LIFE IN INDIA Literature project work • Compare and contrast the film “Slumdog millionaire” with Anita Desai’s “Games at Twilight” 1) List as many things in common the film and short stories have. 2) How far do the film and short stories describe life in India? What things do they have in common? How does the film help us understand the short stories? 1) • There is a lot of poverty. • Temperatures are really high and they are very difficult to bear especially on
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tested on) An extract from ‘Michael’ - William Wordsworth The Lamb – William Blake She Walks in Beauty – Lord Byron Bury Me In a Free Land – Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Those Winter Sundays – Robert Hayden Novels Village by the Sea –Anita Desai (Penguin edition) OR Jane Eyre –Charlotte Bronte (Macmillan abridged version) * Students will be tested on “The Village by the Sea’’ or ‘Jane Eyre” at the G.C.E. (O/L) Examination. * School Based Assessment must be done by the teachers
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work by writers in India who write in the English language and whose native or co-native language could be one of the numerous languages of India. It is also associated with the works of members of the Indian diaspora‚ such as V. S. Naipaul‚ Kiran Desai‚ Jhumpa Lahiri who are of Indian descent. It is frequently referred to as Indo-Anglian literature. (Indo-Anglian is a specific term in the sole context of writing that should not be confused with the term Anglo-Indian). As a category‚ this production
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Analytic Paragraph on “A Devoted Son” Anita Desai uses elements of Psychoanalytic theory in her short story “A Devoted son” to show the importance of respect in the lives of humans. Rakesh’s father loved his son during the earlier part of the story as Rakesh was not challenging his authority and instead contributed to making his father a respected man in society. When Rakesh grew up and became the new “man of the house “his father was no longer the alpha male in his home which meant that his
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fast and they have their meal only at night. It is celebrated on the first day of the tenth lunar month of the Islamic calendar. Fitr is said to be derived from the word Tatar’ which means ’breaking’ or ’fitrah’ meaning alms. It is an occasion of feasting and rejoicing. Family get-togethers and feasts are the major highlights of the celebrations of Id-ul-Fitr. People exchange greetings ’Id Mubarak’. Traditionally‚ ’Idi’ in the form of presents of money and gifts are given to the youngsters by
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Surname Centre No. Initial(s) Paper Reference 7 1 6 1 Candidate No. 0 1 Signature Paper Reference(s) 7161/01 Examiner’s use only London Examinations GCE Team Leader’s use only English Language Ordinary Level Question Leave Number Blank 1 Friday 9 January 2009 – Morning Time: 3 hours 2 3 4 Materials required for examination Items included with question papers Nil Extracts Booklet 5 6 7 8 9 10
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discuss is not eating meat on Fridays during the Lent season and fasting during Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Even though I do not attend church on a regular basis‚ I do still observe the tradition of not eating meat on Fridays during Lent and eating only one full meal on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Some Catholics still observe Lent by not eating meat during the full forty days. The purpose of Lent is to be a season of fasting‚ self-denial‚ Christian growth‚ penitence‚ and simplicity. Lent
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Indian authors writing in English soaring on the best-seller list‚ they are also receiving a great deal of critical acclaim. Starting from Mulk Raj Anand‚ R.K. Narayan‚ Anita Desai‚ Toru Dutt to Salman Rushdie‚ Vikram Seth‚ Allan Sealy‚ Amitav Ghosh‚ Jhumpa Lehri‚ Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni‚ Arundhati Roy‚ Vikram Chandra‚ Kiran Desai‚ Raja Rao‚ Kamla Das‚ Arun Joshi; the parade of fine Indian writers is long‚ lengthening and becoming
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forgotten how their ancestors lived in a place where the only sort of excitement they would receive was spending time with their families and friends. As the people sit inside their air conditioned home‚ people have to go bathe in the river and oceans. Anita Desai has beautifully captured the essence of how a family lives in a village driven by poverty. One thing that I have learnt is to never stop learning. In the book‚ Hari thinks that he does not have anything to do in the village as his father sold their
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birth of God or heroes. Some are dedicated to important events in Hindu mythology. Many are dedicated toShiva and Parvati‚ Vishnu and Lakshmi and Brahma and Saraswati[1] A festival may be observed with acts of worship‚ offerings to deities‚ fasting‚ feasting‚ vigil‚ rituals‚ fairs‚ charity‚ celebrations‚ Puja‚ Homa‚ aarti etc. They celebrate individual and community life of Hindus without distinction of caste‚ gender or class. ’Utsava’ is the Sanskrit word for Hindu festivals‚ meaning ’to cause
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