A House for Mr. Biswas Magic Seeds Inequality Re-examined Equality of Capacity Books by Indian Booker Prize Winning Authors Salman Rushdie Midnight’s Children Arundhati Roy God of Small Things Arvind Adiga The White Tiger Satanic Verses Broken Republic Last Man in Tower Shame The End of Imagination The Moor’s Last Sigh Power Politics The Algebra of Infinite Justice Fury The Enchantress of Florence Grimus The Ground Beneath Her Feet The Cost of Living
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Misinterpretation of Rushdie The Prophet’s hair is one of the strong short stories just like Satanic Verses and Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie. Author Rushdie is under the influence of multi-cultural ethnicity. Rushdie talks about a story of stolen hair which is accepted as a sacred‚ holly belongings of the founder of the Islam‚ The Prophet Muhammed. Author has a different perspective in terms of looking at the scene and scenario. Thus‚ he is misunderstood and misinterpreted while he depicts
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There’s no place like home There’s no place like home. Home however‚ is an abstract concept‚ just out of reach. Humans spend their lives searching for home but as we come close to finding home‚ it escapes us. But Dorothy’s words are etched in our hearts. Within that statement lies our gift and our curse. There truly is no place like our home—but what is home? Home is a state of contentment. Home is the place where we know that the storm may rage‚ the fires may burn‚ but the horrors around us stand
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of repetition is feverish and agitated‚ thus giving the scene that further feel of abnormality. Her speech is no longer written in blank verse‚ but in prose‚ and so gives it a choppy‚ abrupt quality‚ lurching from one incident to another‚ which signifies and illuminates Lady Macbeth’s rapid slide into desperation and madness‚ compared to her speech in blank verse at the beginning of the play‚ the strong rhythms reflecting her strong‚ determined grasp of reality. The writing brilliantly recreates what
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Influences King has called Richard Matheson "the author who influenced me most as a writer."[9] In a current edition of Matheson’s The Shrinking Man‚ King is quoted: "A horror story if there ever was one...a great adventure story—it is certainly one of that select handful that I have given to people‚ envying them the experience of the first reading." Ray Bradbury is another influence‚ with King himself stating "without Ray Bradbury‚ there is no Stephen King."[68] King refers to H. P. Lovecraft
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The India we want 2 Dec 2007‚ 0021 hrs IST ‚ SWAPAN DASGUPTA ‚ TNN Print Save EMail Write to Editor The controversy over Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has forced Indians to confront a larger question: what sort of an India do we want to live in? The answers are neither easy nor uncontested. For a start‚ there is the weight of inheritance. When minister of external affairs Pranab Mukherjee invoked ’’civilisational heritage’’ in Parliament to define the government’s
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the Secret Code for the redemption from sin is the sacrificial use of Sinless Blood. The LORD started the sacrificial process - slaughtered (flow of blood) an animal. And‚ the animal skin was recycled to wears for Adam and Eve. Genesis chapter 3 verses 21 say: “Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins‚ and clothed them.” (KJV) If Animal Sacrifice‚ then why Crucifixion of Jesus? The LORD approved the consistent use of animal blood for redemption from sin. He thought the
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The Renaissance era represents a complete break with the Middle Ages on a political‚ philosophical‚ scientifical and theological scale. Indeed‚ the discovery of new territories and the expeditions of explorers such as Francis Drake‚ the resurgence of classic writtings‚ the new scientific outbreaks of Copernicus‚ Newton and Galilei as well as the Protestant reformation led by Luther and his 95 Theses‚ triggered a will for knowledge and a quest for truth‚ thus putting an end to the intellectual hegemony
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"Look at the ships also‚ though they are so great and are driven by strong winds‚ are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot desires. So also the tongue is a small part of the body‚ and yet it boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!" (James 3:4-5) A sanctified heard is congnescent in understanding the importance of the soul. The soul is the main target of battle. If you stay in sin‚ and do not put yourself back into
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Shh! You Can’t Say That! We live in an age of freedom‚ at least that’s what we’re told. We have freedom of speech‚ freedom of the press‚ freedom to express ourselves any way we can. But how accurate is that statement? How far can we actually go before our freedom of speech is taken away from us? What kind of sensitive information do we have to talk about before the government shuts us up? Of course‚ in countries like America and the United Kingdom‚ we don’t think about this. We see countries
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