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    By reading this novel I have made another conscious effort on understanding and appreciating the Indian authors…and it has paid off…Indian authors have a very desi feeling to the whole storyline which makes it easy to relate to…but then there is a distinct disadvantage to it as well…the outsider who reads this book may find it difficult to comprehend the situations‚ dilemma’s and the undercurrent….also there is a conscious effort on showing the negatives more than the positive… Coming to the novel

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    FastingFeastingAnita Desai January 27‚ 2008 by lizzysiddal 2007 was the year in which I failed to finish the Indian novels I started. I read 2 and faltered at the 500 page mark in both. I found Vikram Chandra’s amalgam of literary fiction and crime in Sacred Games remarkably tedious. But my failure with Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy was downright weird. An absolute 5-star epic‚ I was enjoying it. Unfortunately I had listened to an abridged audio a few years before‚ so I knew where it was

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    What do you learn about MamaPapa (their attitudes and beliefs) from Part One of Fasting Feasting and how far do you think they are responsible for the way their children’s lives turn out to be? In Part One of Fasting Feasting‚ MamaPapa was seen to have a strong preference for sons over daughters‚ a strong opposition against women going out to work instead of staying at home to take care of the household as well as a strong opposition against any forms of religion. While their attitude and beliefs

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    Essay "FastingFeasting" is a novel written by Anita Desai. This book is divided in two parts‚ one part from an India family point of view‚ and the other from an American family perspective. The title of this novel is greatly interesting because it is in two parts too. Fasting which means abstaining from all food‚ and feasting which means to eat rich and abundant meal. After reading the book‚ we can immediately say that "Fasting" corresponds to Uma’s point of view (India) and "Feasting" is from

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    FastingFeasting Topics for Discussion Discuss what you think the author really means by "fasting" and "feasting." What are the physical and emotional implications of each? How do you think the story would have been different if it had been Uma who had gone to America instead of Arun? Do you think Anamika and Aruna ended up having better lives than Uma did? Explain why or why not. What commonalities do you see in the dynamics of both families? What things are vastly different? Discuss the importance

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    Anita Desai

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    III *ISSUE-32 RESEARCH ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION Among the post- independence Indo- English writers Anita Desai holds a prominent place because of the immense popularity she commands as a novelist of human predicament of anxiety‚ frustration and loneliness in the insensitive and inconsiderate contemporary world. This paper aims at tracing the theme of alienation in the novels of Anita Desai. Alienation refers to estrangement that occurs in the relation between an individual and that to which

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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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    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 FastingFeasting. -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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    org/ijel ISSN 2141-2626 ©2011 Academic Journals Review Anita Desai’s ‘in custody’: Unlocking the web of time and space Bhasha Shukla Sharma Department of Humanities‚ University Institute of Technology‚ Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya‚ Bhopal. (M.P)‚ India. E-mail: Bhasha.shukla@gmail.com. Tel: 9826090200. Accepted 6 August‚ 2011 This paper attempts to semiotically interpret the use of time and place as narrative device in Anita Desai’s ‘In Custody’. Space and time have aroused the curiosity

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    Syllabus Cambridge International A & AS Level Travel and Tourism Syllabus code 9395 For examination in June and November 2013 Contents Cambridge International A & AS Level Travel and Tourism Syllabus code 9395 1. Introduction ..................................................................................... 2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Why choose Cambridge? Why choose Cambridge International A & AS Level Travel and Tourism? Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) How

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