Abstract This paper makes a modest attempt to analyse the various issues faced by the immigrants as portrayed in Lahiri’s novel first novel The Namesake. The story of the novel is set in United States‚ Calcutta hovers in the background. . It is out of her experiences of the bizarre identity crisis on the part of those who have remained as immigrants and those who were traumatized by homelessness‚ that the contents of the novel The Namesake were derived. Jhumpa Lahiri admits that as the novel conveys
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she’s distanced from her family and friends in Calcutta. Ashima feels less alone through the significance of food. To make herself literally feel at home‚ she finds the closest thing to a sort of puffed rice and combines as many ingredients she can find at the market and makes the snack she is used to eating in India. “On a sticky August evening...combining Rice Krispies...she adds salt...a humble approximation of the snack sold for pennies on Calcutta sidewalks...” Lahiri uses detailed description
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Most Destructive Known Earthquakes on Record in the World Location | Deaths | January 23‚ 1556 China‚ Shansi | 830‚000 | October 11‚ 1737 India‚ Calcutta | 300‚000 | August 9‚ 1138 Syria‚ Aleppo | 230‚000 | May 22‚ 1927 China‚ near Xining | 200‚000 | December 22‚ 856+ Iran‚ Damghan | 200‚000 | December 16‚ 1920 China‚ Gansu | 200‚000 | March 23‚ 893+ Iran‚ Ardabil | 150‚000 | September 1‚ 1923 Japan‚ Kwanto | 143‚000 | December 28‚ 1908 Italy‚ Messina | 70‚000 | September‚ 1290
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In the book An Empire on the Edge‚ Nick Bunker addressed a clearer idea and understanding of not only the American Revolution‚ but also the Boston Tea Party and all the events that caused these major riots to happen. Bunker obviously wrote this book to show that even though it was a struggle and a fight for the United States to gain independence‚ they exerted their best efforts and ultimately succeeded. The many struggles and trials that they had to go through to get America to be the way it is today
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Dispatch of 1854‚ which has been called the ‘Magna Carta’ of Indian education as said by Jawalge (2014). English then gradually spread wider in India and gained roots in the educational system. In 1857 three universities were established in Bombay‚ Calcutta and Madras. By the end of the 19th century two more universities‚ one at Punjab and the other at Allahabad were setup. The foundation of these universities marked a new epoch in the history of Indian education. This resulted into the spread of schools
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Towns and cities have a long history in our world‚ but opinions vary on whether any particular ancient settlements can be considered to be a city. The first true towns are sometimes regard as large settlements where the populations were no longer simply farmers of the surrounding area‚ but began to take on specialized occupations‚ and where trade‚ food storage and power was centralized. By definition of the city‚ the first we know of were located in Mesopotamia and in Egypt along the Nile. Before
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(1761–1834) arrived in India in 1793‚ it marked a major milestone in the history of Christian missions and in the history of India. Carey established the Serampore Mission—the first modern Protestant mission in the non-English-speaking world—near Calcutta on January 10‚ 1800.1 From this base‚ he labored for nearly a quarter century to spread the gospel throughout the land. In the end his triumph was spectacular. Through his unfailing love for the people of India and his relentless campaign against
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By Syed Hussain Shaheed Soherwordi Pakistan had a unique geographical feature. It consisted of two distinct blocks of territory. East Pakistan was not only separated geographically from West Pakistan by one thousand miles‚ but the departing land was India - a hostile neighbour‚ who from the day one did not recognise Pakistan’s existence. Hindu leaders gave statements at the time of Pakistan’s creation that it was a temporary division and very soon Pakistan will come into Indian fold again. For
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of the 18th century. The first banks were The General Bank of India which started in 1786‚ and the Bank of Hindustan‚ both of which are now defunct. The oldest bank in existence in India is the State Bank of India‚ which originated in the Bank of Calcutta in June 1806‚ which almost immediately became the Bank of Bengal. This was one of the three presidency banks‚ the other two being the Bank of Bombay and the Bank of Madras‚ all three of which were established under charters from the British East
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POLITICAL SCIENCE T.Y.B.A. 1. COURSE STRUCTURE & NOMENCLATURE BA Semester V : (GENERAL DEGREE) - 3 UNITS PS 5 : Public Administration PS 6 : International Relations PS 7 : Western Political Thinkers (Plato to John Locke) Skill Based Course (SBC) 1: Introduction to Political Reporting BA Semester VI : (GENERAL DEGREE) – 3 UNITS
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