To what extent would you agree that style would be valued more highly than plot in the work you have chosen to explore? R.K. Narayan is one such modern writer whose novels are set in the colonial and post-colonial periods of India. In his works‚ he created the imaginary town of Malgudi‚ which was in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India‚ where realistic characters in a typically Indian setting lived amid unpredictable events. The book ‘Waiting for the Mahatma’ written by Narayan begins in latter
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works‚ Bharati directs the course of this story. The story is shaped by her decisions and movements. It is because of these lady characters that the male counterparts undergo strange twists and turns of fate something they have never visualised in their wildest dreams. In waiting for the Mahatma‚ Narayan presented the love of Sriram and Bharati against the background of the struggle for independence launched my Mahatma Gandhi. The struggle and love went together because Sriram loved Bharati whose
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been saving in his name. His irresponsibility is known immediately‚ when he wants to withdraw a huge sum of Rs. 250/-‚ but his watchful grandma restricts it to a decent Rs. 50/-. He had no choice rather obey her. Then he came into contact with Bharati and fell into love at first sight. He met her as she was making tin collection for the freedom movement. Bharati’s father had been shot dead while offering Satyagraha against the British during the first Non-cooperation Movement. She‚ who was just
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place. Sriram is attracted to Bharati‚ a girl of his age who is active in Mahatma Gandhi’s Quit India movement‚ and he becomes an activist himself. He then gets involved with anti-British extremists‚ causing much grief to his grandmother. Sriram’s underground activity takes place in the countryside‚ an area alien to him‚ and the misunderstandings with the locals provide the book’s best comic moments. After spending some time in jail‚ Sriram is reunited with Bharati‚ and the story ends with their
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar CIE (Bengali: ঈশ্বর চন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগর Ishshor Chôndro Biddashagor 26 September 1820 – 29 July 1891)‚ born Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhyaya (Bengali: ঈশ্বর চন্দ্র বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়‚ Ishshor Chôndro Bôndopaddhae)‚ was an Indian Bengali polymath and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance.[1][2] Vidyasagar was a philosopher‚ academic‚ educator‚ writer‚ translator‚ printer‚ publisher‚ entrepreneur‚ reformer‚ and philanthropist. His efforts to simplify and modernize Bangla prose were
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town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal‚ India‚ approximately 180 kilometres north of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). It was made famous by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore‚ whose vision became what is now a university town (Visva-Bharati University) that attracts thousands of visitors each year. Shantiniketan is also a tourist attraction because Rabindranath wrote many of his literary classics here‚ and his house is a place of historical importance. History Shantiniketan was previously
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The novel WAITING FOR THE MAHATMA deals with the story of a young man named Sriram whose life revolves round the influence of Mahatma on him during the years of Indian Freedom Struggle. In his age of twenty he meets a girl named Bharati‚ an ardent Gandhi follower and was collecting money for some funds. Her life is pretty much revolving around Gandhiji and his movement. By presenting Mahatma realistically in town
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different ways. These two sisters‚ they are exactly the same. They have some differences but then it starts happening when they get married. Mira gets married to an Indian man and Bharati gets married to an American man. Mira worked hard to make a living so that when she is ready to retire she has enough to move back to India. Bharati traveled around North America with her husband being an American citizen. Mira wasn’t a citizen and her boss wanted a labor certification‚ but she couldn’t provide it so she
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ABSTRACT Globalization seems to have brought a sea change in many post-colonial nations. Cultural hybridity is a positive consequence of globalization. Consequently there is a conflict in the diasporic communities between the majority and minority cultures. It is difficult to be estranged from one’s native culture. A desire to establish an identity in a new culture appears to be desirable and difficult. Bharathi Mukharji focuses on the quest for identity of the diasporic women and shows the varied
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With complacence setting in‚ Doordarshan sometimes telecasted shoddy programs in terms of content and technical presentation. One major factor in compounding the problem was Doordarshan was made a part of the autonomous corporation called Prasar Bharati. In the last quarter of 1999 Mckinsey made a study of the condition of public service broadcasters around the world and how they were faring in the midst of the plethora of emerging private channels. They concluded that public channels were shaping
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