Guardian Children’s Fiction Award. Anita Desai is an Indian novelist and short story writer. She is known for her sensitive portrayal of the inner feelings of her female characters. Many of Anita Desai’s novels explore tensions between family members and the alienation of middle-class women. In her later novels‚ Anita Desai wrote on varied themes such as German anti-Semitism‚ the demise of traditions‚ and Western stereotypical views of India. Anita Desai was born as Anita Mazumdar on June 24‚ 1937
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Anita Desai (b.1937) – formerly Anita Mazumdar Indian novelist and short story writer‚ especially noted for her sensitive portrayal of the inner life of her female characters. Several of Desai’s novels explore tensions between family members and the alienation of middle-class women. In her later novels Desai has dealt with such themes as German anti-Semitism‚ the demise of traditions‚ and Western stereotypical views of India. "Even though his cigarette stank - it was a local one‚ wrapped in a tendu
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In this novel‚ as in so many others by Anita Desai‚ the key themes of identity and language are explored and developed. This is vital considering the context in which Desai sets so many of her novels‚ which is post-Partition and the massive upheaval that occurred as Pakistan was created as a separate nation and many Muslims and Hindus had to relocate and an imaginary border was created in a nation. The focus on language is shown in Deven‚ who focuses on Hindi poetry because he has no choice but to
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Dialogic Imagination: Four Essays by M.M. Bakhtin. Ed. Michael Holquist‚ trans. Caryl Emerson & M. Holquist. Austin: University of Texas Press. Das G (2002). “The Elephant Paradigm-India wrestles with change” Penguin books‚ New Delhi‚ p. 1‚ 28‚ 85. Desai A (2008). In Custody (New Delhi: Random House). (Hereafter the work would be cited as IC). Lotman YM (2000). Universe of the Mind. A Semiotic Theory of Culture. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Sharma BS (2007). Shakespearean Dramas- a semiotic
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Kranthi Kiran Vistakula is the young and dynamic founder and CEO of the technology and innovation venture Dhama Innovations Pvt. Ltd. Despite having acquired his learning in internationally renowned institutes halfway across the globe‚ ultimately it was the love for his motherland that drew him back to India. Today‚ Kranthi nurtures a passionate dream‚ a vision to create a technology that is ’ Made in India ’ and to make Dhama Innovations Pvt. Ltd a global icon in technology and innovation. Kranthi
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Interview with Anita Desai Magda Costa interviewed Anita Desai in Barcelona‚ 30 Jan 2001. Desai was in Spain to launch the Spanish and Catalan translations of Fasting‚ Feasting. -How was it to grow up in a family like yours‚ with a German mother and a Bengali father‚ in India? -When you are a child you take for granted what your family is; you don’t question it. The fact is that my mother adapted so completely to the Indian way of life that nobody thought of her as a foreigner anymore. It’s true
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Anita Desai: Biography Anita Desai (born 1937) has been touted by "British Writers’" A. Michael Matin as "one of the preeminent contemporary Indian novelists‚" even referred to by many as the Mother of the Indian psychological novel genre. Her meticulous depictions of modern Indian life‚ combined with an elevated level of linguistic skill that frequently enters the poetic realm‚ have secured her a place of honor in the pantheon of Indian authors. Early Life Anita Desai was born on June 24‚ 1937
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INTRODUCTION There is a reasonable request of social priority and impact focused around sexual orientation‚ age‚ and‚ on account of a lady‚ the quantity of her male kids‚ for the most part in Indian Families. The senior male of the family unit whether father‚ granddad‚ or uncle—regularly is the perceived leader of the family and his wife is the individual who directs the undertakings appointed to female relatives. In our general public‚ guys appreciate higher status than females; young men are regularly
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the roots of a company ’s competitive advantage? Kiran Chetry at CNN had a discussion with the Vice president of strategy and menu at
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