for her children. For example‚ the dinner parties would consist of only Bengali families and friends‚ Bengali food‚ language‚ customs and culture. By making Gogol and Sonia go to these parties Ashima was trying to replace the family members back in Calcutta with new Bengali families in America‚ as well as expose them to controlled environments Ashima deemed fit for her “perfect Bengali
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August 15‚ 1947 was a very significant day for Muslims‚ Hindus‚ Sikhs and many others. It marked the day of the British partition of India into a Muslim-controlled Pakistan and a Hindu-dominated India. India won its freedom from colonial rule‚ ending nearly 200 years of British rule. Many different events lead to the final decision of the partition. During the 18th and 19th centuries‚ the British gained full power over India. Bitterness towards the British developed as Hindus and Muslims were
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homes of the Sikhs were still smouldering‚ some of the most important questions the novel probes are the various faces of violence and the extent to which its fiery arms reach under the guise of fighting for freedom. Ghosh’s treatment of violence in Calcutta and in Dhaka is valid even today‚ more than ten years after its publication. What has happened recently in Kosovo and in East Timor show that answers still evade the questions which Ghosh poses about freedom‚ about the very real yet non-existing
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State Bank of India (SBI) (LSE: SBID) is the largest bank in India. It is also‚ measured by the number of branch offices and employees‚ the second largest bank in the world. The bank was established in 1806 as Bank of Calcutta. It is the oldest commercial bank in the Indian Subcontinent. The Government of India nationalised SBI in 1955 with the Reserve Bank of India having a 60% stake. SBI provides a range of banking products through its vast network in India and overseas‚ including products aimed
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Academy Award for fiction‚ Asian World Prize for literature‚ Kendra Sahitya Academy Award etc. She was short listed for the Nobel Prize along with Marguerite Yourcenar‚ Doris Lessing and Nadine Gordimer. Her poetical collection includes: Summer in Calcutta (1965)‚ The Descendants (1967)‚ The Old Playhouse and Other Poems (1973)‚ Collected Poems I (1984)‚ The Best of Kamala Das (1991) and Only the Soul Knows How to Sing (1996). Kamala Das’s English poetry has been published in Europe in French‚ German
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Entrepreneurship Profile of Mian Muhammad Mansha ASSIGNMENT # 01 MBA 04 Submitted to: Sir Abid Naeem Submitted By: Shahzaib Khan Registration No: SP13-MBA-13 Submission Date: 03 September‚ 2014. Profile of Mian Muhammad Mansha Born: He was born on 1st December‚ 1947 in Lahore to a wealthy Chiniotis family. Chairman and CEO: Nishat Group & Muslim Commercial Bank “I have had many lucky breaks. Lady Luck has always been
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would not be where I am today. My thanks build off of being able to say yes I did this. SMALL THINGS WITH GREAT LOVE “Holiness is not the luxury of the few‚ but a simple duty for you and for me.” – These are the words of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta‚ the Founder of the Missionaries of Charity congregation headquartered in India Reasons to Be Thankful" Sermon: Psalm 100 "Reasons to be Thankful" [Psalm 100] November 18‚ 2007 Second Reformed Church Have you ever heard someone say that they have
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Home is where the heart is; somewhere you live no matter where you physically are. In Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel The Namesake‚ several characters are living in one place while simultaneously living somewhere else. Lahiri uses this tug-of-war technique to strengthen her belief that immigrants living in America struggle to wholly accept one society. Lahiri focuses on Ashima and Gogol’s difficulties coming to terms with which place they choose to accept as home. Additionally‚ both characters express undeniable
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BHARATI MUKHERJEE Two Ways to Belong in America Born in 1940 and raised in Calcutta‚ India‚ Bharati Mukherjee immigrated to the United States in 1961 and earned an M.F.A. and a Ph.D. in literature. Mukherjee is the author of several novels‚ including Tiger’s Daughter (1972) and Jasmine (1989)‚ and short story collections‚ such as The Middleman and Other Stories (1988). She teaches literature and fiction writing at the University of California‚ Berkeley. "Two Ways to Belong in America" first
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Like telephone‚ television is a wonderful gift of science after the invention of electricity. Today‚ television is an important means of entertainment and education. It has the advantages of both radio and cinema. We can see pictures and listen to their conversations simultaneously. Television was first invented by John Logic Baird‚ a famous scientist of Scotland. Mr. Baird demonstrated his invention at the Royal Institute of Great Britain in 1926. The television mechanism is very complex. A television
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