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    role. Do readers even notice these things? There is three stories that stood out the most when identifying the different gender roles: gender inequality‚ gender vs. social class‚ and gender and patriarchy. The short story chosen was‚ “Dhowli” by Mahasweta Devi. This tells the story of a woman’s battle with her social class and a consequence she will suffer because she is a woman and an “untouchable”. Marilyn L. Barton states in the Britannica Encyclopedia‚ “Untouchable‚ also called Dalit‚

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    Mahashweta Devi

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    Mahasweta Devi’s ‘The Hunt’   ‘The Hunt’ is a story of a rural tribal woman from India. Her name is Mary. She is harassed and stalked by a male logging contractor named Tehsildar who earlier came to her village to buy logging rights. He grows lustful of her. She resists his sexual advances. In an act of self-preservation later on‚ she turns predator and murders him. In the beginning‚ Mary is a woman of strong physical abilities. She is also an astute businesswoman. Even the owner’s wife hails

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    Nanda Devi

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    |Nanda Devi National Park | |IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve) | |[pic] | |[pic] | |Location |Uttarakhand‚ India | |Coordinates |[pic]30°25′7″N 79°50′59″E / 30.41861°N | | |79.84972°E / 30.41861; 79.84972Coordinates: | |

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    Shakuntla Devi

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    Born - 4 November 1939 Achievements - Shakuntala Devi is an outstanding calculating prodigy of India. On June 18 in 1980‚ she again solved the multiplication of two 13-digit numbers 7‚686‚369‚774‚870 x 2‚465‚099‚745‚779 randomly picked up by the computer department of Imperial College in London. And this‚ she did in 28 seconds flat. Born on 4 November in 1939 at the city of Bangalore in Karnataka state‚ Shakuntala Devi is an outstanding calculating prodigy of India. Belonging from a very humble

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    Devi

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    Q1 Define operational excellence. How can information systems help achieve it?   Hint Ans .Operational excellence is the achievement of higher levels of productivity‚ efficiency‚ and profitability. Information systems can help achieve operational excellence by improving communications to supplier and optimizing the supply chain. Information systems could help managers communicate with workers more efficiently‚ enable technological innovation in products‚ minimize warehouse overhead‚ and streamline

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    Phoolan Devi

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    Phoolan Devi the Bandit Queen of India By Anthony Bruno Another St. Valentine ’s Day Massacre On February 14‚ 1981‚ 18-year-old Phoolan Devi had only one thing on her mind: revenge. Waiting outside the remote village of Behmai on the Yamuna River in northern India‚ a band of about 20 dacoits (bandits) waited for her instructions. The dacoits were from three different gangs‚ but their goal was the same: to hunt down the treacherous Ram brothers‚ Sri Ram Singh and Lala Ram Singh. Sri Ram was a

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    Shakuntala Devi

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    Shakuntala Devi | | | Born - 4 November 1929 Died - 21 April 2013 Very few people around the world achieved what this wonder-woman did. A mathematical prodigy‚ also known as the ’human computer’‚ Shakuntala Devi was known for her complex problem-solving skills without the aid of any mechanical device. During her early years‚ she shot to fame by mentally calculating one of the toughest mathematical multiplications 10 seconds before the fastest and the most efficient computer of the

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    Maharani Gayatri Devi

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    Maharani Gayatri Devi (23 May 1919 – 29 July 2009)‚ often styled as Maharani Gayatri Devi‚ Rajmata of Jaipur‚ was born as Princess Gayatri Devi of Koch Bihar. She was the third Maharani of Jaipur from 1939 to 1970 through her marriage to HH Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II.[2] Following India’s independence and the subsequent abolition of the princely states‚ she became an extremely successful politician. Gayatri Devi was also celebrated for her classical beauty and became something of a fashion icon

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    draupadi by mahashweta devi

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    "Draupadi" by Mahasveta Devi Translated with a Foreword by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Translator’s Foreword I translated this Bengali short story into English as much for the sake of its villain‚ Senanayak‚ as for its title character‚ Draupadi (or Dopdi). Because in Senanayak I find the closest approximation to the First- World scholar in search of the Third World‚ I shall speak of him first. On the level of the plot‚ Senanayak is the army officer who captures and degrades Draupadi. I will

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    The Giver

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    The Giver The Giver is a novel written by Lois Lowry. She is an American writer who has won numerous awards in her years‚ notably a Newbery award for the giver in 1993. The novel explores different themes of life. Freedom. Everything is supervised and controlled by what Lowry describes as ‘Elders’. The thought of having any freedom is non-existent in the community as the ‘elders’ will decide who your spouse will be‚ the job you will be doing for the community & generally the lives of people living

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