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    Divided in four parts – "The Year of Our Loves and Friendships"‚ "The Year of Her Passion"‚ "The Years of Betrayal"‚ and "Homecoming- The In-Between World of Vikram Lall is a bold attempt at telling the epic of Asian people in Africa. It is a novel concerning themes of love‚ passion‚ commitment and more importantly‚ identity. The narrator‚ Vikram Lall‚ is a Kenyan born Indian who grows up in an era where rebellion‚ confusion‚ and disruption were all prevalent. In this journal‚ you will learn about the

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    Feasting – Anita Desai January 27‚ 2008 by lizzysiddal 2007 was the year in which I failed to finish the Indian novels I started. I read 2 and faltered at the 500 page mark in both. I found Vikram Chandra’s amalgam of literary fiction and crime in Sacred Games remarkably tedious. But my failure with Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy was downright weird. An absolute 5-star epic‚ I was enjoying it. Unfortunately I had listened to an abridged audio a few years before‚ so I knew where it was heading and

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    CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Travel Literature is travel writing of literary value. This genre is also called ‘Travel Record Literature’. Travel literature typically records the experiences of an author touring a place for the pleasure of travel. An individual work is sometimes called a travelogue or itinerary. Travel literature may be cross-culture or transnational in focus‚ or may involve travel to different regions within the same country. Accounts of spaceflight may also be considered travel literature

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    This is the second short story I picked for the reading logs‚ and I openly declare that this is the best short story because it is shortest one‚ beating Short Story by Vikram Karkev by 1 page. The real reason for loving the story is the title itself is so appealing. The title is short and simple‚ yet it made me wonder how a simple board game could be so murderous. The second reason for labeling this story is the best because Scrabble used to be my favourite board game when I was in primary school

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    indigenous satellite Aryabhata.  India was among the first few countries to realize the potential of space technology and its application to solve real problems of man and society. The Indian space pioneer and the architect of Indian Space Program Dr. Vikram Sarabhai‚ under whose chairmanship‚ the Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was formed in 1962 dreamt that India should be sine-qua-none in the application of advanced technologies like space. Since then‚ India has made impressive

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    The Mouse and the Snake‚ by VIKRAM SETH One fine morning two small mice‚ Much against their friend’s advice‚ Visited a room where grain Undisturbed for months had lain. Other mice had entered; none Lived to eat and tell--not one. But the two friends‚ unpoliced‚ Broke in and began to feast; And their laughter fell and rose‚ Till their blood with horror froze. Gold and shiny‚ vicious‚ long‚ Venom-fanged‚ hypnotic‚ strong-- Slid a snake towards the pair‚ Swallowed

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    in India and Information technology in India. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai—a physicist considered to be ’the father of India’s space program’—[1] was instrumental in the creation of both the Indian Space Research Organisation and the Physical Research Laboratory (Ahemadabad).Jawaharlal Nehru‚ the first Prime Minister of India (office: 15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964)‚ initiated reforms to promote higher education‚ science‚ technology in India.[2] The Indian Institute of Technology — conceived by a 22 member

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    Summary of poem “night of the scorpion” The poet ’s mother was stung by a scorpion on that night when it was pouring very heavily‚ thousands of villagers on hearing the news came in ’like swarms of flies ’ trying to do their bit in saving the mother. They came with lanterns‚ candles and crowded round her chanting the name of God ’a thousand times ’‚ they first tried to search for the scorpion for they felt as much  as the scorpion moved the poison of the mother would spread but there was no

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    government. With a market share of 80 per cent‚ IBM was able to dictate the industry’s growth rate in size as well as sophistication by deciding which products to market in India. The troubles for IBM began when the Electronics Committee‚ headed by Vikram Sarabhai‚ wanted it to end its business practice of bringing in old machines to India‚ refurbishing and leasing them out at inflated rates to government departments. IBM justified selling outmoded equipment saying it wanted India to grow step-by-step

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    Shonar Bangla(other works) | Notable award(s) | Nobel Prize in Literature 1913 | Spouse(s) | Mrinalini Devi (m. 1883–1902) | Children | five children‚ two of whom died in childhood | Relative(s) | Tagore family | | Signature | | Vikram Seth | Born | 20 June 1952 (age 60) Kolkata‚ West Bengal‚ India | Occupation | Author‚ poet‚ novelist | Nationality | Indian | Alma mater | Corpus Christi College‚ Oxford Stanford University | | | Genres | novels‚ poetry‚ libretto

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