Indo-Anglian Authors It’s the same Indian Curry – the spices are Indian‚ the flavours remain rural and the colours are still rich and earthy‚ except for the fact that it is savoured with a different spoon. That is Indo-Anglian literature or English literature penned by an Indian author. With the sudden surge of writers in this genre‚ its history is very recent‚ mostly limited to the last two centuries. As a category it owes its roots to the post-colonial era and today with almost three Nobel laureates
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children. Children in other countries are living and working in sweat shops that are in the worst of conditions. Not only are they there to make a small amount of money‚ but some are there to pay off debts that their parents could not afford. Divakaruni says they “spend their day in dark ill-vented rooms doing work that damages their eyes and lungs”(398). The adolescents working in these factories clearly are not of any consideration‚ and have absolutely no rights. They are being exploited and
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change certain ways of living for people over seas. In Silver or Lead‚ the united states is trying to pass a bill that stated‚ “The United States would no longer permit the import of goods from factories were forced or indentured child labor used(Divakaruni 442).” While in the second article‚ Silver or Lead‚ The U.S. sends billions on dollars to aid Columbia‚ but the money meant for the aid of the citizens‚ for the people that need aid‚ is being used in funding their militia‚ and the production of
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Mumbai on Sunday night‚ and ended about 3-4 hours later. The oil spill resulted from a pipeline burst when power failed inside the OCNG’s Uran plant. 3. It’s nothing new to the fisherman because they went through a similar issue. In 2010‚ the M.S.C. Chitra (sheet-ra) and MV Khalijia (Ka-lee-hia) spilled more than 800 tons of oil into the Arabian Sea. It took more than a year for the fishes to come back. In the meantime‚ the fishermen had to work labor to provide for their families. This conflict wiped
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serving food in soup kitchens‚ donating money to organizations that abused children - has stopped the nightmares‚” (Chapter 15)‚ Divakaruni uses this in order to show the reader that even if you are a good person‚ sometimes life may not go your way. The nightmares were not his fault and continue to happen although he’s positively impacting other people’s lives. Divakaruni used this irony to portray two messages that can easily be interpreted to her audience. First‚ was to never assume that just because
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The word ’Comics’ is derived from the word greek word Komikos‚ and is used with reference to images which are used in a sequential narrative to manifest into a form of graphic literature. It is this sequence of narration that helps distinguish a comic book from a picture book. Comics as a form of art established itself in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It saw its way through the industrial revolution‚ and it can be safely said that although comics were popularised in newspapers
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American short stories Joyce Carol Oates: "Capital punishment" (1992) 1. Analyse the father and the daughter relationship in this story in terms of their feelings for one another. How do these feelings illustrate their differences or similarities? The relationship between the father and the daughter is quite tense even though they love each other. We can see proof from the text on page 267 "She thinks of Mr. Brunty‚ whom she loves‚ as a "big lug." A "big dumb lug." A "big dumb ox."" There is
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Note: These are not sample questions‚ but questions that explore some of the concepts that may be used. The intention is that you should get prepared with the concepts rather than just focusing on a set of questions. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. What are the total number of divisors of 600(including 1 and 600)? a. b. c. d. 24 40 16 20 2. What is the sum of the squares of the first 20 natural numbers (1 to 20)? a. b. c.
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Metaphorically the present conflicting or deal in her life she experienced mental and physical pain to purify herself. The same realization she has undergone once again when she goes across her limitations as an Indian woman and as a Mistress of Spices. Divakaruni wants to demystify myths. She says this think through her protagonist Tilo and through her conflicts. Tilo is forced to rethink her role as a healer beyond the simplistic split between her desires to help others and to help herself. In doing so
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