Acculturate in the Namesake: A Comment on Jhumpa Lahiri ’s Work as Diaspora Literature! Mahesh Bharatkumar Bhatt GJ!jarat Arts &Science College‚ Ellisbridge‚ Ahmedabad Abstract The aim of the paper is to bringforth the wqy in which Jhllmpa Lahiri‚ a Plllitzer prize winner novelist explores the dilemma of name and immigrant ’s sense of identity and belongingness in the novel The Namesake. The paper discllsses the term ’diaspora: and their role in the present dt!Y world‚ the mqjor isslles of
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Pakistan Power 100 Gala By; Imran Shaikh An occasion of pride with sense of triumph and feeling of respect and euphoria for every patriotic Pakistani‚ domestically and internationally - ‘Pakistan Power 100 gala’ - Launched by Carter-Anderson the British Pakistan Trust‚ a group of young professional men and women who strive to improve Pakistan’s image abroad and connect inspiring individuals so they can work for the betterment of all Pakistanis. Khalid Darr‚ a veteran who founded the Pakistan
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“Yes‚ many of us have lived in the direct darkness and shadows of the evil that was so evident in so many of those schools" (“A selection of quotes”‚ 2014). Indian residential schools is one of many scars that plague Canada’s colonial history. For the Indigenous community‚ the effects of residential schools did not end when the schools were shut down‚ but instead they leave a legacy of trauma and pain. Today‚ Indigenous people are still picking up the pieces of their culture as they struggle to make
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History of African Music through The Colonial Period Music before the 20th century was very different when compared to the music of the 21st Century. There were distinctive occasions for each type of African music. West African music‚ the African Diaspora‚ and the music of the Colonies each had different musical instruments. West African music was the music of the African people before the Europeans captured and sold them into slavery in the Americas. It was unique in the manner in which it was
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Celebrating their diversity and non-belonging‚ transcultural-hybrid novels are believed to create hybrid discourses that may destabilize meaning and identity as well. For Moslund‚ hybridity itself is a highly problematic term in this connection. It is used haphazardly in the field of migration literature to denote or connote states of both cultural fusion and multiplication‚ or amalgamation and doubleness (15). What I propose here is that hybridity could be seen as a significant point from which
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Cited: Baldwin‚ James. "If Black English Isn ’t a Language‚ Then Tell Me‚ What Is?" The New York Times29 July 1979. Nytimes.com. Web. 8 May 2011. <http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/03/29/specials/baldwin-english.html>. McLaren‚ Joseph. "African Diaspora Vernacular Traditions and the Dilemma of Identity." Research in African Literatures 40.1 (2009): 97-111. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 8 May 2011. Scott‚ Karla D. "Broadening the View of Black Language Use." Our Voices: Essays In Culture‚
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and elevate individuals of African plunge. The philosophy attests that the destiny of all African people groups and nations are interwoven. At its center Pan-Africanism is a conviction that African people groups‚ both on the landmass and in the Diaspora‚ impart not just a typical history‚ yet a typical destiny. The Organization of African Unity was made in 1963 to defend the power and regional trustworthiness of its Member States and to advance worldwide relations inside the system of the United
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Throughout the history of white suppremacy‚ the notion of the color line and its complexity has been a key issue and defining force in U.S society particularly. This intentionally placed barrierserves to seperate white privelege and values from whites and non-whites. The existence of the color line depends on essentialist ideals that have also been produced to make a solid distinction between non-white and an inferior "Other." This static essentialism is upheld by cultural and structural ideologies
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D. C. Chambial’s Review of Critical Studies on Contemporary Indian English Women Writers Dominic‚ K. V.‚ ed. Critical Studies on Contemporary Indian English Women Writers. New Delhi: Sarup Book Publishers Pvt. Ltd.‚ 2010. Pp. 336 + xx. Rs. 1100/- Hardbound. ISBN-978-81-7625-631-5. DC Chambial The book under review by Dr. K. V. Dominic has 27 essays by 24 eminent critics of Indian English literature on about 12 Indian English writers: novelists‚ and poets. There are four essays on Anita Desai‚
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The Indian Premier League (IPL) came‚ many saw‚ and it conquered many territories and has the potential of impacting many more! Mr. Lalit Modi‚ the Chief Commissioner of IPL‚ has successfully changed the rules of the game. With it being now confined to the archives‚ it has become a paradigm for many management concepts successfully manifested in its planning and execution. Particularly‚ the fields of HR and Business Strategy can take away a lot from it. Some of the areas are – Strategic Planning:
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