Don’t say he didn’t warn us. Read his scary little manifesto‚ in which it all starts with a king‚ a courtesan and their gram sabha. It’s the season for us‚ of the older vintage in the media — starting with Arun Shourie‚ teacher to many of us — to complain endlessly about the juvenility and narrow short-termism in our public discourse. This harms public interest and is also unfair to those targeted in such arguments. My sympathies must‚ therefore‚ go out to Arvind Kejriwal on this count. He put together
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In the essays A Web of Brands and Live Free and Starve by Naomi Klein and Chitra Divakaruni‚ both authors express the different aspects and their opinions of globalization. Naomi Klein focuses on the effects of globalization. In A Web of Brands‚ Klein looks at how the changes of the garment industry in Toronto connect to the factories of Jakarta‚ Indonesia. Chitra Divakaruni argues that the United States attempts to stop the practices of indentures‚ would have terrible consequences even though the
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Starve” and “Plata o Plomo: Silver or Lead” In the essay “Live Free and Starve” by Chitra Divakaruni and the essay “Plata o Plomo: Silver or Lead” by Marie Javdani‚ both the authors discussed the serious issues happened in the world due to the appearance of globalization. The issues happened under globalization includes child labor and objects importation. Two authors explains these two aspects respectively. Chitra Divakaruni states her point that “it is easy for us in America to make the error of evaluating
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baggage‚ frames of references and convictions do prevent them from effectively taking on the new culture. The two stories‚ "Saving Sourdi" by May-Lee Chai and “Clothes” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni‚ are about becoming Americanized through women’s rights and arranged marriages. In the story‚ “Clothes” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni‚ after the death of her husband‚ Sumita faces the choice of either staying in California or returning to India to live with her relatives or in-laws. She understands
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Kimberly Buonto I am presenting my essay on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s poem “Yuba City School.” This poem details the account of an Immigrant mother and son from India who are dealing with the cultural differences faced in their new American home. Many of Divakaruni’s poems are about immigrant experiences. Divakaruni is an immigrant from India who draws from her own personal experiences to write her poetry. “Yuba City School” is a poem that captures the darkness that encompasses the situations
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Palace of Illusions by Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni is a beautiful book which gives a woman’s perspective on a story that deals mainly with male characters i.e. the great epic‚ Mahabharata. The book has been written from Draupadi’s‚ who was the wife of the 5 Pandava heroes in this epic‚ point of view. It throws light on her innermost thoughts and feelings‚ traced right from her childhood to her demise in the lap of the Himalayan mountains. It talks about her feelings about the strange in which
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One Amazing Thing by Chitra Divakaruni‚ is an astonishing group of well-woven characters and stories. One scene‚ one event‚ one moment has drawn an intricate set of diverse characters together in this novel. It does a phenomenal job of giving each character the perspective and depth that the reader needs to not only listen to their voice‚ but to stand outside of them and see them as their companions do on this journey. Set in a visa office somewhere in America‚ a group of applicants waits for their
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Clothes & Chrysanthemums John Steinbeck’s “The Chrysanthemums” tells the evolution of a character over the course of a story. Steinbeck accomplishes this by using specific point of view to carry out his vision‚ very similar to the way Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni uses distinct character development in her short story “Clothes” to entice and pull the reader in. These elements work together in both stories to create a theme that has the greatest impact on the reader. The point of view in Steinbeck’s
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The hero Returns to the Ordinary World‚ but the journey is meaningless unless she brings back some Elixir‚ treasure‚ or lesson from the Special World. Sometimes the elixir is treasure won on the quest‚ but it may be love‚ freedom‚ wisdom‚ or the knowledge that the Special World exists and can be survived. In search of earthly paradise Tilo and Raven crossed a tollbooth she heard about the destruction of the earthquake caused in Oakland. Looking into the water she recollects the destruction caused
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Judy Olson English 101-16 October 28‚ 2012 The Standard of Educating California California has always been known for its innovative educational system‚ but in recent years our rank has been rapidly declining. In “Yuba City School” Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni describes the struggles her son underwent in school simply because English was not his first language and the teacher did not take into consideration his situation. In “A Win-Win for the High School Exit Exam” Sandra Nichols explains that
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