developing countries‚ children as young as five are working to produce toys or pack clothing that will be enjoyed by more privileged kids overseas. (Morris) In the short story entitled “Live Free and Starve” by Chitra Divakaruni‚ child labor is closely critiqued and examined. Divakaruni feels that labor could be a good thing because it keeps food on the table and a roof over their head. She argues that although it is true that they are only paid a small amount of money‚ it is just enough to get
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achieving the ‘American Dream’. One of the major struggles is maintaining one’s traditional values and their individuality while assimilating and not forgetting who he or she really is. The narrator‚ Jayanti‚ in “Silver Pavements‚ Golden Roofs”‚ by Chitra Divakaruni‚ illustrates a good example of how a person loses their individuality and self-identity to do whatever it takes to assimilate and fit into the society. From the beginning of the story‚ Jayanti shows signs of assimilation and acceptance‚ to become
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It is important to read and discuss Mukherjee’s "A Wife’s Story" as an integral part of twentieth-century American literature and not as an "exotic" short story by a foreign writer. As the essay accompanying "A Wife’s Story" points out‚ Mukherjee identifies herself very strongly as an American writer writing about twentieth-century Americans. Although most of her stories are about South Asian-Americans (South Asia in the contemporary geopolitical arena usually consists of Bangladesh‚ India‚ Pakistan
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Citations: Books -Divakaruni‚ Chitra Banergee (1995) Arranged Marriage 2nd edition Doubleday -Ingoldsby‚ Hamon (2003) Mate Selection Across Cultures 1st edition Sage Publications-Thousand Oaks‚ California -Sangari‚ Kumkum (1989) Recasting Women 1st edition Rutgers University
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Arindam Chaudhuri http://arindamchaudhuri.blogspot.com/ 3. Is ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ poverty porn? By Matthias Williams http://blogs.reuters.com/india/2009/01/28/is-slumdog-millionaire-poverty-porn/ 4. The Real Roots of the ‘Slumdog’ Protests by Chitra Divakaruni http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/the-real-roots-of-the-slumdog-protests/ 5. Slumdog Millionaire isn ’t poverty porn‚ says author by Meenakshi Kumar http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-01-18/india/28019073_1_ram-mohammad-thomas-film-diplomat-vikas-swarup
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provided by the extended family or the community. This is proved while Anju doubts on herself that “Did I make the wrong decision for Sudha‚ misled by my American - feminist notions of right and wrong? Have I condemned her to a life of loneliness?” (Divakaruni 1999:
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Interview with Anita Desai Magda Costa interviewed Anita Desai in Barcelona‚ 30 Jan 2001. Desai was in Spain to launch the Spanish and Catalan translations of Fasting‚ Feasting. -How was it to grow up in a family like yours‚ with a German mother and a Bengali father‚ in India? -When you are a child you take for granted what your family is; you don’t question it. The fact is that my mother adapted so completely to the Indian way of life that nobody thought of her as a foreigner anymore. It’s true
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of whom was named Abhaya‚ and one daughter named Chitra. When a sage prophesied that Chitra would bear a son who would kill nine of his uncles and claim the throne‚ nine of Chitra’s brothers told King Panduvasudeva to have her killed. However‚ Abhaya would not allow it and Chitra was spared. She married a prince named Digha-Gamini (who‚ incidentally‚ was her cousin) and had a son‚ who was named Pandukabhaya. [edit]The exchange of babies Chitra and Digha-Gamini had been made aware of the prophesy
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httpl/ /www.rockpebbles.inlISSNt 2230 - 8954 DIASPORIC SENSIBILITY IN THE NOVEL *THE NAMESAKE"BY ]UMPHA LAHIRI x Prakash Bhadury Abstract: The word ’Diaspora ’‚ etymologically means ’dispersal ’‚ and involves‚ at least two countries‚ two cultures‚ which are embedded in the mind of the migrants‚ side by side. Although the past is invoked now and then‚ the focus is persistently on the ’moment ’. The past is invoked to indicate a certain contrast‚ wliich must be incorporated‚ and
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State”‚ Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing‚ 20(3):135. Yadav.P.K.‚ (1985)‚ “Tonics for Certain Marketing Conditions”‚ Indian Journal of Marketing‚ 15 (7): 27 UNPUBLISHED THESIS Ahamed Riaz.K. (2002). “A Study of Supply Chain of Pomegranate From Chitra Durga district of Karnataka”‚ submitted to Department of Agricultural Rural Management‚ Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. Kumar.N. (2005). “A Study of Supply Chain of Medicinal Plants (SENNA & PERIWINKLE) in Tamil Nadu”‚ submitted to Department
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