Poem Dhauli by Jayanta Mahapatra— Critical Summary
Introduction of the Poem: “Dhauli” (1979) is a sensitive account of the Kalinga War (261 BC) that wiped off thousands of lives to satiate a single individual’s hunger for power. Mahapatra does not hail the power and military exploits of Ashoka. His sympathy reaches out instead to the vanquished and the dead who find no … Read more