Bhatt is a product of two cultures. She sees herself split between culture and language.. Conflicted with who she is. She wants to rewrite history. She reflects herself on her identity. She is not fully Indian not fully English. What happened to the people who lost their land and freedoms. She wants to look at this story. She begins the story Pan of She begins the story Great Pan is In Hindouism many Gods vs Christianity. They roam freely.. The gods can do what they like. The hindu gods are given
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Sujata Bhatt (b. 1956) grew up in Pune but emigrated with her family to the United States in 1968. She studied in the States receiving an MFA from the University of Iowa and went on to be writer-in-residence at the University of Victoria‚ Canada. More recently she was visiting fellow at Dickinson College‚ Pennsylvania. She currently lives with her husband and daughter in Bremen‚ Germany. Her first collection‚ Brunizem‚ won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize (Asia) and the Alice Hunt Bartlett Award. Subsequent
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In ‘Search For My Tongue’‚ another poem by Sujata Bhatt‚ she talks of the strangeness and difficulty of having two languages‚ and the fear of losing her “mother tongue”‚ the language she was brought up to speak by her mother. Bhatt was born in India in 1956‚ moved to the USA in 1968‚ and now lives in Germany‚ so she is well aware of how much a change of culture and language can affect people. ‘A Different History’ is in two linked parts: lines 1-18‚ then lines 19-29. The first suggests that although
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Explore the ways in which Sujata Bhatt memorably conveys differences between cultures in this poem. Sujata Bhatt is an Indian who emigrated to the states. This is poem is written as a wakeup call for the Indians. This poem is itself ironical because the poem is written in English and talks about the disadvantages of English. 1. The 3 lines shows that India is such a beautiful country that the “great Pan” emigrated here. Great pan is known to be a lover of nature and beauty. This may show the
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This passage is taken from the book Songs of Ourselves. This poem written by Sujata Bhatt is written post the British colonisation of India and importance of religions and culture in India. It is a poem written about the social and political concern of the lost of cultural identical renunciation of Indian identity. The poem is based on Religion and a bit of Greek Mythology. All the lines are not of the same length. This shows us that the poem is meant to be read slowly with understanding. The effect
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A Different History By- Suajata Bhatt The poem ‘A Different History’ is set in India. In the first paragraph the poet describes how the world is developing at a fast pace and leaving behind culture‚ morals‚ value‚ spirituality etc. But India on the other hand has managed to sustain its tradition and modernity. “Great Pan is not dead; he simply emigrated to India Here‚ the gods roam freely Disguised as snakes or monkeys; every tree is sacred” Pan is the Greek god of nature. This reference
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Ela Bhatt Ela Ramesh Bhatt born on 7 September 1933 in the city of Ahmadabad in India. She is the founder of India’s Self-Employed Women’s Association (or SEWA). A lawyer by training‚ Dr. Bhatt is a respected leader of the international labour‚ cooperative‚ women‚ and micro-finance movements who has won several national and international awards. Ela Bhatt’s childhood was spent in the city of Surat. Her father‚ Sumant Bhatt‚ had a successful law practice. Her mother‚ Vanalila Vyas‚ was active
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of beliefs and habits overtakes and conceals the old set‚ deteriorating the sacred cultural connections established at birth. Sujatas "Search for My Tongue" and John Agards "Half-Caste" are both excellent examples of cultural conflict. In the both cases‚ the authors are attempting to depict the hardships involved with a clash of culture. In Search for My Tongue‚ Sujata Bhatt finds conflict between two languages: what would you do/if you had two tongues in your mouth (3-4). In Half-Caste‚ Agard protests
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Comment closely on “A Different History”‚ paying particular attention to how Bhatt presents differences. In the poem “A Different History” by Sujata Bhatt‚ the poet speaks about culture identity‚ the importance of language‚ and religion. Bhatt describes the history of India during the British colonization days‚ from her point of view – from the side of the oppressed. Her strong diction portrays her emotions clearly. The varied structure and tone between the two stanzas of the poem highlights the
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A different History Sujata Bhatt The poem ’A different History’‚ written by Sujata Bhatt is written post the British colonisation of India. The poem is based on Indian religion and a bit of Greek mythology. The poem talks about different cultures‚ mainly Indian and the colonisation of India. As Bhatt has experienced three different cultures; the Indian culture‚ the American culture and the German culture‚ the poem reflects on the differences in cultures and delves into mainly the Indian culture
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