R. K. Narayan: The Guide: A Study Guide (1958) [pic] [pic] R[asipuram] K[rishnaswamy] Narayan (1906-2001) is unusual among Indian authors writing in English in that he has stayed contentedly in his home country‚ venturing abroad only rarely. He rarely addresses political issues or tries to explore the cutting edge of fiction. He is a traditional teller of tales‚ a creator of realist fiction which is often gentle‚ humorous‚ and warm rather than hard-hitting or profound. Almost all of his writings
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Representation of Partition of India in Sunlight on a Broken Column‚ Ice-Candy Man‚ and 1947 Earth. Partition of India‚ which is almost overlooked in traditional historiography with India’s Independence and Birth of Pakistan‚ led to one of the largest and bloodiest migrations in the history of the world. Sunlight on a Broken Column‚ Ice-Candy Man and 1947 Earth are all set in the same time span and portray Partition in quite different ways. Different as in not only different from each other
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Women in the Vedas and the Puranas: Empowered or Not? Dr. S.R.Ivaturi Reader in Sanskrit SRR & CVR Govt. College Vijayawada There has been a divided opinion regarding the position of women in the Vedic and Puranic ages. According to many scholars the Vedas accord a position of importance to women. There was considerable freedom enjoyed by them in matters of marriage‚ education etc. William Durant sums up the position of the Vedic woman thus: "Women enjoyed far greater freedom in the
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THE MAHABHARATA A Chapter by Chapter summary of the great Indian epic‚ as an aid to finding passages within the original 18 Volumes. Written by Duncan Watson. 14-Dec-92 THE MAHABHARATA Translations by Kisari Mohan Ganguli and Pratap Chandra Roy. The Pratap Chandra Roy version published by Munshiram Monoharlal‚ New Delhi‚ India (Post Box 5715‚ 54 Rani Jhansi Road‚ New Delhi-55): Third edition‚ September 1972. Mahabharata was written down by the great sage Krishna Dvaipayana (Vyasa) about
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Introduction to the country: "Bangladesh" is a combination of the Bengali words‚ Bangla and Desh‚ meaning the country or land where the Bangla language is spoken. The country formerly was known as East Pakistan. What is Culture: o The set of shared attitudes‚ values‚ goals‚ and practices that characterizes an institution‚ organization or group. o The sum of attitudes‚ customs‚ and beliefs that distinguishes one group of people from another. o Culture has been taken as constituting
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VOL. 2‚ NO. 4‚ May 2012 ISSN 2225-7217 ARPN Journal of Science and Technology ©2011-2012. All rights reserved. http://www.ejournalofscience.org Location Based Reminder Using GPS For Mobile (Android) 1 Priyanka Shah‚ 2 Ruta Gadgil‚ 3 Neha Tamhankar Department of Computer Engg‚ Smt. Kashibai Navale‚ College of Engineering Pune‚ Maharashtra India 1 priyanka27.in@gmail.com‚ 2 ruta.gadgil@gmail.com‚ 3 nehatamhankar.1311@gmail.com ABSTRACT Although location-based reminder applications
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[pic][pic] [pic] [pic] Top of Form [pic] Bottom of Form [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic][pic] [pic] [pic] The Indian Woman in Kamala Markandaya For a long time‚ the woman has assumed a secondary role in the first generation of Indian English male writing such as R.K.Narayan‚ Raja Rao‚ Mulk Raj Anand. Indeed‚ R.K.Narayan ’s heroine‚ Rosie‚ in his novel ’The Guide ’ is viewed
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The NatyaShastra describes nine rasas or NavaRasas that are the basis of all human emotion. It is useful to keep in mind that a rasa encompasses not just the emotion‚ but also the various things that cause that emotion. These two things go hand in hand and are impossible to treat separately. This duality is part of every rasa to varying degrees. Today we try to bring to you a flavour of each of these nine rasas‚ explaining what each one means and presenting it to you through some Indian art form
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than obedience to his orders. She shows her determination and independence throughout the years in the forest; her insistences that Rama get the gold-spotted deer and her command that Laksmana come to his rescue‚ eventually leads to her abduction by Ravana. She shows self-control and she doesn’t give in to Ravanna’s will. On being freed‚ she defends herself whole-heartedly against Rama’s accusations. She is far from passive. It is in the context of this "dwelling in another man’s house" that Vedic regulations
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HISTORY Project 1 Death and Destruction in Hindu Mythology Thomson Muriyadan F.Y.B.M.M Div: A Roll no. 38 If one’s perception of mythology is that of mystical creatures‚ gods and demons and boons and curses‚ then Hindu mythology fits the bill perfectly. A glance at the introduction of any of the books written on the subject could make one dizzy at the sheer number of gods‚ demons and stories about the world it encompasses. The Hindu view with respect to birth‚ life and death is very
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