“The Cricket Match” Samuel Selvon’s short story‚ “The Cricket Match” explores the subtle racial tensions amongst West Indian immigrants living in England whilst working with English counterparts. Selvon sets his narrative in a tyre factory in Chiswick‚ England. Most likely‚ the timeline in which this story occurs is somewhere in the mid 1950’s when England were still colonists of most of the English speaking Caribbean islands. The main idea behind Selvon’s tale lies with Algernon the protagonist
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Cricket‚ one of the best sports any can play‚ where eleven fielders and two batsmen stand on a field trying to show how they are better than the other. This was definitely not the case at one of the best cricket matches I have ever been to. The Asian XI VS The Rest of the World XI match which was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in January 2005. This match was played for the reasons of Charity for the Boxing Day Tsunami disaster in 2004. The match was very different to a normal cricket match
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to see the various changes that our National Flag went through since its first inception. It was discovered or recognised during our national struggle for freedom. The evolution of the Indian National Flag sailed through many vicissitudes to arrive at what it is today. In one way it reflects the political developments in the nation. Some of the historical milestones in the evolution of our National Flag involve the following: | | Unofficial flag of India in 1906 | | The Berlin committee
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Question 5(a): What made Triveni a popular writer? Answer : Triveni (1928 − 1963)‚ originally Anasuya Shankar‚ was a popular Kannada writer. She was known for the subjects she chose to write on‚ her writing style or narrative‚ easy to understand‚ made her popular among masses. Her writings targeted complex psychological problems faced by ordinary people. An author of distinction‚ she was loved and fondly read by people even forty years after her death. Question 5(b): Why did the grandmother
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|I|INTRODUCTION | |.| | Cricket‚ Rules of‚ an 11-a-side bat-and-ball field game the object of which is to score more runs than one’s opponents. Variants include indoor cricket‚ 6-a-side‚ and single wicket for which different rules apply. The laws are more copious and more complex than for any other game. Apart from the laws there is an inherent complexity in the possibilities of the game and how it is played‚ in its remarkable range of techniques and skills
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There is nothing remarkable about the content of the book and there are no compelling reasons for anyone to seek out a copy today‚ however there is one fascinating chapter‚ the final one‚ where Laker looks forward in order to speculate as to what cricket in the year 2000‚ forty three years on‚ might be like. The purpose of this article is to have a look at Laker’s approach in order to see just how accurate or otherwise his predictions were and then for the writer to try and project the game forward
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Draft: National Tourism Policy of India The Preamble Tourism emerged as the largest global industry of the 20th century and is projected to grow even faster in the 21st century. India has immense possibilities of growth in the tourism sector with vast cultural and religious heritage‚ varied natural attractions‚ but a comparatively small role in the world tourism scene. A New Tourism Policy‚ which builds on the strength of the national Tourism Policy of 1982‚ but which envisages new initiatives
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Glamorization of Cricket Cricket has been way too glamorized in India since the time it started. Cricketers are almost omnipresent. On TV – either playing or in the news for their controversies with the coach. Or in the papers for their new hairstyle. Or in the posters for being brand ambassadors. Or on the radio for their marriage band or banquet. Cricket covers more than half of the national news. If you ask a kid today the national game of our country‚ it wouldn’t come as a surprise if he replies
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National Population Policy of India National Population Policy of India was formulated in the year 2000 with the long term objective of achieving a stable population by 2045‚ at a level consistent with the requirements of sustainable economic growth‚ social development‚ and environmental protection. The immediate objective of the policy is to address the unmet needs for contraception‚ health care infrastructure‚ and health personnel‚ and to provide integrated service delivery for basic reproductive
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All of us know about baseball since it is America’s game‚ but many of us have no idea what cricket is. The sports are very similar yet very different. A former U.S. ambassador to Britain once said‚ “Even Americans living in England usually find it easier to become a practicing Buddhist than a cricket fan”. This statement shows just how different the two sports are. Comparing and contrasting the two sports would be very intriguing‚ so that is what I’m going to do today. Here are the similarities
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