Indian writing in English Raja Rammohan Ray was the first Indian to effectively express himself in black and white through English though he was initiated to the language when he was in his teens. Thereafter Vivekananda showed his perfect masterly over the language through his evocative prose‚ which made the west sit up and take notice of the greatness of Hinduism. Tagore also had written some poems in English. However‚ there is no denying the fact that Indian writings in English were extremely
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Theme 1 - Lesson 1: TEXT: Clash of civilization? Salman Rushdie: Fighting the forces of Invisibility. From: Washington Post‚ October 2‚ 2001. Phase of presentation Ethos: Rushdie starts out referring to a newspaper column that he wrote in January 2000‚ here he makes clear that his predictions came true and that the worst case scenario might be to surrender all liberty rights for security and temporary safety. The main point he presents is fear of an invisible democracy after the terror
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Midnight’s children.Links to other texts. “The Arabian Nights” In Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children‚ the narrator repeatedly compares his own tales of his life to Scheherazade’s‚ and mentions that he can’t "count on having even a thousand nights and a night" (page 4) in which to tell them. The Arabian Nights‚ like Midnight’s Children is an example of what might be called a self-conscious text or a Metafiction: it is a story about telling a story. Midnight’s Children contains many metaphors
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great fan-following and are respected for their work. Indians from the literacy circles have got the Nobel Prize‚ the Man Booker Prize and have won the other accolades. Some people think that the banning of books like ‘The Satanic Verses’‚ by Salman Rushdie‚ ‘Lajja ’ by Taslima Nasreen may throttle the freedom of
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courage to actually run away from it all and start a new life somewhere else. If the women escape‚ the entire family is against them‚ and after that‚ they will not be seen as a part of the family. “Good advice is rarer than rubies” is a story by Salman Rushdie. In overall it is about one of these women I just mentioned‚ who are forced into an arranged marriage. The main character in the story‚ Miss Rehana‚ is engaged to an Indian man who lives in Bradford‚ England. Like most of the women‚ Miss Rehana
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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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By Indian English Writing‚ we mean that body of literature which is written by Indians in English. It could be in the form of poetry‚ prose‚ fiction or drama. English is not our mother tongue and we are not native speakers of English‚ yet when in the early decades of the nineteenth century‚ English was introduced as the medium of instruction in our educational system‚ Indians were able to read Western literature that was available in English. They found the language
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providing true entertainment‚ there reality TV shows often display a talentless‚ annoying cast. As well as fill their shows with product placement; allowing the cast members to get wealthy off of endorsement products and become living advertisement. In Salman Rushdie’s essay “Reality TV: A Dearth of Talent and the Death of Morality‚” he states that “people are becoming famous for doing nothing much at all‚ but doing it where everyone can see them” (216). By analyzing several shows‚ Rushdie’s statement
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enclave in a nation-state that defines itself‚ consciously or unconsciously‚ as a group in displacement. The present anthology examines the works of key writers‚ many now based across the globe in Canada‚ Denmark‚ America and the UK – V.S. Naipaul‚ Salman Rushdie‚ Balachandra Rajan‚ M.G. Vassanji‚ Jhumpa Lahiri‚ Gautam Malkani‚ Shiva Naipaul‚ Tabish Khair and Shauna Singh Baldwin‚ among them – to show how they exemplify both the diasporic imaginary and the respective traumas of Indian diasporas. Corelating
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“Good advice is rarer than rubies” – an analysis “Good advice is rarer than rubies” is a short story by renowned author Salman Rushdie. It tells the story of Miss Rehana who comes to the British embassy in an unnamed town in India‚ to apply for a permit to go to London. At first it seems like she’s there out of free will to see her fiancé‚ but later it is revealed that she actually doesn’t want to go‚ rather that she’s forced to go because she has to marry the man waiting for her in England. A man
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