works‚ Bharati directs the course of this story. The story is shaped by her decisions and movements. It is because of these lady characters that the male counterparts undergo strange twists and turns of fate something they have never visualised in their wildest dreams. In waiting for the Mahatma‚ Narayan presented the love of Sriram and Bharati against the background of the struggle for independence launched my Mahatma Gandhi. The struggle and love went together because Sriram loved Bharati whose
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been saving in his name. His irresponsibility is known immediately‚ when he wants to withdraw a huge sum of Rs. 250/-‚ but his watchful grandma restricts it to a decent Rs. 50/-. He had no choice rather obey her. Then he came into contact with Bharati and fell into love at first sight. He met her as she was making tin collection for the freedom movement. Bharati’s father had been shot dead while offering Satyagraha against the British during the first Non-cooperation Movement. She‚ who was just
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place. Sriram is attracted to Bharati‚ a girl of his age who is active in Mahatma Gandhi’s Quit India movement‚ and he becomes an activist himself. He then gets involved with anti-British extremists‚ causing much grief to his grandmother. Sriram’s underground activity takes place in the countryside‚ an area alien to him‚ and the misunderstandings with the locals provide the book’s best comic moments. After spending some time in jail‚ Sriram is reunited with Bharati‚ and the story ends with their
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar CIE (Bengali: ঈশ্বর চন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগর Ishshor Chôndro Biddashagor 26 September 1820 – 29 July 1891)‚ born Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyaya (Bengali: ঈশ্বর চন্দ্র বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়‚ Ishshor Chôndro Bôndopaddhae)‚ was an Indian Bengali polymath and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance.[1][2] Vidyasagar was a philosopher‚ academic‚ educator‚ writer‚ translator‚ printer‚ publisher‚ entrepreneur‚ reformer‚ and philanthropist. His efforts to simplify and modernize Bangla prose were
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The novel WAITING FOR THE MAHATMA deals with the story of a young man named Sriram whose life revolves round the influence of Mahatma on him during the years of Indian Freedom Struggle. In his age of twenty he meets a girl named Bharati‚ an ardent Gandhi follower and was collecting money for some funds. Her life is pretty much revolving around Gandhiji and his movement. By presenting Mahatma realistically in town
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different ways. These two sisters‚ they are exactly the same. They have some differences but then it starts happening when they get married. Mira gets married to an Indian man and Bharati gets married to an American man. Mira worked hard to make a living so that when she is ready to retire she has enough to move back to India. Bharati traveled around North America with her husband being an American citizen. Mira wasn’t a citizen and her boss wanted a labor certification‚ but she couldn’t provide it so she
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is whether to convert into a U.S. citizen or resident or to keep true to their birth of origin and love their national territory till the end of their time! This is the case in a story between these two sisters that came from Calcutta‚ India. Bharati is the sister that takes the oath of citizenship. She learns to love this country over the years as if it were her birthplace but always has India in the back of her mind. Mira is the other sister that refuses to give up her Indian citizenship and
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Does your culture affect how you view the world? In many stories such as: “Two Kinds”‚ “Two Ways to Belong in America”‚ and “Where Worlds Collide”‚ culture changes the way people view the world. From living in an Indian culture then living in America‚ to a mother trying to change her daughter from who she is; these stories are all revolving around culture. Culture has drastically changed people in the stories‚ for example: Jing-mei’s mother in “Two Kinds” is greatly influenced by America‚ and how
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by Siddhartha Mukherjee is a biography of cancer. Siddhartha Mukherjee is an oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer institute. Mukherjee has become a storyteller of one of the most phenomenal stories in science that has ever been told‚ the history of cancer. The author talks about the setbacks and victories of cancer treatment. Dating from the Persian Queen Atossa’s breast cancer which was excised by her greek slave‚ to the 20th century’s battles with chemotherapy. Siddhartha Mukherjee gives detailed
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Mukherjee soon was informed that he has osteochondral arthritis‚ which is known to be a common ailment. This however caused Mukherjee to begin researching a culprit for the cause of osteochondral arthritis. After many failed attempts‚ a research student from Australia proposed a new approach to solving this predicament. He proposed‚ as Mukherjee explains it‚ “there is such a thing as a skeletal stem cell… the degeneration
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