It is important to read and discuss Mukherjee’s "A Wife’s Story" as an integral part of twentieth-century American literature and not as an "exotic" short story by a foreign writer. As the essay accompanying "A Wife’s Story" points out‚ Mukherjee identifies herself very strongly as an American writer writing about twentieth-century Americans. Although most of her stories are about South Asian-Americans (South Asia in the contemporary geopolitical arena usually consists of Bangladesh‚ India‚ Pakistan
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My grandmother Kamala‚ is a woman of true respect. She grew up in the Kirthabra moutains‚ bordering Karachi and proclaiming it the most beautiful place in the world that “overlooked the heavens”. She grew as people would call “blue blooded”‚ ridiculously rich but far from conceited. Her family consisted complete vegetarians- never eating meat or eggs as if to preserve what bodies are given. She had five brothers and she was the eldest child. My grandfather Bhagwan was similar‚ yet completely different
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is a Keatsian sensuousness in Deshpande’s poetry which shows the poet’s rapturous love of colours and perfumes. But the themes which are recurrent and dominant in her poetry are isolation and lost love. Many of these poems show how Deshpande‚ like Kamala Das‚ writes in an unin¬hibited way but as Eunice de Souza has observed‚ there is in her poetry “a great deal about blood and sweat and clenched teeth‚ and about “lashing” and “throbbing”‚ the final effect for the reader is not one of intensity but
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In Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse‚ the preference of experience over teaching is demonstrated through the usage of characterization and symbolism‚ persuading readers to not seek teachings‚ but rather to derive wisdom through personal experience. Hesse uses characterization to reveal traits and wisdoms that the characters derive from teachings and experiences. If we are to be taught about somebody else’s experience‚ we may understand the general situation‚ but we will never understand the emotions behind
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the only Indian Prime Minister to have been imprisoned after holding that office. Indira Gandhi was born Indira Nehru on November 19‚ 1917 into the politically influential Nehru Family. Indira Gandhi’s father was Jawaharlal Nehru and her mother was Kamala Nehru. Indira gained the surname "Gandhi" by her marriage to Feroze Gandhi. She had no relation to Mahatma Gandhi‚ either by blood or marriage. Her grandfather‚ Motilal Nehru‚ was a prominent Indian nationalist leader. Her father‚ Jawaharlal Nehru
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SEX TOURISM According to the definition of the World Trade Organization (WTO)‚ sex tourism refers to organized trips‚ within or outside the tourist industry‚ to engage in a commercial sexual relationship. Sex tourism can be domestic or international‚ involving cross-border trips for the same purpose. United Nations‚ defines sex tourism as "trips organized from within the tourism sector‚ or from outside this sector but using its structures and networks‚ with the primary purpose of effecting a commercial
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INTRODUCTION We record our homage and deep admiration for the Womanhood of India who in the hour of peril for the motherland forsook the shelter of their homes and with unfailing courage and endurance stood shoulder to shoulder with their menfolk‚ in the frontline of India’s national army to share with them the sacrifices and triumphs of the struggle”. From a Resolution passed on January 26‚ 1931. When the history of India’s fight for Independence comes to be written‚ the sacrifice made by the
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Sept. 2012. Faridi‚ Rashid. "Rashid ’s Blog." Rashid ’s Blog. N.p.‚ 4 Mar. 2012. Web. 29 Sept. 2012. Hoosain‚ EMAUDDIN. "A Teacher ’s Guide to the Edition of Nectar in a Sieve." Penguin Putnam‚ Inc.‚ 28 Sept. 1996. Web. 29 Sept. 2012. Markandaya‚ Kamala. Nectar in a Sieve: A Novel. New York‚ Penguin Books USA‚ Inc.‚ 1982. Print.
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Literary elements in Siddhartha In part one of Siddhartha herman hesse employs the idea of birth as an extended metaphor to add clarity on how Siddhartha views himself and the amount of knowledge has and has yet to learn. Siddhartha believes that he is‚ “just as far removed from wisdom‚ from salvation‚ as a child in the mothers womb..” when Siddhartha tells Govinda that he feels this way‚ it reveals how though to some he may seem practically perfect he does not believe this himself. Herman hesse
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Modeling Theory in Perspective Modeling Theory in Perspective CRJ 105- Crime and Criminal Behavior Professor Marlene Armstrong Strayer University Kamala Simone Buck February 7‚ 2011 Modeling Theory in Perspective What is modeling theory one might ask. Well Modeling theory is defined as a form of social learning that people learn how to act by observing other (Schmalleger Page 231). A recent look into the modeling theory is the work of Albert Bandura who developed a comprehensive
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