socio-cultural structure of order. The cases I will use to support this claim in South Asia are British India’s issue of the land-tenure system that established a new class hierarchy of landowner and tenant and the British handling of the controversial Hindu religious tradition of Sati that classified women as a weaker
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formless God. Belonging as he did to one of the lowest castes of Hindu society‚ the Chamar or tanner‚ the spiritual status he attained was profoundly troubling for orthodox Hindus of his time. His ancestral profession was the making and mending of shoes. Members of the Chamar caste were considered physically and ritually impure on account of their occupational contact with carcasses‚ and were deemed to be ‘untouchables’ in medieval Hindu society which operated according to normative values determined
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monologue spoken by one of the people inside the twin towers on 9/11‚ from inside the burning building. The effect is of extreme close up on a tiny point in space in time‚ almost in a 1to1 narrative time. The event is narrated as it happens an appeal to a second person who could not be listening. This creates an weird effect‚ of an event we cannot touch‚ of lost people who could not speak to us‚ even though we watched at the time or later: the flames‚ the people who jumped (committing suicide): ‘wind-milling
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day before Makar Sankranti. For Punjabis‚ this is more than just a festival‚ it is also an example of a way of life. Lohri celebrates fertility and the spark of life. People gather round the bonfires‚ throw sweets‚ puffed rice and popcorn into the flames‚ sing popular songs and exchange greetings. Makar Sankranti / Pongal : These are celebrated predominantly in the southern part of India. This harvest festival marks the commencement of the sun’s journey to the Northern Hemisphere. People take dips
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MFA DISSERTATION Western Impact on Indian Culture and Art From Colonial‚ through Modern and Contemporary Times Vishan Darren Seenath 2/2/2012 In the past decade contemporary art of the Indian sub-continent has received increasing attention‚ perhaps on the merit of the artists‚ but most likely due to the increasingly strong Indian economy and the money that is being made through foreign investments. There is a glaring observation to be made‚ and that is interest in India by the West seems
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language that we generally connect with poetry in spite of the deep political themes of the novel. Forster depicts the manifestation of a blaze (in one of the more amazing passages) against the extremely reflective shell of a Marabar cave: "The two flames approach and strive to unite‚ but cannot‚ because one of them breathes air‚ the other stone. A mirror inlaid with lovely colours divides the lovers‚ delicate stars of pink and grey interpose‚ exquisite nebulae‚ shadings fainter than the
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HINDUISM Historical basis of Hinduism: Hinduism does not have a founder. Its origins can be traced back as far as 3500 B.C.E‚ the date given for the civilisation of the Indus Valley. ‘Hindu’ derives from the word ‘Sindu”‚ the word the Persians gave to the Indus River. This civilisation included a religion that centred on the worship of fertility gods and goddesses. In 1500 B.C.E‚ the nomadic tribal group‚ the Aryans invaded India. They brought with them the worshipping of nature gods‚ an economic
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impatience with the patriarchal possessive language and delicately questions its equity. Rahel and Esthappen (Estha) are seven year old fraternal twins. They are living in Ayemenem with their mother Ammu and her brother Chacko‚ their grandmother Mammachi and their great-aunt Baby Kochamma. Their father Baba lives in Calcutta. Ammu left him when the twins were two years old. The family is expecting the arrival of Margaret and Sophie Mol‚ Chacko’s ex-wife and daughter‚ who are living in England. Since
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“Suddenly the King stopped. The furrow revealed a golden hand: tiny fingers rising up like a grass‚ as if drawn by the sunshine. Janaka moved the dirt away‚ and found hidden within the soft‚ moist earth a baby girl‚ healthy and radiant‚ smiling joyfully‚ as if waiting to be found.”(Pattanaik 2013:9) In the same supernatural way‚ Draupadi is gifted by Holy Fire. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni has explained the birth of Draupadi through Dhai Ma in The Palace of Illusions: “Behold‚ we give you this girl
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History of the Indian Mutiny (late 1950s).Nestled on the banks of the eternal Ganga‚ Kanpur stands as one of North India’s major industrial centres with its own historical‚ religious and commercial importance. Believed to have been founded by king Hindu Singh of the erstwhile state of Sachendi‚ Kanpur was originally known as "CAWNPORE". Historically‚ Jajmau on the eastern outskirts of present day Kanpur is regarded as one of the most archaic townships of Kanpur district. Up to the first half of the
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