History of English language and literature in India starts with the advent of East India Company in India. It all started in the summers of 1608 when Emperor Jahangir‚ in the courts of Moguls‚ welcomed Captain William Hawkins‚ Commander of British Naval Expedition Hector. It was India’s first tryst with an Englishman and English. Jahangir later allowed Britain to open a permanent port and factory on the special request of King James IV that was conveyed by his ambassador Sir Thomas Roe. English were
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The Algebra of Infinite Justice by Arundhati Roy The Progressive magazine‚ December 2001 It must be hard for ordinary Americans‚ so recently bereaved‚ to look up at the world with their eyes full of tears and encounter what might appear to them to be indifference. It isn’t indifference. It’s just augury. An absence of surprise. The tired wisdom of knowing that what goes around eventually comes around. The American people ought to know that it is not them‚ but their government’s policies‚
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Clockwork Orange Cormac McCarthy‚ The Road George Orwell‚ 1984 Margaret Atwood‚ Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood‚ A Handmaid’s Tale Ray Bradbury‚ Fahrenheit 451 Journey Motif Rain Man Motorcycle Diaries A. Manette Ansay‚ Vingear Hill Arundhati Roy‚ The God of Small Things Betty Smith‚ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Cormac McCarthy‚ The Road John Steinbeck‚ The Pearl Khaled Hosseini A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini‚ The Kite Runner Kim Edwards‚ The
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Pranav Chandrasekaran Mr. Paul Dyer English 3rd September‚ 2014 CHARACTER ANALYSIS: PAPPACHI Pappachi is the original patriarch of the Ipe Family. His real name was Shri Benaan John Ipe. Pappachi had lived during the British occupation of India and had worked as the Imperial Entomologist. In British India‚ Britishers formed the dominating class and ruled over the Indians. In such an environment‚ Pappachi had begun to consider Britishers
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character. It typically ends on a positive note‚ with the hero’s foolish mistakes and painful disappointments behind him and life of usefulness ahead (Wikipedia contributors). In this essay‚ I will argue that The God of Small Things written by Arundhati Roy is in fact an unsentimental bildungsroman that closely depicts the tragic lives of Rahel and Estha and gives the naïve readers who believe childhood consists of laughter and happiness a better understanding of the horrifying experiences that one’s
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awarded a Berlin Prize fellowship at the American Academy in Berlin. This work work won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and 2006 National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award. Her work always deal with the issues and experieces of immigrants. Suzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian author who is known for the 1998 Man Booker Prize for fiction winning novel The God of Small Things (1997) ‚ which is became the best selling novel by unexpatriate Indian author. She also known as activist involved in human rightes
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Women’s rights have become a global and ongoing fight. There have been many advances that have taken place in the equalization of genders. The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Woman (CEDAW) has been an affective and instrumental device in bringing about change in many countries around the world‚ including the U.S. However‚ despite this progress there are many areas that still need attention in order to create a more equal world for women. Globalization has
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* 5.4 Notable supporters and opposition * 5.5 Logjam of Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill 2011 * 6 Criticisms of the Jan Lokpal Bill * 6.1 Naïve approach * 6.2 Extra-constitutional * 6.3 Scope * 6.4 Criticism from Aruna Roy‚ Arundhati Roy and NCPRI * 6.5 Criticism from the
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committee 5.3 Fast & agitation – Phase 2 5.4 Notable supporters and opposition 5.5 Logjam of Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill 2011 6 Criticisms of the Jan Lokpal Bill 6.1 Naïve approach 6.2 Extra-constitutional 6.3 Scope 6.4 Criticism from Aruna Roy‚ Arundhati Roy and NCPRI 6.5 Criticism from the Director of CBI 7 Support for the bill 7.1 Surveys 7.2 Legislator support 7.3 Social media 7.4 Online surveys 8 Parliamentary actions on the proposed legislation 9 See also 10 References 11 External
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provide pictures of the shivering Grasshopper next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so? Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant’s house. Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter. Mayawati states this as ’injustice’ done on Minorities. Amnesty
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