org/ijel ISSN 2141-2626 ©2011 Academic Journals Review Anita Desai’s ‘in custody’: Unlocking the web of time and space Bhasha Shukla Sharma Department of Humanities‚ University Institute of Technology‚ Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya‚ Bhopal. (M.P)‚ India. E-mail: Bhasha.shukla@gmail.com. Tel: 9826090200. Accepted 6 August‚ 2011 This paper attempts to semiotically interpret the use of time and place as narrative device in Anita Desai’s ‘In Custody’. Space and time have aroused the curiosity
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SOUTH ASIAN WRITING HOME ASSIGNMENT: Diaspora In South Asian Literature- As seen in Meera Syal’s “Anita and Me” Submitted by : 08/EL/47 Urmimala Bhattacharjee The mention of ‘home’ and ‘outside’ is not a specification of India at all‚ but rather
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In this novel‚ as in so many others by Anita Desai‚ the key themes of identity and language are explored and developed. This is vital considering the context in which Desai sets so many of her novels‚ which is post-Partition and the massive upheaval that occurred as Pakistan was created as a separate nation and many Muslims and Hindus had to relocate and an imaginary border was created in a nation. The focus on language is shown in Deven‚ who focuses on Hindi poetry because he has no choice but to
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great for schools; it makes money for the school while advertising products. The advertisements of corporate partnerships are a necessity for cash-strapped schools. With corporate partnerships‚ schools get more money to buy more equipment. The World History AP books that the sophomores of North Garland High School use are approximately 10 years old. Many of them have been written in‚ some have missing pages‚ and some are even missing the front cover of the textbook! With the money the school makes
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Government assistance plays a major role in our society today‚ but these very programs are being ruined for those people who truly need it by lazy drug addicted Americans who use the system for their own pleasure. In order to stop the abuse of the welfare system the requirements for applying for welfare need to be restricted. With routine
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The Reform Movement is a collection of social reform movements that emerged throughout the 1820’s and 1830’s. Factors driving these movements were the growth of urbanization‚ changes in labor‚ immigration and emergence of a new middle class. The main driving factor was the religious fervor that swept middle class America and was characterized by the need for large scale provisions for the needy‚ a belief in the basic goodness of human nature and the reformers moralistic dogmatism. All these factors
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Throughout the history of civilized society‚ there have been a multitude of great reform movements bringing the advancement of societal standards and governmental policies to the forefront of attention. These requests‚ if ignored can lead to mass revolt among the people‚ as was shown by the French Revolution‚ the American Revolution‚ and the Protestant Reformation. All reforms begin with small requests and simple protests‚ but depending on the actions of those in authority it can either erupt into
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False Accusation of Anita Hill’s Testimony Anita Hill‚ a lawyer who worked for now Judge Clarence Thomas‚ US Supreme Court Judge‚ then just a nominee. Anita Hill came forward with allegations that Thomas had sexually harassed her while they worked together at the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She is accusing him of harassing her not physically but through comments. According to the article‚ it appears that Anita Hill is possibly making up lies about
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GARLAND CANAL PROJECT 1. Water appears to be abundant on the face of the earth‚ but in reality‚ it has come to mean scarce commodity. 2. River water disputes have become acrimonious from North to South and from East to West. We have Indus water Treaty with Pakistan‚ another with Bangladesh over Ganga water. 3. There have been disputes between Delhi and Haryana over Yamuna‚ Karnataka and Andhra over Krishna; Kerala and Karnataka over Mullaiperiyar. But what made the nation wake up was
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work‚ I love to sing‚ I love to actI get restless when I don’t .If I had to do it all over again‚ I would probably make the same choices and the same errors. These are a part of living." These words were once spoken by the timeless vocalist‚ Judy Garland. On June 10‚ 1922‚ Frances Ethel Gumm was born in Grand Rapids‚ Minnesota to Frank Gumm and Ethel Meglin. Frank and Ethel were hoping Frances would be a boy‚ but this wasn’t the case. In fact‚ on the original birth announcement‚ her name is spelled
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