ReseaRch PaPeR Literature Volume : 3 | Issue : 3 | March 2013 | ISSN - 2249-555X Familial Relationships in Anita Desai’s ‘Cry‚ the Peacock’ Keywords Dr. Mrs. Asha Sharma Asso. Professor in English Law Faculty‚ M.D. University‚ Rohtak Pin-124001 ABSTRACT Anita Desai holds a significant place as modern Indian English novelist. Most of her critics have focussed their attention on the psychological and existentialist approach in her novels. For them ‘existentialism’ seems to be a favourite
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named Arjuna on the brink of war. He seeks counsel on how to approach this situation since he does not know what his best course of action is and fears that the wrong action will affect his karma and ultimately his reincarnation. His counsel‚ Lord Krishna‚ is actually the god of the Hindu religion and tells Arjuna the Hindu approach to this situation. Like the Torah‚ the Gita maps out a method of moral conduct for a follower to live by. However these methods are different in that the Torah enforces
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Mahabharata epic. Once‚ Lord Krishna hurt his hand while fighting Shishupala‚ a man who had committed several heinous acts. When this happened‚ Draupadi‚ the wife of the Pandava brothers‚ rushed to cover the wound by tearing a piece of her sari and tying it around Lord Krishna’s hand. In return for her kind gesture‚ the Lord asked what she would like. Draupadi replied by saying she only desired His Divine presence at every moment of her life. From that moment on‚ Lord Krishna told Draupadi that
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married to Pandu. He was a partial incarnation of Rishi Kashyap. The patronymic Vāsudeva (with long ā) is a popular name of Krishna. Related to this name is an early religion‚ sometimes called Bhagavatism[1] that was largely formed by the 4th century BC where Vasudeva was worshiped as the supreme Deity in a strongly monotheistic format‚ where the Supreme Being was perfect‚ eternal and full of grace.[1] The name forms part of a famous mantra also known as a "twelve syllable mantra"‚ which believed
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There are three paths in Hinduism - the path of knowledge‚ the path of devotion and the path of action. The topic to be discussed in this paper is the path of devotion‚ or ’bhakti’ in Sanskrit. Devotion is defined as‚ "love‚ loyalty‚ or enthusiasm for a person‚ activity‚ or cause" (Google Definitions). In the case of any religion‚ specifically Hinduism‚ this devotion is towards a God or number of gods and realizing that they are not just there to be worshipped but will also protect you and help you
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there have been a few examples of true friendship in this Lord Krishna and Susana were class-fellows. They had studied under same Guru. When they grew up‚ Lord Krishna became a king‚ but became a pauper. Once Sudama went to Lord Krishna to seek his help‚ Krishna welcomed his old friend with open arms. He sent out his men to a palatial house for Sudama and gave liberal financial assistance to his ft to overcome their poverty. Lord Krishna thus proved to be a real friend of’ Sudama. Another classical
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in the town of Porbander in the state of what is now Gujarat on 2 October 1869. He had his schooling in nearby Rajkot‚ where his father served as the adviser or prime minister to the local ruler. Though India was then under British rule‚ over 500 kingdoms‚ principalities‚ and states were allowed autonomy in domestic and internal affairs: these were the so-called ’native states’. Rajkot was one such state. His father died before Gandhi could finish his schooling
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novels in Marathi and has translated Richard Burton’s Arabian Nights. Gauri Deshpande’s poetry deals mostly with everyday life and she writes often to release the tensions which keep building in her and demand utterance‚ the experience being “transmitted in terms of imagery‚ rhythm and nuances of words”. In the words of C.P. Singh her poems “show an artist in making‚ a struggling towards the happy blending between deep experiences and a congruent poetic form that makes a gem of art out of the raw
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Adi-Parva‚ First Book: The Origins of the Families The story opens as Sauti‚ a storyteller returning from the snake sacrifice of King Janamejaya‚ approaches several wise men‚ or rishis‚ in the forest of Naimisha. He relates to them the Mahabharata as he has heard it from Vaisampayana‚ a disciple of the poet Vyasa. Sauti begins by recounting the death of King Parikshit of the Bharatas at the hands of Takshaka‚ aNaga‚ or snake-man. King Janamejaya‚ Parikshit’s son and successor‚ had held the snake
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Anthropology of Religion DD Kosambi: The Marxist Historian “Marxism is a tool of analysis and not a substitute for thinking.” Kosambi’s writings urge today’s historians to also take an intellectual leap with the creative use of Marxism. He explored the essential relationship between faith and socio-economic factor‚ which gives us yet another facet of understanding Ancient Indian Religion and History. What set him apart from the others was his determination to maintain‚ indeed the increase
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