is lost in the name of partition‚ nation and borders. Ghosh attempts a revival for humanism in his The Shadow Lines. The novel portrays the futility of war‚ riots‚ violence and partition and also re-searches the lost humanism that has been thrown into the recesses of modern busy life. This paper attempts to prove that the concept of borders and boundaries are illusions. These illusionary lines blur human sight and shrouds humanism in the name of nation and patriotism. It concludes that these illusions
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Diaspora? Economy? Diaspora means scattering or dispersion. According to the ancient Greeks‚ It is a scattered population with a common origin in a smaller geographic area. It can also refer to the movement of the population from its original homeland like working abroad‚ visiting relatives‚ touring around the world‚ representative in a particular event‚ a winner in a “trip to” promo‚ exchange student‚ migration and a lot more. There is one field that diaspora will affect and that is‚ our economy
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Tales of the Diaspora When VS Naipaul won the Nobel Prize in 2001‚ he said: “It is a great tribute to England‚ my home‚ and India‚ the land of my ancestors…” It is a heritage he shares with Jhumpa Lahiri‚ who was born in London and immigrated to America with her Indian-born parents. “While I am American by virtue of the fact that I was raised in this country‚ I am Indian thanks to the efforts of two individuals‚” she said‚ referring to her parents‚ in an interview with Newsweek in 2006. They have
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Rajesh Kumar Understanding Dalit Diaspora: A Review Introduction In this article mainly focused on Dalit diaspora and what is the problems face Dalit people in host country. Vivek Kumar divided of diaspora in to two part first part is ‘old’ and second part is ‘new’ diaspora. In the old diaspora comprises indentured laborers and assisted laborers who were taken by the colonial power and the contractors to different countries and second part is new Dalit diaspora includes semi-literate and professionally
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PHILIPPINE WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY THE PHILIPPINE DIASPORA: THE RESULT OF HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE COUNTRY Marie Gabrielle Jimenez 8/5/2013 This is a paper submitted to Ms. Lilia Casanova for the partial fulfillment of requirement for the course of Philippine Social and Economic Development Issues (MFSC011). I. Unemployment in the Philippines According to the International Labor Organization (ILO)‚ unemployed people are those who are currently not working but are willing and able
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History Paper on Caribbean Diaspora Decendents of the Caribbean Diaspora are located in the United States‚ Canada‚ United Kingdom and countries that were previously colonial empires. The inhabited islands that are in the Caribbean are not only geographical regions‚ but also regions of the imagination‚ lived cultural experiences and are an interesting study in religious identity as well (Harry:2).” Colonized by European powers from the sixteenth century‚ the Caribbean islands have become a mixture
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Geography Morgan State University Baltimore‚ Maryland 21251-0001 Assignment #1 Understanding the African Diaspora By Janelle Silver Instructor: Dr. Aubrey A. Thompson Course: An Introduction to the African Diaspora. History 350.001 Date: February 12‚ 2014 What is the African Diaspora? Discuss the relevance and importance of studying the African Diaspora? “Mother Africa!” Is a term used often when referring to Africa. Why? It is because many groups of people originate
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The Diaspora has been an integral part of the African culture for many >years. Since slaver‚ people of African decent have dealt with the imposed >"veil"; it represents society’s view of African Americans as a problem and >it’s refusal to accept the African Americans as contributive members to >their society. Moreover‚ the "Diaspora" deals with the "double >consciousness‚" the looking of self through the eyes of others while being >graded by the society around the African American. The
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Journal Article Review In this article the authors present findings from a study of African immigrants to Ireland. The main focus of the study was to look at the experiences of pregnant and post natal African women and to explore questions about their experiences of maternity services in Ireland and also larger issues of integration into Irish society. The research was based primarily in a Dublin maternity hospital. The author also highlights a number of issues African immigrants face when living
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Theme: Diaspora Dr Jamaluddin Bin Aziz PPBL‚ FSSK‚ UKM Definition Greek = ‘to disperse’ Refers to any people of ethnic population forced or induced to leave their traditional ethnic homelands‚ being dispersed throughout other parts of the world‚ and the ensuing developments in their dispersal and culture migration‚ sojourning and colonisation. Definition Hebrew ‘exile’ Refers to the populations of Jews exiled from Judea in 586 BC by the Babylonians‚ and Jerusalem in 135 AC by the Roman Empire
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