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    Anita Desai

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    2009/30097;VoL.III *ISSUE-32 RESEARCH ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION Among the post- independence Indo- English writers Anita Desai holds a prominent place because of the immense popularity she commands as a novelist of human predicament of anxiety‚ frustration and loneliness in the insensitive and inconsiderate contemporary world. This paper aims at tracing the theme of alienation in the novels of Anita Desai. Alienation refers to estrangement that occurs in the relation between an individual and that to which

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    Anita Nair

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    Anita Nair is a popular Indian English writer. She was born at Shornur in the state of Kerala. She was working as the creative director of an advertising agency in Bangalore when she wrote her first book‚ a collection of short stories called Satyr of the Subway‚ which she sold to Har-Anand Press. The book won her a fellowship from the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. Her second book was published by Penguin India‚ and was the first book by an Indian author to be published by Picador USA. She has

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    Anita Desai

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    In this novel‚ as in so many others by Anita Desai‚ the key themes of identity and language are explored and developed. This is vital considering the context in which Desai sets so many of her novels‚ which is post-Partition and the massive upheaval that occurred as Pakistan was created as a separate nation and many Muslims and Hindus had to relocate and an imaginary border was created in a nation. The focus on language is shown in Deven‚ who focuses on Hindi poetry because he has no choice but to

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    Anita Desai

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    org/ijel ISSN 2141-2626 ©2011 Academic Journals Review Anita Desai’s ‘in custody’: Unlocking the web of time and space Bhasha Shukla Sharma Department of Humanities‚ University Institute of Technology‚ Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya‚ Bhopal. (M.P)‚ India. E-mail: Bhasha.shukla@gmail.com. Tel: 9826090200. Accepted 6 August‚ 2011 This paper attempts to semiotically interpret the use of time and place as narrative device in Anita Desai’s ‘In Custody’. Space and time have aroused the curiosity

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    Anita and Me

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    SOUTH ASIAN WRITING HOME ASSIGNMENT: Diaspora In South Asian Literature- As seen in Meera Syal’s “Anita and Me” Submitted by : 08/EL/47 Urmimala Bhattacharjee The mention of ‘home’ and ‘outside’ is not a specification of India at all‚ but rather

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    Anita Hill

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    False Accusation of Anita Hill’s Testimony Anita Hill‚ a lawyer who worked for now Judge Clarence Thomas‚ US Supreme Court Judge‚ then just a nominee. Anita Hill came forward with allegations that Thomas had sexually harassed her while they worked together at the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She is accusing him of harassing her not physically but through comments. According to the article‚ it appears that Anita Hill is possibly making up lies about

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    The Shawl Essay Example

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    Cynthia Ozick’s short story "The Shawl" is a masterful work recounting an almost unspeakably horrible time in world history. The story takes place in the middle of World War II in Nazi Germany. The lead character‚ Rosa‚ is a Jewish woman trying to flee from a terrible fate in a concentration camp with her two daughters‚ the infant‚ Magda and the teenager‚ Stella. Rosa‚ tired and weary from the endless flight‚ and her daughters‚ malnourished and weak‚ all continue on until they reach a place to

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    Anita Roddick

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    2. How do you evaluate Anita Roddick’s management philosophy and style? How important a contribution did she make to the creation of The Body Shop? How important is her role in its ongoing management? Anita Roddick’s Management Philosophy & Style 1. PHILOSOPHY The 4 basic management functions of Planning‚ Organizing‚ Leading & Controlling can be analyzed in detail for drawing a picture of Anita Roddick’s Management Philosophy for The Body Shop. 1. Planning * First major

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    Anita Desai

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    A conversation with Anita Desai‚ and some notes on her work [Statutory warning: long‚ bifurcated post – some thoughts on Anita Desai’s writing followed by a Q&A. Apologies in case there’s some overlapping between the two elements. I wrote it as a flowing piece - a profile-cum-interview - for Business Standard Weekend but since there isn’t a word-constraint here I prefer to spread it out and play with the format.] Long before the publication of Midnight’s Children brought alive new possibilities

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    a historical event. The author does this by providing the audience with visual image and emotion that is created throughout the story. In the short story “The Shawl”‚ author Cynthia Ozick shows the audience the horrible events that took place during the Holocaust and how much individuals suffered during this time. While reading “The Shawl”‚ the reader can feel and imagine throughout the book all the suffering and pain that the Holocaust caused the Jewish people. This short story is great for individuals

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