and the Creation of Hindi Media Communities in Singapore Arunajeet KAUR and Faizal YAHYA Indian communities in Singapore‚ especially of non-Tamil sub-ethnicity‚ have received renewed impetus to replenish their cultural ties with India as a homeland with the advent of Hindi Cable channels such as Zee TV‚ Sony Entertainment‚ and Star Plus. The availability of cable networks in the early 1990s and the proliferation of Hindi media channels have led to a renaissance of Hindi culture‚ fashion‚
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FIFTY YEARS OF LANGUAGE PLANNING FOR MODERN HINDI The Official Language of India 1. ABSTRACT Hindi - according to the 1991 Census of India‚ is the mother tongue of 233‚432‚285 persons (22% of the entire Indian population)‚ and is spoken as a language (which includes 47 or so mother tongues cobbled up under it) by 337‚272‚114 persons (42.22% of the entire Indian population). It is also used as a second language by another 6.16% of the population‚ and as a third language by yet another 2.60% by
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reality‚ brought out the humour and energy of ordinary life‚ and displayed compassionate humanism in his writing. Narayan’s short story writing style has been compared to that of Guy de Maupassant‚ as they both have an ability to compress the narrative without losing out on elements of the story. Narayan has also come in for criticism for being too simple in his prose and diction. In a writing career that spanned over sixty years‚ Narayan received many awards and honours. These include the AC Benson
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Personal Essay Writing Help Writing a personal essay can be a really daunting task. Indeed‚ this essay type differs from other creative texts and essays. Anyone who reads an essay should see a real person behind the lines and words. It is not easy to express your own thoughts and describe life or even experiences with words as there are things that seem to need no description (like personal feelings). So‚ when you are sitting down to write an essay‚ you need to remember that you have to express
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Writing Development-Reflection Essay It takes a lot of time and practice to improve writing skills and develop thoughts. I am currently in the period where my writing skills are developing. For me writing means practice‚ practice‚ and more practice; just how I had mentioned in my First-Week Essay. I have to take baby steps while writing because it is too hard for me to try and perfect all areas of writing at one time. At school students are not taught a whole months worth of information in a couple
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Different Styles of Essay Writing The essay is said to be a short piece of writing on a specific topic by the author from their own point of view. Essays are written by different authors and writers on various different topics and subjects. Essays are a big area of various genres in it. That means that essays can be of many types. The two most important and famous types of essays are expository essays and argumentative essays. Both the types of the essays are different in their own way and have
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If your friends were jumping off a bridge would you jump to? You have heard this saying at least once or twice in your life. Mainly because you have done something someone has disapproved of and your excuse was “well everyone else was doing it”. But actually you are responsible for your actions and shouldn’t be following the crowd. It’s important to determine what’s wrong and what’s right. Determining what’s wrong and what’s right in your own view is important because following the crowd isn’t
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To Whom It May Concern‚ My name is Jill‚ and I am Jodi Picoult’s agent. She is a fairly new author‚ so you may have never heard of her before‚ but after you read her latest book “My Sisters Keeper” she will be the talk of the nation! This book is one of the most heart-warming novels I have ever heard of. It is based on a true story that happened a few years ago. Picoult wants to get her story out there. She wants to be heard. She wants to write more novels‚ just like this one‚ but better. “My Sisters
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Dear E101 students: Here is the set of instructions for your FIELDWORK before drafting your feature article. Now that you have already formed your groups and have assigned the kind of description (PERSON‚ PLACE‚ EVENT‚ TREND)‚ it is now time to plan for your data gathering procedures. Remember to focus on the kind of description you are assigned to and the topic of your paper. Follow the following procedures: 1. Finalize the subject of your article. Make sure that it suits the theme that
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Strike while the iron is hot When you have an opportunity to do something‚ do it before you lose your chance. This is the best time in the last ten years tobuy a house. Strike while the iron is hot. Dot the i’s and cross the t’s to take care of every detail‚ even minor ones‚ to do something very carefully and in a lot of detail -I had dotted all the i’s and crossed the t’s‚ so I wondered why my application was rejected -Your instructor is a tough grader‚ be sure to dot your ‘i’s and cross your
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