Fasting‚ Feasting – Anita Desai January 27‚ 2008 by lizzysiddal 2007 was the year in which I failed to finish the Indian novels I started. I read 2 and faltered at the 500 page mark in both. I found Vikram Chandra’s amalgam of literary fiction and crime in Sacred Games remarkably tedious. But my failure with Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy was downright weird. An absolute 5-star epic‚ I was enjoying it. Unfortunately I had listened to an abridged audio a few years before‚ so I knew where it was
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overlapping social issues of eras could sometimes define how far we’ve come. The story ‘Lajwanti’ shows us a brief spectacle of exploitation of women whilst restricting itself from straying away from the main theme which is Partition. Rajinder Singh Bedi‚ an explicit storyteller of Sikh history‚ deviates from the norm of shying away from sharing gory details. A rare exception to his counterparts‚ he breaches upon a topic that has until recently been shunned away from Indian history. A first hand encounter
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SITUATIONAL LEADER A Devastating situation – Personal Vs Professional Life • Biocon was busy negotiating with Danish firm Novozymes for the sale of its enzymes business. • Her husband John Shaw was diagnosed with a cancerous lump in his kidney. • Kiran not just tended to her husband in hospital‚ but also made all the strategic decisions needed for the deal. Ultimately‚ the deal was a great SUCCESS for BIOCON Personality Traits – Openness to experience – Extraversion – Agreeableness – Emotional
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30 International Indexed &Referred Research Journal‚ May‚ 2012. ISSN- 0975-3486‚ RNI-RAJBIL 2009/30097;VoL.III *ISSUE-32 RESEARCH ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION Among the post- independence Indo- English writers Anita Desai holds a prominent place because of the immense popularity she commands as a novelist of human predicament of anxiety‚ frustration and loneliness in the insensitive and inconsiderate contemporary world. This paper aims at tracing the theme of alienation in the novels of Anita
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1) |Games at Twilight |In this story we observe how does high society in India lives. | | |This family lived in a big house with a porch‚ a big garden in | | |which children could play and a garage with a driver. Summer in| | |India is so intense‚ that even high-society
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A conversation with Anita Desai‚ and some notes on her work [Statutory warning: long‚ bifurcated post – some thoughts on Anita Desai’s writing followed by a Q&A. Apologies in case there’s some overlapping between the two elements. I wrote it as a flowing piece - a profile-cum-interview - for Business Standard Weekend but since there isn’t a word-constraint here I prefer to spread it out and play with the format.] Long before the publication of Midnight’s Children brought alive new possibilities
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English 11 Period 7 SEP0713 It is better to be alone than in bad company essay A mirror reflects a man’s face‚ but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses. This quote simply tells one that you become who you are around. This means that people who have bad company will become bad company themselves. But interaction with other people is not all bad. Instead of this‚ looking for company that will improve who a person becomes is the best idea. The simple but true fact of
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Intro: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is an Indianentrepreneur. She is the Chairman & Managing Director of Biocon Limited a biotechnology company based in Bangalore (Bengaluru)‚ India. Edu Qual: Mazumdar-Shaw completed her schooling from the city’s Bishop Cotton Girl’s High School(1968). She wanted to join medical school but instead took up biology and completed her BSc Zoology Honours course from Mount Carmel College‚ Bangalore University (1973). She later did her post-graduation in Malting and Brewing
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Adeeba Kiran P2 Unit 33 Describe examples of how the internet and World Wide Web is used by ARGOS‚ NHS and OXFAM ARGOS - Public relations Argos uses the internet by creating its online website where customers can shop online and pay through a business websites such as PayPal and also worldwide web as Argos is a multinational company and has branches all over the world and the worldwide web allows customers from all over the world to access their online site. The internet helps the
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Syedan‚ Haveli of Baba Khem Singh Bedi The Haveli of Baba Khem Singh Bedi‚ a significant architectural site in Pothohar region‚ is located in Kaller Syedan sub-division‚ 41 Km east of Rawalpindi on Grand Trunk Road. Kaller Syedan is marked as a historical and cultural town in Rawalpindi district and the Haveli of Khem Singh Bedi is the most outstanding monument in this town. The haveli was built by Sir Baba Khem Singh Bedi in late nineteenth century. Khem Singh Bedi‚ a founder of the Singh Sabha movement
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