BOOK REVIEW: THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS BY JITEN KAKAR The inheritance of loss is the second novel by Indian author Kiran Desai. The novel was first published in 2006 and won man booker prize in 2007. The book has many diverse characters but one can easy relate to all the characters unlike many novels where characters don’t have much real life traits. But I found it annoying that many characters with senseless names keep popping up with no purpose like Uncle Potty (translate: Uncle Shit)‚ and Major
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* US Ambassador to India- Nancy Powell. * Chairman‚ IRDA- J Hari Narayan. * “Life is an Adventure”- Yamaha Ray. * Chief Election Commissioner- V S Sampath. * Chief Economic Advisor- Raghuram Rajan. * Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize‚ 2011 were awarded to 11 scientists. Indians include Mahan MJ (mathematician) & Shiraz Minwalla (physicist). * China’s 1st Aircraft Carrier- Liaoning * World Bank Chief Economist- Kaushik Basu. * “Joseph Anton”- Salman Rushdie. * 20th
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for Mr. Biswas is an unforgettable story inspired by Naipaul’s father that has been hailed as one of the twentieth century’s finest novels. The book that first brought Naipaul worldwide acclaim‚ this richly comic novel tells the moving story of a man without a single asset who enters a life devoid of opportunity‚ and whose tumble-down house becomes a potent symbol of the search for identity in a postcolonial world In his forty-six short years‚ Mr. Mohun Biswas has been fighting against destiny
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WHITE TIGER G. Siva Ranjani M.Phil. scholar‚ St. Joseph’s college of Arts and Science‚ (Autonomous)‚ Cuddalore‚ Tamilnadu. Abstract Aravind Adiga in his booker Prize winning novel‚ The White Tiger‚ deals with a process of social structure and relationships and various ills affecting our society. This Paper aims to explore the need of struggle‚ reflection of the successive attempts of the Subaltern reveals the
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LAUREATE "…that epicist of the female experience‚ who with scepticism‚ fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny"- Doris Lessing ‚ as described by the Swedish Academy while awarding her with the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007. Not an exaggeration for a writer whose repertoire is as eclectic as the range of issues and concerns she explored. Her writings cover modernism‚ post-modernism‚ politics‚ socialism‚ communism‚ feminism‚ science fiction and Sufism
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and won The Man Booker Prize for Literature in the same year. It was also turned into a successful movie in 1993 with the same name‚ starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki‚ Japan‚ before he moved to England in 1960 when his father took a position at National Institute of Oceanography. He grew up in England and attended the University of Kent and the University of East Anglia. His first novel‚ A Pale View of Hills was rewarded Winifred Holtby Prize by the Royal
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Lord of the Flies “Maybe there is a beast...maybe its just us.” This is a quote from the book “Lord of the Flies‚” by William Golding. As an outstanding Author‚ William Golding won the Nobel Prize of Literature and the Man Booker Prize. The book “Lord of the Flies‚” written in 1954‚ is an incredible book and an allegory about a large group of boys who get stranded on an island. The reader can see how people‚ or in particular‚ boys‚ will behave‚ when away from society. Some of the boys: Ralph
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The next story‚ fifth one‚ ‘Sexy’ is the best example of the ideal blending of two diverse cultures. Small boy Rohin’s conversations with Miranda change the perspective of her‚ and help to overcome from an illicit physical relationship with a married man named Dev. The portrayal of the experiences of an Indian migrated couple‚ Mr. and Mrs. Sen‚ in America is in the sixth story entitled ‘Mrs. Sen’s’. Sanjeev and Twinkle’s successful compromise for organising any task‚ despite of a lot of conflicts and
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Fasting‚ Feasting Topics for Discussion Discuss what you think the author really means by "fasting" and "feasting." What are the physical and emotional implications of each? How do you think the story would have been different if it had been Uma who had gone to America instead of Arun? Do you think Anamika and Aruna ended up having better lives than Uma did? Explain why or why not. What commonalities do you see in the dynamics of both families? What things are vastly different? Discuss the importance
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author n. (ôth-au-r) - One who practices writing as a profession. 15 years is a long time and especially so for one who has not lived that long yet. Today teens like me are expected to know what they want do later in life. Maybe if it were not the twenty first century I could be imaginative but that would be childish (In case you didn’t know this is a CHILDRENS essay competition). However after a decade and a half I would like to be in a profession that is considered neither here nor there in terms
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