Higher Order Thinking Skills Subject: English ( Flamingo- Prose) CLASS – XII Text Book - Flamingo THE LAST LESSON Alphonse Daudet Q.1. “When a people are enslaved‚ as long as they hold fast to their language it is as if they had the key to their prison” Comment with reference to the lesson ‘The Last Lesson’. Q.2. Describe the measures linguistic minorities take to keep their languages alive. What would happen if they do not take
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Introduction “The emotional‚ sexual‚ and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says‚ “It’s a girl”. ” – Shirley Chisholm Shirley Chisholm was an American politician‚ educator and author. She was the first black woman to be elected to Congress and she was also the first major-party black woman candidate for President of the United States. In 1982 Chisholm told the Associated Press: "I’ve always met more discrimination being a woman than being black. When I ran for the
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needs and fundamental rights and their world have been merely treated as an object of sensual satisfaction. Indian women poets reveal the mind boggling variety of theme as well as that poetry is capable of offering.Toru Dutt‚Sarojini Naidu‚Kamala Das‚Imtiaz Dharkar –these poets have often raised their voices against social and cultural conventions that blocks their freedom.They believe that women need to explore their collective consciousness and shared experience in order to transcend the
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striving for enlightenment. Throughout Siddhartha’s life journey‚ the three most predominant events are the excitement of meeting the Buddha that quickly fades into a realization of great contribution to his search‚ his enchanting encounters with Kamala‚ and his time spent with the river and Vasudeva who ultimately reveal the path to enlightenment. The character Gotama‚ also known as the Buddha or the Illustrious One‚ is what entices Siddhartha to leave the Samanas and what opens Siddhartha’s eyes
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at the cremation”. It is easier for a writer to write about what he sees and hears. Like William Wordsworth who wrote about the ‘daffodils’ after he saw thousands of daffodils in a valley‚ he is inspired to write a poem by what he saw. Likewise Kamala Das saw wrote ‘the dance of the eunuchs’ when she saw them dancing on the streets of Calcutta. Wordsworth had stated‚ “ Poetry is a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings‚ recollected in tranquility”. For an Indian English poet living in India
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The Brahmin’s Son 1. Briefly describe Siddhartha. Siddhartha is a good-looking‚ well-loved young man who has grown into the religious group of India‚. He is full of knowledge‚ able to master the art of meditation. 2. For what two things does Govinda‚ his best friend‚ admire him? Govinda admires his eyes and sweet voice as well as his grace movements and thoughts. Govinda truly admires his friend‚ hoping to follow in Siddhartha’s footsteps. 3. What does he fear if he stays at home and continues
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Transformation of Mind with Sri Aurobindo. This entry was posted on January 16‚ 2010‚ in Uncategorized and tagged ascent‚ consciousness‚ descent‚ higher mind‚ integral‚ light‚ sri aurobindo. Bookmark the permalink. 6 Comments Sri Aurobindo had a fascinating and mystical description for where humanity was headed. He describes an evolution of consciousness‚ whereby a higher reality‚ or Light-Consciousness‚ was the next major evolutionary transformation. The old‚ rational mind‚ searching for “truth
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Siddhartha had one single goal - to become empty‚ to become empty of thirst‚ desire‚ dreams‚ pleasure and sorrow - to let the Self die. No longer to be Self‚ to experience the peace of an emptied heart‚ to experience pure thought - that was his goal. When all the Self was conquered and dead‚ when all passions and desires were silent‚ then the last must awaken‚ the innermost of Being that is no longer Self - the great secret (14) Siddhartha‚ according to his actions‚ was constantly in search for knowledge
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language poetry became more indianized in nature. The change that came about reflected the change in mentality that had ushered in among the Indian poets. Such Indianisation had been proceeding for several generations and is prominent in the poetry of Kamala Das and Pritish Nandy and present although more nuanced in the work ofKeki N.Daruwalla it is more likely to be felt in the verse of Nissim Ezekiel and Jayanta Mahapatra or in the kind of rapidly expressed ironies found in the poetry of Ramanujan.
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Feedbooks Siddhartha Hesse‚ Hermann Published: 1922 Categorie(s): Fiction‚ Non-Fiction‚ Human Science‚ Philosophy Source: http://www.gutenberg.org 1 About Hesse: Hermann Hesse (2 July 1877—9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet‚ novelist‚ and painter. In 1946‚ he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. His best-known works include Steppenwolf‚ Siddhartha‚ and The Glass Bead Game (also known as Magister Ludi) which explore an individual’s search for spirituality outside society. Copyright: This
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