Bharati Mukherjee (b. 1940) Contributing Editor: Roshni Rustomji-Kerns Classroom Issues and Strategies It is important to read and discuss Mukherjee’s "A Wife’s Story" as an integral part of twentieth-century American literature and not as an "exotic" short story by a foreign writer. As the essay accompanying "A Wife’s Story" points out‚ Mukherjee identifies herself very strongly as an American writer writing about twentieth-century Americans. Although most of her
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UTTARAKHAND Uttarakhand (Sanskrit: उत्तराखण्डम्‚ Uttarākhanḍam ?‚ Hindi: उत्तराखण्ड‚ Uttarākhanḍ ?)‚ formerly Uttaranchal‚ is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods (Hindi: देव भूमि‚ Dēv bhūmi ?) due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state‚ some of which are among Hinduism’s most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship. Known for its natural beauty and wealth of theHimalayas‚ the Bhabhar and the Terai‚ the
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Exam Name: UGC- NET / JRF Examination Subject: General Awareness or GK (Second Paper) 1. Which novel has a nameless narrator? (a) Moby Dick (b) Anna Karenina (c) Invisible Man (d) The Grapes of Wrath 2. Samuel Beckett wrote - (a) Volpone (b) Mother Courage and Her Children (c) A Doll’s House (d) Endgame 3. Which one of the following author-book pairs is correctly matched? (a) Elfride Jelinek - The Pianist (b) J.M. Coetzee- Shame (c) Saul Bellow - Herzog (d) Salman Rushdie - Disgrace
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By Indian English Writing‚ we mean that body of literature which is written by Indians in English. It could be in the form of poetry‚ prose‚ fiction or drama. English is not our mother tongue and we are not native speakers of English‚ yet when in the early decades of the nineteenth century‚ English was introduced as the medium of instruction in our educational system‚ Indians were able to read Western literature that was available in English. They found the language
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TITLE: Adaptation of Hindu Epic as animation movies and Interpretative analysis of Ramayana and Hanuman. Introduction- Emergence of animation‚ scope and its significance. Much of Asia’s animation production since the 1960s has been tied to foreign interests attracted by stable and inexpensive labor supplies. For nearly forty years‚ western studios have established and maintained production facilities‚ first in Japan‚ then in South Korea and Taiwan‚ and now also in the Philippines
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Explain the difference between varṇa and jāti‚ and their place in Hinduism. As both of the Sanskrit word varna and jati are usually translated as “caste”‚ it has always misleading because they have an important differences behind them. Varna and jati are deeply rooted in Hindu’s daily life‚ therefore‚ you cannot talk about Hinduism without mention varna and jati. Commonly‚ people saying that there are four varnas – Brahmin‚ Kshatriya‚ Vaishya and Shudra. But what we find today are not only varnas
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Cited: Dutt‚ Romesh. The Ramayana and the Mahabharata. London: Dent‚ 1910. Empson‚ William. Milton ’s God‚ London: Chatto & Windus‚ 1961. Franz‚ M‚-L. ’The Process of Individuation." Man and His Symbols. ed. Carl G. Jung. New York: Dell‚ 1964. Fryer‚ Northrop. Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays.
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Kerala poets and writers * Akkitham Achuthan Namboodiri - A famous Malayalam poet who is honored by the epithet Mahaakavi. He won the Kendra Sahithya Academy Award for Malayalam in 1973. His famous poems include ’Irupatam Nuttantinte Ithihasam. Akkitham is associated with Tapasya _ a cultural organization. * Arundhati Roy - Writer‚ awarded the Booker Prize in 1997 for The God of Small Things‚ which is set in Kerala. Born in Kerala. * Balachandran Chullikkadu - Poet admired for his realistic
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Towards the late 19th century and in the early 20th century the world was changing at a rapid pace. World War I had a left an enormous hole in Europe’s economy and they were doing everything they could to compensate for their losses. The theme that connects all of these societies is change. Cultures were changing in some places and some were not handling as well as others. Changes were affecting societies in Asia‚ The Middle East‚ and South America. Change did not come easy to any of these societies
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IS INDUSTRIAL ADVANCEMENT THE REAL ADVANCEMENT ? ? Harsh Vardhan Jain Asst. Professor‚ Institute of Engineering and Technology‚ Devi Ahilya University‚ Indore‚ INDIA Email: harsh_84@rediffmail.com Mob.: 09977299177 Sujata Saxena Lecturer IIPS-DAVV‚ Indore‚ INDIA Email: sujata.saxena.iips@gmail.com Mob.: 09827299036 IS INDUSTRIAL ADVANCEMENT THE REAL ADVANCEMENT? Harsh Vardhan Jain‚ Sujata Saxena ABSTRACT Certainly the Industrial Advancement is taking place‚ but along with Industrial
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