realistic and Kalam’s is precise, scientific and