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    contempt of court

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    CONTEMPT OF COURT Introduction: In a democracy people should have right to criticize judges. The purpose of should not be to upheld the majesty and dignity of the court but only to enable it to function. Anything that curtails or impairs the freedom of limits of the judicial proceedings must of necessity result in hampering of the administration of Law and in interfering with the due course of justice. This necessarily constitutes contempt of court. Oswald defines contempt to be constituted by

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    the notions of marginalization can be seen by Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’ and Arundhati Roy’s ‘God of Small Things’. The two texts which come from completely two different time periods is evident to the way a message is carried on through many decades though having transformed and changed during times of social change. Through character development and cleverly executed literary techniques‚ Arundhati Roy and Joseph Conrad confront and educate the audience with ideas of marginalization of race

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    Illusion of Destiny Half a Life Commodities and Capabilities A House for Mr. Biswas Magic Seeds Inequality Re-examined Equality of Capacity Books by Indian Booker Prize Winning Authors Salman Rushdie Midnight’s Children Arundhati Roy God of Small Things Arvind Adiga The White Tiger Satanic Verses Broken Republic Last Man in Tower Shame The End of Imagination The Moor’s Last Sigh Power Politics The Algebra of Infinite Justice Fury The Enchantress

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    Cutting For Stone

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    imagined them to be. In the case of Abraham Verghese’s Cutting For Stone and Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things‚ both authors establish a unique aspect on twins that many of us would not consider the accepted norm of twin “ideology”. In Cutting For Stone‚ we are presented with a epitomical situation of two twins that are conjoined by an artery in their heads. It’s an extremely typical scenario in which

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    the novel‚ is an extremely useful authorial tool. It allows Roy a great deal of flexibility as she chooses which themes and events are most important to pursue. The author is able to structure her book so as to build up to the ideas and events at the root of the Ipe family’s experience. 2.Foreshadowing Throughout Roy’s novel‚ the narrative voice emphasizes that it is building towards a mysterious‚ cataclysmic‚ and all-important event. Roy even provides details and glimpses of the event‚ which she

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    Post-Colonialism

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    What is Postcolonial Literature? In a broad sense‚ postcolonial literature is writing which has been “affected by the imperial process from the moment of colonization to the present day” (Ashcroft et al‚ 2). In India’s case‚ this includes novels‚ poetry‚ and drama which were written both during and after the British Raj or “Reign‚” which came to a formal conclusion with Indian Independence in August 1947. Although writing from India and other formerly colonized countries such as Nigeria‚ Jamaica

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    ……………………………………………………………………………………… 17 Abstract The goal of this paper is to emphasize the importance of the role of contemporary literature in understanding the neocolonialist and imperialist aspects of globalization by exploring the depiction of globalization in Arundhati Roy’s novel “The God of Small Things” and Steve Tesich’s play “On the Open Road.” Although both of these works criticize corporate globalization as a profit-driven enterprise controlled by and catering to the interests of economic‚ political and

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    short stories‚ he wrote novels‚ drama‚ stories and books for old people and children. In all‚ he published more than 250 books in the various fields. He is the author of the short story ’The Letter’ which is adapted in the CBSE Std X syllabus. Arundhati Roy |

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    Dobersztyn English IV Accel Ms. Gutierrez History Personified History the Mob Boss Arundhati Roy personifies history as a mob boss‚ with Baby Kochamma‚ Chacko‚ Inspector Thomas Matthew‚ Comrade Pillai‚ even Vellya Paapen acting has the mob boss’s thugs‚ who maintained order and came to collect what you owe when you don’t follow the rules. When you owe the mob money‚ the boss’s thugs will come for you. Roy uses the personification of owing the mob boss to show what happens when you don’t maintain

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    The God of Small Things

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    Soare Maria Mihaela “The God of Small Things” Arundati Roy The God of Small Things is about a family living in India after the Declaration of Independence. The story is told in a very interesting way although it may take some time to enter completely into its world and to get accustomed to the author’s style. Since the reader is jumping back and forth

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