Interview with Anita Desai Magda Costa interviewed Anita Desai in Barcelona‚ 30 Jan 2001. Desai was in Spain to launch the Spanish and Catalan translations of Fasting‚ Feasting. -How was it to grow up in a family like yours‚ with a German mother and a Bengali father‚ in India? -When you are a child you take for granted what your family is; you don’t question it. The fact is that my mother adapted so completely to the Indian way of life that nobody thought of her as a foreigner anymore. It’s true
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exported from - Jahane Rumi Export date: Thu Nov 18 17:11:12 2010 / +0000 GMT Saadat Hasan Manto- Writer of Stark Realities (Courtesy Iftikhar Chaudri) Saadat Hassan Manto (May 11‚ 1912 ? January 18‚ 1955) was a Pakistani Urdu short story writer‚ most known for his Urdu short stories ‚ ’Bu’ (Odour)‚ ’Khol Do’ (Open It)‚ ’Thanda Gosht’ (Cold Meat)‚ and his magnum opus‚ Toba Tek Singh’. Unfortunately having spent life on both sides of the border he was portrayed as an Indian writer in Pakistan
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in past. On the other hand people of Canada celebrate a festival named Hallowen. In this festival people share happiness in the form of candies and sweets and this festival is specially for children. In Pakistan people celebrate a festival Ramzan. In this festival‚ people fasts during the day in the true sense of the word‚ that is‚ he had merely denies himself food and water and strict control over his tongue‚ eyes‚ ears‚ thoughts and deeds and does everything possible to seek the
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National Education Policy 1979 By Roll No.01‚48‚12‚37‚41 National Education Policy 1979 What is education? Meaning: The "education" has been derived from Latin words "Educare”. “Educare" means to train‚ to bring and lead out’‚ so we can say that education is to bring up‚ to developing and shaping up the individual talent and his inner potentialities. Definition: Education is a process in which and by which the knowledge‚ characters and behavior of the human being are shaped and molded
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accept this fact wholeheartedly. There is probably a good reason we are not discovering the Urdu slang for "#swag" or "LOL": the language is dead ( for some )‚ definitely spoken but no longer changing. To be honest‚ based on those two words‚ I would endeavor to guess that Urdu is grateful to be dead for the ubiquitous some and the youth . Even in a bizarre scenario‚ where languages had an afterlife‚ I bet Urdu would be brutally tortured for eternity‚ surrounded by hellfire and brimstone ‚ and the entire
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Secondary School Certificate Examination Syllabus BIOLOGY CLASSES IX-X (based on National Curriculum 2006) Published by Aga Khan University Examination Board Bungalow # 233 / E.I.Lines‚ Daudpota Road‚ Karachi‚ Pakistan. November 2004 Latest Revision June 2012 All rights reserved This syllabus is developed by Aga Khan University Examination Board for distribution to all its affiliated schools. Secondary School Certificate Examination Syllabus BIOLOGY CLASSES IX-X
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Advertisement No. 5 of 2012 Recruitment Examination‚ 2012 for the post of Teacher (Bengali/Hindi/Urdu) in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Applications are invited in the prescribed form on or before 31st December‚ 2012 (Monday up to 05.00 P.M.) from the Indian citizens (both men and women) for a Competitive Examination to be held in Kolkata for recruitment to the post of Teacher (Bengali/Hindi/Urdu) in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Two panels--one main panel against clear vacancies and
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The news of the Egyptian or lotus revolution has headed the media world-wide a few months ago. An uprising of the middle class Egyptians has led to overthrow the notorious Hosny Mubarak who had reigned Egypt for 30 long years. The Egyptians have overcome their fear of authority and had reached the point of no return. Unemployment‚ poverty‚ hungry and poor Egyptians now seek a better future for their country and for themselves.
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associated with Lord Krishna and his birth. The main Muslim festivals which are celebrated in India are Muharram and Id-ul- Fitr. Muharram commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussain‚ Prophet Muhammad’s grandson‚ while Id-ul-Fitr celebrates the end of Ramzan‚ the Muslim month of prayer and fasting. It is an occasion of feasting and rejoicing. The main Christian festivals are Christmas and Easter. Christmas marks the birth of Jesus Christ‚ the founder of Christianity. Easter commemorates his death and
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respectable positions in the government get salaries that may reach to hundred thousand pounds but this is just the salary or the official amount that is known to the people. There were other benefits that they got due to the corruption in the system of Mubarak. For example‚ cars‚ villas‚ bribes and so on. The big men in the government forgot the poor Egyptians who cannot buy enough food to live. The main problem of wages in Egypt is that there is a huge gap between the minimum wage and the maximum wage
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