It was a smoggy winter morning... The feeble sunshine was trying to warm my bedroom...The chirps of the morning birds started entering into my ears... From under the quilt I searched for the mobile phone and switched on one of the Bengali FM radio channels...The Kolkata special winter morning just started... At around half past 6 o’clock‚ when the morning mist was just fading away‚ we sat down with cups of hot tea...We started playing the Gayatri Mantra...We looked out of the window... The momentum
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a long poem of the Maithili style pioneered by Vidyapati. Published pseudonymously‚ experts accepted them as the lost works of Bhānusiṃha‚ a newly discoveredζ[›] 17th-century Vaiṣṇava poet.[17] He wrote "Bhikharini" (1877; "The Beggar Woman"—the Bengali language’s first short story)[18][19] and Sandhya Sangit (1882)—including the famous poem "Nirjharer Swapnabhanga" ("The Rousing of the Waterfall"). A prospective barrister‚ Tagore enrolled at a public school in Brighton‚ East Sussex‚ England in
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and Ashoke not giving their son a “good” name was based from a simple letter that Ashimas grandmother did not send. Also‚ while being told the story in Ashoke’s point of view the audience is shown why Gogol’s name‚ even if it is not a good‚ Bengali name‚ is important to Ashoke. The bond Lahiri creates between Ashoke’s favorite author and the train accident he is in pushes his reasoning further. By not telling Gogol where his name came from‚ he gives Gogol time to figure out who he really
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Health and social care guide to communication Communication is an interactive two way process of giving and receiving a message‚ such as exchanging ideas or information it can be a mixture of verbal and non-verbal and formal and informal methods. Communication is important to master to become an effective health and social care professional because you need to be able to listen to people to understand their needs because if you don’t listen to them properly wrong information can be taken also
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Explain the role of effective communication and interpersonal interaction in a health and social care context. The role of effective communication is very important in a health and social care unit as‚ without it‚ it will be very hard to communicate with the clients. But also communication is the process of sharing information‚ thoughts and feelings between people through speaking‚ writing or body language. Effective communication extends the concept to require that transmitted content is received
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What they carried themselves with dignity‚ poise‚ and a kind of moral; a moral that has been tainted throughout life going against their own ideals of what is right and acceptable. For if a person’s life continuously seems to be filled with morals‚ without a moral less action‚ do not believe them. ‘Morals’ is defined as a person’s standard of behaviors or beliefs of what is and what is not acceptable for them to do. Whether in a situation of which a person’s life is in jeopardy‚ the way they were
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Mother Tongue I have realized that intelligence is not judged by the way we speak. I could also relate to Tan when she mentions that the language spoken at home can affect “results on achievement tests‚ IQ tests‚ and the SAT” (Tan 421). Speaking only Bengali at home has greatly impacted my writing and SAT score too. It becomes hard for me to
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girlfriend in India then it is here‚ in America. In this analysis of culture and identity‚ The Namesake will be depicted as an intellectual and an existing struggle for characters to establish their identity. In this film‚ adapted form a depiction of Bengali life in Western society‚ there are assorted scenes of emotional and relationship related issues that face the main characters. Focusing on the lives of Ashima and Ashoke in the western world including their son Gogol‚ there is a clear contrast
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The Namesake In the book‚ The Namesake‚ by Jhumpa Lahiri‚ Gogol is the son of Bengali parents‚ and has many different experiences trying to fit into American culture. At the beginning‚ Gogol didn’t really care about his name when he was a child. But then in his teenage years all he cared about was being called Nikhil. Towards the end‚ Gogol starts to praise his name. Gogol was born in North America to Bengali parents. His parents try to keep some of the Indian traditions‚ although it’s difficult
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Sensory loss Sensory loss takes place when a person’s sight or hearing becomes impaired. For some people who have been born with a hearing or sight impairment the term “loss” is inappropriate. However many people who have spent their lives hearing or seeing and will experience a sense of loss if these abilities are affected. Very few people are totally deaf or completely blind so design for sensory loss should be about supporting remaining ability as well as compensating by using other senses. There
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