My grandmother’s house - Kamala Das About Kamala Das: Kamala Das is one of the best poets in contemporary Indo-Anglian literature. Kamala Das‚ born in Kerala in 1934‚ is a bilingual writer. She writes in Malayalam‚ her mother tongue‚ under the pseudonym Madhavikkutty. Her poetry is an exploration of the geography of her own mind‚ and the lyric is an instance of such self-exploration. Through images of repulsion and horror‚ she brings out the emotional emptiness and sterility of her married
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My Favourite Quotation about Love “By blood‚ I am Albanian. By citizenship‚ an Indian. By faith‚ I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling‚ I belong to the world. As to my heart‚ I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus.”Hearing these words‚ can you guess who she is? Yes‚ that is Mother Teresa and my fovourite quotation about love is just from her-------“not all of us can do great things‚ but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa had devoted her whole life to minister to the poor‚ sick
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The history of India begins with evidence of human activity of Homo sapiens as long as 75‚000 years ago‚ or with earlier hominids including Homo erectusfrom about 500‚000 years ago. The Indus Valley Civilisation‚ which spread and flourished in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent from c. 3300 to 1300 BCE in present-day Pakistan and northwest India‚ was the first major civilisation in South Asia. A sophisticated and technologically advanced urban culture developed in the Mature Harappan period
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Talking to my grandmother‚ she ask me did I remember the time I dislocated my elbow. I thought and thought but no‚ I did not. I told her I could only recall the pain when someone tried to touch my arm. Or to go back: It was my great grandparents 50th anniversary‚ I was three years old. All of my family members came together to celebrate their anniversary at the Golden Palace‚ a chinese restuarant. My cousin Erica was playing with me‚ I was running and laughing while she was chasing me. I was running
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The Seasons of the Year. My Favourite Season. It’s a universal truth that every season is beautiful in its own way. Isn’t it wonderful to tramp down the country lanes on a frosty winter day. Everything is white with snow and it crunches under your feet. The rime sparkles on the branches and the icicles like precious diamonds hang from the roofs of the houses. It’s a merry time for both children and grownups. They can go skating and skiing‚ sledging and having a fight with snowballs or making
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My favourite place Everyone has their own one special place‚ a place where you can be you‚ where you can find peace and harmony. A place where you feel happy and comfortable being there. For some it’s a quiet place‚ for others it might be a hustling‚ bustling‚ full of people and movement place. But all of these places have one thing in common‚ they are places where you’d run to in times of both joy and misery. As for me‚ my favourite place is where I feel most comfortable and relaxed in‚ and
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“A Visit to Grandmother” Analysis In the short story “A Visit to Grandmother”‚ William Melvin Kelley writes about a man who brings his son to his mother’s house for an unexpected visit in an attempt to resolve his childhood traumas. Despite those conflicts‚ the main character‚ Charles‚ progresses as a human being due to his leaving home. One example of conflict that Charles faced as a child is his older brother‚ GL‚ getting all the love and attention from his mother. But not him he thought his mom
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improve my knowledge‚ my vocabulary‚ my ability in speaking and my fantasy too‚ but unfortunately I can’t find lot of free time to dedicate to books. Or‚ when I find it‚ I get tired soon and I can’t stay concentrate for a long time. Sometimes I re-discover the pleasure of reading especially when I find a book –or an article- that captures me. This has been the case of Christiane F.- Wir kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo‚ an extraordinary book I read twice (never happened before) that I can consider my favourite
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In addition the grandmother not only has internal conflicts but external one as well. The grandmother also has a Man v. Man conflict that shows the nature of humans .One of the external conflicts she has is with her son Bailey. From the start‚ we as the readers can already see how manipulative the grandmother is by trying to change the location of the trip. "THE GRANDMOTHER didn’t want to go to Florida. She wanted to visit some of her connections in east Tennessee and she was seizing at every chance
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My Favourite Personality In my world‚ one of the most important person in my life is my mother. My mother is my friend as well as an advisor. She always used to said "It makes no difference when you say it won’t be easy" it is only for teaching me not to give up when things get hard. She is not my whole life‚ but she is still a big part in my heart. I can’t imagine world without her. When I was school boy ‚I was weak in some subjects. I tried to practice again and again‚ but it still useless
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