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Tara: A Play in Two Acts is an English short story written by Mahesh Dattani. It is the story of Tara, a girl who faced discrimination due to her gender. [1] It was written in 1990 and published in 1995 by Orient Blackswan. [2] [3] It focuses on gender discrimination, sexual marginalisation, familial discord, and communalism. [2]
The first two stories in the book ("The Sneetches" and "The Zax") were later adapted, along with Green Eggs and Ham, into 1973's animated TV musical special Dr. Seuss on the Loose: The Sneetches, The Zax, Green Eggs and Ham with Hans Conried voicing the narrator and both Zax, and Paul Winchell and Bob Holt voicing the Sneetches and Sylvester ...
Going to Meet the Man, [1] published in 1965, is a collection of eight short stories by American writer James Baldwin.The book covers many topics related to anti-Black racism and white supremacy in American society, as well as African-American–Jewish relations, childhood, the creative process, criminal justice, drug addiction, family relationships, lynching, and sexuality.
"Recitatif" is Toni Morrison's first published short story. It was initially published in 1983 in Confirmation: An Anthology of African American Women, [1] an anthology edited by Amiri Baraka and Amina Baraka, and is the only short story written by the acclaimed novelist.
In 2009, another short film called 2081 was based on the original story and starred Armie Hammer as Harrison Bergeron. Joe Crowe, managing editor of the online magazine Revolution Science Fiction , described the movie as "stirring and dramatic" and said it "gets right to the point, and nails the adaptation in about 25 minutes."
The stories provide social commentary on racial discrimination, bigotry, and other forms of injustice prevalent in United States during the 1950s. In particular, 'Daniel White for the Greater Good' and 'The Night of Delicate Terrors' depict the plight of African Americans prior to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 .
Bama (born 14 March 1958), also known as Bama Faustina Soosairaj, is a Tamil Dalit feminist, teacher and novelist.Her autobiographical novel Karukku (1992) chronicles the joys and sorrows experienced by Dalit Christian women in Tamil Nadu. [1]
"The Comet" is a science fiction short story written by W. E. B. Du Bois in 1920. It discusses the relationship between Jim Davis, a black man, and Julia, a wealthy white woman, after a comet strike unleashes toxic gases that kill everyone in New York except them.