The title of Santha Rama Rau’s short story “By Any Other Name” refers to the character of Santha‚ who is a five and half year old Indian girl‚ which experiences discrimination for the first time while attending an Anglo-Indian school during the time period in which the British ruled India. Her mother had always home-schooled both her and her sister‚ Premila. When her mother gets ill‚ because her father is an officer of the civil service‚ they can attend this Anglo-Indian school for free. Her mother
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background and how they grew up. In the memoir‚ By Any Other Name‚ by Santha Rama Rau‚ she showed how her sister and her were put in a new school. The girl’s mother is a big part of their lives. With the mother’s direction the girls always seem to do what she says. The mom is very protective and likes to follow traditional Indian ways. For example‚ the lunch the girls brought to school were thin wheat chapatis‚ and vegetable curry‚ and all the other kids had sandwiches.
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A Rose by Any Other Name Spring 2012 Green‚ Alysha To summarize A Rose by Any Other Name Case‚ CEO Tom Rose has two marketing strategies to choose from that could equally greatly impact his business. The original strategy is the launch of a brand line named Rose Partyware‚ which will showcase a new printing technology that will improve quality and reduce costs. Rose will potential be the first branded party ware line that will jumpstart Rose ahead of its competitors. The only downside is that
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“A Rose By Any Other Name” From “Steven” Joshua” and Michael to Janet Leah and Paige‚ there are millions of Baby Name Books that guide parents in selecting the right name for their little bundle of joy. With names having both cultural and historical meanings‚ these books are intended to pick the best name for a child that describes the characteristics that the parents wish for their child to have. For example‚ A parent might decide to chose their soon to be baby girl to be called Adina meaning
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“A Roshanda by Any Other Name” A Distinct Black Name Equates a Worse Life Roland G. Fryer is a well known‚ black professor economist at Harvard University and faculty director of the Education Innovation Laboratory. Fryer is well-known for his straight-forward writings on race and devotion to the question concerning‚ “Why blacks perform low scores on the SAT’s and earn less money than whites.” (Levitt‚ J‚ S. D.‚ & Dubber‚ S. J.‚ 2005‚ pg.166) In addition‚ Fryer’s fascination with the occurring
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its producer will surely have a negative effect on the relationship with customers in other sectors (especially the independent stores)‚ it will push back or make utterly impossible own brand creation a well researched and promising opportunity. This relationship will also make Rose open for the retailer’s pressure to squeeze margins on private label products. Concentration on the branding effort on the other hand‚ while threatening with a loss (or substantial reduction) of sales to Party!‚ has
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The reading “A Crime by Any Other Name” by Jeffrey Reiman explored the biased nature of our criminal justice system‚ more specifically why we categorize acts as crime while others are labeled as tragic accidents. According to Reiman‚ in our current society‚ we generalize the idea that crime is a deviant action committed by an individual of color that usually male‚ poor and black. As a nation‚ we overestimate how these crimes impact our lives‚ when the truth of the matter is‚ more Americans die of
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especially living in Hawai’i which is one of the country’s most multiracial states. Culture is the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. In other ways‚ it is a paradigm; how we see and identify ourselves. Having a culture keeps us in order and sane because of the traditions it brought to us. Culture to some extent informs the way one views the world and others because some are brought up one way but sometimes do not agree with their family’s traditions‚ peer
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In the short stories‚ "Apollo" by Ngozi Adichie and "By Any Other Name" by Santha Rama Rau‚ the authors portray the idea that identity can create a sense of belonging. In the short story "Apollo" A young boy feels distant from his family because he isn’t interested in the same things they are. When another young boy comes to work in the house he discovers they share a passion for Kung Fu. The author‚ Okenwa‚ says "I was twelve years old and had‚ until then‚ never felt that I recognized myself in
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Behavior of Human “By Any Other Name”‚ by Santha Rama Rau‚ is about two sisters‚ Santha and Premila‚ who were forced to fit British culture in the time period when British ruled India. They have never been sent to school until their mother‚ who always taught them at home‚ got sick. Therefore‚ they had to attend a British school where there was too British. On the first day of school‚ the headmistress forced them to change their Indian names to English names. In class‚ they and all other Indian children
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