Isles of Wonder! (A Visit to England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales) Text by Ragini Ramachandra

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That Ragini Ramachandra is a connoisseur and a scholar is evidenced in the range and variety of places she visits (Shakespeare’s England, Yeats’s Ireland, Walter Scott and R.L. Stevenson’s Scotland and the history-ridden land of the Prince of Wales) and the objects which invite her meticulous observation. From Eastgate Clock in Chester, to Ten Welsh Commandments, Yeats’s statue and grave, Cliffs of Moher, numerous art objects loaded with aesthetic appeal, the homely insouciance of Jane Austen Centre, the Elgin Marbles that evoked the immortal ode symbolizing the affinity of Beauty and Truth, the enchanting Stratford, the London Bridge and the majestic London Globe.