Life, “A linear-Time Dimension” in Human Time

Authors

  • Dr. Rajamouly Katta

Keywords:

Time, powers, thrall, illusion, life, birth, growth, childhood, youth, middle age, old age, death, mortality, future, expectations, aims, dreams, present, the past, futility, failures, disappointments, sadness, miseries

Abstract

According to Larkin, life is a texture in “a linear-time dimension”. It is a hard journey through time in which “happiness is too going” (TLD, 44). It is the illusion of illusions as time rules life to turn it a supreme illusion. All time - present, past, and future – serves as a three-fold illusion and becomes a source for disappointments in life. Mortality and futility are the inevitable facts of life. The future, which is unpromising, acts as a harbinger of misfortunes including death, the harshest fact of life. The present is seen with a series of failures and frustrations in life on the collapse of castles built in the air. The past is past to serve as a reminder of what we ought to have been. Life after all is in thrall to time’s constant flux.

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Author Biography

Dr. Rajamouly Katta

Dr. Rajamouly Katta, M.A., M. Phil., Ph. D., Professor of English by profession and poet, short story writer, novelist, writer, critic and translator by predilection, has to his credit 64 books of all genres and 411 poems, short stories, articles and translations published in journals and anthologies of high repute. He has so far written 3600 poems collected in 20 anthologies, 200 short stories in 9 anthologies, 9 novels 18 skits. Creative Craft of Dr. Rajamouly Katta: Sensibilities and Realities is a collection of articles on his works. As a poet, he has won awards and prizes in Poetry Contest in India conducted by Metverse Muse.

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Published

2025-09-07

How to Cite

Katta, D. R. “Life, ‘A Linear-Time Dimension’ in Human Time”. Contemporary Literary Review India, vol. 11, no. 3, Sept. 2025, pp. 117-33, https://literaryjournal.in/index.php/clri/article/view/1376.

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 3: CLRI August 2024

Section

Research Papers

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