"Draupadi" by Mahasveta Devi Translated with a Foreword by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Translator’s Foreword I translated this Bengali short story into English as much for the sake of its villain‚ Senanayak‚ as for its title character‚ Draupadi (or Dopdi). Because in Senanayak I find the closest approximation to the First- World scholar in search of the Third World‚ I shall speak of him first. On the level of the plot‚ Senanayak is the army officer who captures and degrades Draupadi. I will
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smiling joyfully‚ as if waiting to be found.”(Pattanaik 2013:9) In the same supernatural way‚ Draupadi is gifted by Holy Fire. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni has explained the birth of Draupadi through Dhai Ma in The Palace of Illusions: “Behold‚ we give you this girl‚ a gift beyond what you asked for. Take good care of her‚ for she will change the course of history.” (Divakaruni 2008:4-5) In ‘Yajnaseni’‚ Draupadi tells about her birth: “My birth? But my birth was an exception. I was born nubile. The sacrificial
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pressure and tensions and met a tragic end. Abhimanyu‚ the son of Arjuna‚ a daredevil leader without a business-plan of escape. He fought his way into the chakravyuha‚ but failed to come out and was brutally cornered and killed by Drona and others. Draupadi is the typical model of a woman powerhouse who kept others motivated till the goal is achieved. And Lord Krishna is the ideal example of a leader-manager who kept his eye on the target till the desired outcome was achieved. In today’s modern management
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MAHASHWETA DEVI’S DRAUPADI: A NARRATIVE OF NATION The present paper is a modest attempt to analyze Mahashweta Devi’s "Draupadi" as a narrative of India- a narrative that explains how politics work in a society and that provides a profound insight into the forces that makes an attitudonal shift. Mahashweta Devi’s short story "Draupadi" captures the experiences of a tribal woman. She is involved in a social movement- the Naxalite movement in India. She is living in the Jharkhani forest with a group
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Management Control System is a process of successful implementation of Strategy. It mainly focuses on effective and efficient use of available resources in the organization’s objectives. “MAHABHARATA”‚ the greatest epic of all time teaches us how the meticulous implementation of our learning on Management Control Systems (MCS) helped “PANDAVAS” to win the war over “KAURAVAS” in just 18 days. BACKGROUND:- * “KAURAVAS” were a congregation of big family structure of 100 brothers and close family
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ed by the Mahabharata INDEX 1. Corporate Objective 2. Management Principles a) Honor thy competitor b) Business consideration above personal consideration c) Adaptability d) Utilization of available resources e) Attitude towards work f) Work commitment g) Motivation- self and self-transcendence h) Work culture i) Manager’s mental health j) Management needs those who practice what they preach
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The Mahabharata: A Brahminical Struggle for Power The desire for power has always been an issue throughout the ages. As foreign ideas and invaders became a threatening situation‚ the Brahmin caste during time of the Mahabharata responded by stressing the importance of dharma in society. The writers of the Mahabharata’s twelfth book‚ The Book of Peace‚ place extra emphasis on dharma to not only maintain order within the kingdom‚ but also to preserve the social status of Brahmins and dissuade other
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IPLE: Assignment 1 – Mriduna Darunam Hanti Mriduna darunam hanti mriduna hanty adarunam Nasaddhyam mriduna kinchid tasmad teevrataram mriduh. (Mahabharata Vana 28.31) The above verse from the Mahabharata may be translated in English to mean the following: The soft destroys the hard‚ and the soft destroys what is not hard. Nothing is impossible to softness and therefore softness is the hardest. In essence‚ the verse means that aggression or cruelty can be conquered by softness
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STAGE 2 FOOD AND HOSPITALITY INVESTIGATION HYPOTHESIS: how have other cultures affected what we eat when we eat out? Contents Introduction- page 2 Scope of the study-page 2 Focus Question 1 Focus Question 2 Focus Question 3 Introduction What we eat nowadays is heavily affected by social context and what we eat by ourselves and when were with others‚ usually when we eat with others we head out to the town to find a restaurant or bar. But if we were to compare what it would be like going
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QBQ By John G. Miller IQ- Incorrect questions These are the questions that often pop into our minds first and tend to be negative. They point fingers and are not helpful in resolving problems. "Who dropped the ball?" "Why didn’t they take core of that?" QBQ- Better‚ more accountable questions. These are the questions that are often behind the IQs. You may have to really think to get these questions to the fore front of your mind. "What can I do to make sure you can get that done next
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