On Criticism

Papai Patra, 

Research Fellow, 

Centre for Translation and Literary Geography (CTLG), 

University of Calcutta

For a few years it has been a matter of debate  to encapsulate the roof of criticism in a space. Since erudition grew to a higher extent, the matter became  much more important. Criticism, in other words to say, is an extension of the people's understanding. In the wave of reading some treatise, a specific category of mass housed their view or opinion, as we can say, in a very orchestrated manner. Like the process of electrification, the grey-cells of the people's mind, at least who read, produces an instant energy to force the eye on the loopholes of a writing. Thus the progressive movement of the criticism came into being. It could have some variation if people acquired a lot of related books even existed before on the particular topic, this could have some deep impact on the way of people’s understanding. A Writer's life is not a blessing to the social being namely 'Human' rather it is a necessity in the true sense. Reading is a little work in the workshop of the readers’ knowledge gathering playground, but when a plenty of question arises out of the inquisitive mind of different kinds of people, then it aims at the extended part of reading, and that I call 'Criticism.' Criticism is not always a comment comes out of somebody's vocal chord. Criticism is the consequence of understanding of the intensity of the speech that is best suited as an extended part of reading or observation on something. It is the extension of the consciousness as I have hinted before. Instead of maintaining a balance between the faults and magnanimity, the act of Criticism becomes an addition to the work of finding the errors only. People becomes too puzzled to solve the problem as it is in its ultimate form, but a grand view can always help one to taste the flavor of the extension of the consciousness with an ultimate stance. An infinite space always sustains some minstrel touch to the view of people's eyes. But is it always alright? To answer this, we should have sustained some sort of faculty in our mind. The answer will be, if we try to find out the truth with least endeavourment, obviously 'NO'. There will be a different kind of stylistic opinion on this. If the individual always tries to find out the faults within him, so it would destroy the other side of that individual to praise himself or to have a sight on his own beauty, talent & excellency. Likewise, to say, if a reader always tries to find out the faults of a writer in his writing only by reading one work of that same writer, indeed it would be a matter of much more importance to say in a word that it will destroy the reader's mind faculty to find out the beauty of the writing also or the magnanimity of the same. Now in this respect I am bound to say that Criticism is not only an extended part of consciousness or extension of consciousness, rather it is also an extension of people’s disadvantageous or harmful side. In some events or situation, it becomes a heinous act. But sometimes criticism helps the readers to find out the truth, the truth that is completely suppressed. Or, sometimes criticism also conceals the intensified truth behind a writing. Thus, it is an exercise of Revelation and Concealment.