THE AUTHOR The author of “The Vendor of Sweets” is R. K. Narayan. His full name is Risipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami. He was born on 10th of October 1906 in Chennai‚ India. He majored in the University of Mysore. He was one of the 3 leading figures of early Indian literature in English. He is an Indian writer best writer known for his works set in the South Indian town of Malgudi. His other books were The Guide‚ Swami and Friends‚ Malgudi Days‚ The English Teacher and The Bachelor Of
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In Malgudi Days‚ although R.K. Narayan seems to present us with a bleak portrayal of India where life is very hard and there is very little human happiness‚ he means to reflect the triumph of the human spirit over the cruel circumstances of life. In India‚ poverty and the lack of education are prejudiced against and people are discriminated against because they are poor. In ’A Willing Slave’‚ Ayah is discriminated against and treated badly merely because she is an uneducated servant. When she comes
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The story is a really good story confusing but humorous. At first‚ as you go reading‚ the story gives you a different idea of what is going to happen in it. Muni‚ the Indian village‚ wasn’t a wealthy man but he had his cattle to live on‚ but as it cattle went dying he was just left with 2 goats. He didn’t have much money‚ he was always asking for credit to the shop man and was always inventing lies to get the credit (the lies he came up with were funny). What confuses me more is when the foreigner
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The poem "Obituary" by A.K. Ramanujan is a literary work that has the author‚ in the poem‚ waxing nostalgic about a father’s life and death. It is a vivid‚ emotional‚ and intense poem that looks back on the life and times of a dear loved family member. The author relates that the father left behind a legacy that will live on for him: left debts and daughters‚ a bedwetting grandson named by the toss of a coin after him‚ The author reflects that this man was cremated
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Judicial Trend • Pakala Narayan Swamy v. King Emperor In the present case‚ the person accused was married to one of the daughters of the Diwan of Pithapuram Estate. The deceased Nukharaju was a peon in the Pithapuram estate. In 1936‚ the accused and daughter of Diwan who was married to accused visited Pithapuram. It was claimed in the facts of the prosecution’s case was that they borrowed Rs. 3000 from Nukharaju while they were staying in the Pithapuram. After some days‚ the accused and his wife
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There must be working of natural forces. In Ramalinga Nadar v. Narayan Reddiar ‚ It has been held that the criminal activities of the unruly mob‚ which robbed the goods transported in the defendant’s lorry cannot be considered as an Act of God and the defendant is liable for these goods as a common carrier It was observed
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Organisational B ehaviour a nd Leadership « Is Myers-‐Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) more the result of environment or genetic influences?» Introduction It has been commonly believed in the last decades‚ that personality comes mostly from genetics but vary noticeably with time depending on the environment. Nevertheless‚ no exact separation can be made
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an extrovert and I have the ability to take in information by sensing. My third psychological preference suggests that I base my decisions on personal feelings. In dealing with the outside world‚ my personality is judging. Overall‚ I agree with my MBTI personality test. Extroverts tend to have very outgoing personalities. They are considered a people person and enjoy being around others. This person does not like seclusion or loneliness; it usually makes them very restless. Extroverts are very
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Oliver Stone’s Movie “The Wall street‚ Money Never Sleeps” using the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) framework and Personality Type Theory. THE MBTI The MBTI is an instrument designed to evaluate people and provide descriptive profiles of their personality types. It classifies people into sixteen broad and distinctive personality types based on Carl Jung’s theory of perception and judgement. The MBTI model was developed by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Meyers. The two women
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Foreshadowing an astrologers day "An Astrologer’s Day" by R.K Narayan is about an astrologer who practices Vedic astrology also known as "the science of light." Which means the author mainly adds foreshadowing to create suspense and interest. Therefore the three main examples are‚ his eyes sparkled with sharp abnormal gleam which was really an outcome of his own‚ the astrologer had left his village without any previous thought or plan‚ also the astrologer shivered in his grip‚ and his voice shook
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