“Agar firdaus bar roo-e-zameen ast hameen ast-o, hameen ast-o, hameen ast” [If there is a paradise on earth It is this, it is this, it is this.] This quote in Farsi (Persian) is ascribed to the famous Sufi poet and philosopher Hazrat Amir Khusro Delhavi (from Delhi, India circa 1253 – 1325); centuries later, the …
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In the course of familiarizing myself with Canadian literature, I discovered essays by literary critic, university professor and editor Northrop Frye. He had explored the “garrison mentality” theme common in Canadian literature, assumed to arise from part of Canada's cold climate, northern wilderness and colonial mentality and fears of the emptiness of the Canadian landscape and …
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