VISTAS
S.3 JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE EARTH
-by Tishani Doshi
About the author: Tishani Doshi is an Indian writer, journalist and dancer of
Welsh-Gujarati origin. She was born in Chennai on 9th December 1975. She
gained a Master’s degree in the Writing Seminars at John Hopkins University,
Baltimore.
She moved to London in 1999. In 2001, she returned to India where she became
a dancer with the choreographer Chandralekha. She also works as a freelance
journalist contributing to various newspapers.
She has published six books of poetry and fiction. She is a widely read authoress
and has to her credit many awards.
Theme:
The travelogue ‘Journey to the End of the Earth’ describes the journey of the
authoress from madras to the end of the world, Antarctica. It is Antarctica where one
can understand the earth’s present’ past and future. Her emotions range from relief to
profound wonder.
Main Points:
The writer visited Antarctica, the coldest, driest and windiest continent in the
world, aboard the Russian research vessel, Akademik Shokalskiy.
The journey, beginning at Chennai, passed through many areas, geographical,
local, ecological and temporal.
Her first reaction to the continent was of relief, followed by wonder at its
vastness, seclusion and geological history.
Part of History
Before human evolution, Antarctica was part of a huge tropical landmass called
the Gondwana land, which flourished 650 million years ago.
Biological (flora and fauna), geological (changing continents) and geographical
(climatic) changes occurred and Antarctica separated and moved away evolving
into what it is today.
A visit to Antarctica gave the writer a deeper understanding of mountains, the
earth’s history, ecology and environment.
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S.3 JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE EARTH
-by Tishani Doshi
About the author: Tishani Doshi is an Indian writer, journalist and dancer of
Welsh-Gujarati origin. She was born in Chennai on 9th December 1975. She
gained a Master’s degree in the Writing Seminars at John Hopkins University,
Baltimore.
She moved to London in 1999. In 2001, she returned to India where she became
a dancer with the choreographer Chandralekha. She also works as a freelance
journalist contributing to various newspapers.
She has published six books of poetry and fiction. She is a widely read authoress
and has to her credit many awards.
Theme:
The travelogue ‘Journey to the End of the Earth’ describes the journey of the
authoress from madras to the end of the world, Antarctica. It is Antarctica where one
can understand the earth’s present’ past and future. Her emotions range from relief to
profound wonder.
Main Points:
The writer visited Antarctica, the coldest, driest and windiest continent in the
world, aboard the Russian research vessel, Akademik Shokalskiy.
The journey, beginning at Chennai, passed through many areas, geographical,
local, ecological and temporal.
Her first reaction to the continent was of relief, followed by wonder at its
vastness, seclusion and geological history.
Part of History
Before human evolution, Antarctica was part of a huge tropical landmass called
the Gondwana land, which flourished 650 million years ago.
Biological (flora and fauna), geological (changing continents) and geographical
(climatic) changes occurred and Antarctica separated and moved away evolving
into what it is today.
A visit to Antarctica gave the writer a deeper understanding of mountains, the
earth’s history, ecology and environment.
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