First time I have ever heard Dr. Mira C. Krishnan speak‚ it was on the topic covering “Overcoming Minority”. It was so uplifting and inspirational. After her presentation‚ she had a standing ovation. What she presented was a life lesson that she could relates with the crowd to whom she is speaking too. It touched my heart. Dr. Krishnan obtained her BS and MS degrees in engineering at the University of Michigan and to go on with her PhD in clinical psychology at the University of Florida. Later she
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Case study Doordarshan Group No: 9 Members: Sophy S Babu (54) Soumitri (55) Subramanian Suraj (56) Sujay Dutta (57) Suman Gunjan Churchung (58) Suneetha F Maschrenhans (59) Suraj karkidholi (60) College: National
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how they view the world. In the personal essay “Two ways to belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee‚ she talks about the life of her and her sister Mira. They moved from India to America to study in college. In the essay it’s pretty clear that Mira sticks with her Indian identity while Bharati identifies more to American and develops an American identity. These identities influence their feelings toward America. Mira never got an American citizenship; instead she got a green card and a residence with
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In the article "Two Ways to Belong in America‚" author Bharati Mukherjee writes about the experiences and the common struggles that immigrants face in the new environment. She writes the article in hopes to tell the general public of her experiences and struggles that she and her sister faced in the timeline that she publishes this piece. As new immigration laws are being passed in Congress‚ Mukherjee wants to tell her story and her sister’s to be able to communicate the life before these laws and
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The novel Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee‚ is a compelling story of a women’s seemingly never ending triumphs that help her to grow and form into a mature adult. Jasmine‚ the main character‚ goes through many stages and with those stages new personalities‚ to endure the hardships she faces. A theme that runs constantly throughout the novel is the theme of hope. The theme of Hope is shown in the novel Jasmine when Jasmine gets raped‚ when her husband dies‚ when and lastly when she has to choose between
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canvas paintings have a singular experimenting quality going beyond its time‚ unregimented by dogmas and with only one commitment - to be unstintingly creative. Born in Bankura in West Bengal in 1910‚ Ramkinkar Baij studied at the Kala Bhavan‚ Vishwa Bharati University‚ Santiniketan in 1925. Trained by two European sculptors‚ one... Baij was born in an economically modest family in the Bankura district of the modern state of West Bengal in India. In that sense‚ he was a Bengali‚ not an Adivasi‚ as many
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Bharati Mukherjee in her writings criticizes the assumptions entrenched in the western minds about the immigrants from India and other countries. She addresses the issue of multiculturalism which has a tremendous influence on the making of “new” Americans. She insists that the greater presence of non-European immigrants after the liberalisation of immigrant laws in 1965 has a terrific impact on the national identity of America. She maintains a clear distinction between Canada and USA and condemns
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The American Dream is the assumption that every single US citizen should have the same opportunity to be successful‚ work hard‚ and have determination. Bharati Mukherjee illustrates how Jasmine takes on new names and identities to transform herself as she travels through America to achieve what she believes is “ The American Dream”. The major idea of being this “ American Dreamer” is to search for your real identity(“The Great”). Being born in India and coming to America she is an immigrant. Jasmine
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Chavarius Curry-Felix 5/29/13 English 101-swa 1 T.Roper Unit One Short Writing Assignments The thing that is most significant about this title was that you have to realize the true essence of judging a person for being regular instead of judging someone by their handicap.The title’s significance seems to be a certain way of getting to know what the article may be about.The title itself gives off a sense of mystery being that the title is drawing the reader into actually finding out what this article
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town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal‚ India‚ approximately 180 kilometres north of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). It was made famous by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore‚ whose vision became what is now a university town (Visva-Bharati University) that attracts thousands of visitors each year. Shantiniketan is also a tourist attraction because Rabindranath wrote many of his literary classics here‚ and his house is a place of historical importance. History Shantiniketan was previously
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