History of English language and literature in India starts with the advent of East India Company in India. It all started in the summers of 1608 when Emperor Jahangir‚ in the courts of Moguls‚ welcomed Captain William Hawkins‚ Commander of British Naval Expedition Hector. It was India’s first tryst with an Englishman and English. Jahangir later allowed Britain to open a permanent port and factory on the special request of King James IV that was conveyed by his ambassador Sir Thomas Roe. English were
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Descent into the Underworld DESCENT INTO THE UNDERWORLD DESCENT INTO THE UNDERWORLD . Narratives the world over tell of descents into the underworld. Many traditions include myths connected with journeys to the "otherworld" undertaken by both human and suprahuman beings. Experiences of such journeys are especially common in the shamanistic traditions‚ but they are also found in association with various ecstatic religious phenomena and various heroic and visionary contexts within a great number
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B.A. English Language and Literatures - CBCS Pattern 2008-09 -1- Annexure 8-A SCAA Dt. 21-5-2009 BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY‚COIMBATORE-641 046 B.A ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (CBCS PATTERN) with compulsory Diploma in Communicative English (For the students admitted during the academic year 2008-2009 and onwards) SCHEME OF EXAMINATIONS Inst. Hours/ Week Examination Duration Credit 3 3 4 4 5 2 3 3 4 4 5 2 3 3 4 4 5 3 2 3 3 4 4 5 3 2 CIA $ Uni. Exam 75 75 75 75 75 50 75 75 75 75 75 50 75 75 75 75 75
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WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Aditya Shukla*1‚ Bhoopendra Ratan2‚ Sangeeta Maurya3 1Deptt. of Humanities & Applied Science 2Deptt of ECE and Value Education Cell College of Engineering‚ Science & Technology.Mohanlalganj Lucknow. 3Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth‚ Varanasi *E-mail:aditya220462@gmail.com Abstract: Women bear almost all responsibility for meeting basic needs of the family‚ yet are systematically denied the resources‚ information and freedom of action they need
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such as the levitating saint‚ a tiger fighting swami‚ a yogi who bilocates and other great saints search for a guru‚ and his encounters with leading spiritual figures such as Therese Neumann‚ the Hindu saint Sri Anandamoyi Ma‚ Mohandas Gandhi‚ Rabindranath Tagore‚ Nobel Prize winning physicist Sir C. V. Raman‚ and noted American plant scientist Luther Burbank‚ to whom it is dedicated. With superb writing skills that match that of a professional writer‚ Yogananda describes with characteristic humour‚
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The mango is a fleshy stone fruit belonging to the genus Mangifera‚ consisting of numerous tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The mango is native to South Asia‚ from where it has been distributed worldwide to become one of the most cultivated fruits in the tropics. While other Mangifera species (e.g. horse mango‚ M. foetida) are also grown on a more localized basis‚ Mangifera indica – the ’common mango’ or ’Indian mango’ – is the only mango tree commonly cultivated
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Bangladesh‚ officially the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ; Gônoprojatontri Bangladesh)‚ is a country in South Asia. Located on the fertile Ganges-Brahmaputra delta‚ it is part of the ancient and historic region of Bengal. The name Bangladesh means "Country of Bengal" in the official Bengali language. To its south lies the Bay of Bengal‚ while it is bordered by the Republic of India on the north‚ west and east‚ and Burma (Myanmar) to the southeast. It is separated from Nepal
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addition of an acquisitional language should not lead to a loss of first language. Being bilingulism in India is common. In the rise and fall of bilingualism intellectual’s‚ Guha argues that early and mid 20th century Indian intellectuals –people like Tagore‚ Ghandhi‚ Ambedkar‚Anatha Murthy and R K Narayan were effortlessly bilingual. Almost all of them wrote extensively in both English and their native languages depending on the context and intended audiences. Even Anatha Murthy in his essay‚ in a
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will get the required training in LSRW through the prescribed texts. Module I Communication Skills Process and importance of communication‚ Communication cycle; Objectives and Principles of communication Textual “Renunciation” by Rabindranath Tagore Structure and Word Magic Use of Dictionary‚ Tenses‚ Concord‚ Tag Question‚ word formation Stylistic Expression Paragraph Writing‚ Cloze test‚ Module II Communication Skills Barriers to communication; Interpersonal Communication
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THE INFLUENCE OF AN NGO ON TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT : CASE STUDY ON WEST BENGAL‚ SHANTINIKETAN INTRODUCTION The tribals or the “Adivasis” (in Devanagari script)‚ literally “original inhabitants”‚ comprise a substantial indigenous minority of the population of India‚ officially recognized by the Indian Government as “Scheduled Tribes” in the fifth schedule of the Constitution of India. India accounts for about one-fourth of the world tribal population (according to the 1991 census). Tribal population
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