ACCAMMA CHERIAN - JHANSI KI RANI OF TRAVANCORE In the struggle for independence, India was fortunate to have received the assistance from countless minds. They initially were forged due to the chains put on them by the colonial society. They exhibited daring acts both against the society and the British. They still continue to inspire the future generations to act against injustice and for liberty through their deeds. The freedom fighter whom I knew was Accamma Cherian. Accamma Cherian, well known as ’The Jhansi ki Rani of Travancore’, was born in 14 February 1909 in Kanjirappaly, Travancore, part of the now Kerala. She was born in a Nasrani family ,constituting Christians, as the second daughter of Thomman Cherian and Annama Karipparambil. She was schooled at a gove...
Caging Skies by Christine Leunens * " Emotions lead you to what logic is incapable of finding on its own.” * " A man who dreams he's being hunted isn't safe and sound in his bed. A man is where his spirit is. If he lived a base life with one woman but had another woman locked up in his heart the whole while, she was the only one he loved. The only one he really shared his life with. The most secret, powerful gift given to a man isn't life, but the capacity to snip at it in his mind, trim it in his heart, cultivate all the branches that should have been and were given life within the nicks in his will, the cuts of his soul. This is where the tree of life is hidden, grafted in each and every man". The above quotes from Caging Skies are just some of the deep ,meaningful lines from the book. The Author, Christine Leunens , has the depth and style which makes us a part of the character's life. The author creates Johannes, a child of the second Wor...