... Ghose (186 9- 1 92 4), Toru Dutt(185 7-7 7) and Sarojini Naidu (187 9- 1 94 9). The modern period began inthe 195 0s and shows considerable influence from T. S. Eliot(188 8-1 96 5), W. H. Auden ( 190 7-7 3) and ... words beginning with re-, de-, dis-, com- andwords ending in -self, -ity, -ic, -teal; and the rhythm of Indian Englishspeech was not exactly syllable-timed or stress-timed.The range of ... brieflydiscussed this with appropriate references elsewhere (Kachru 198 6a:16 8-7 1; see also Kachru 198 6b, Y. Kachru 199 2 and Fernando 197 6, 198 9, particularly the section on 'styles for narrative,...