independent of "civilization" provided "the advantages” and virtues of the model display to others‚ because this is the only possible way to present the alternatives. Richard Attenborough’s film "Gandhi" presents a realistic and historical film about the Indian political activist life. "Gandhi" – it’s a biographic drama based on Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s life. He was a man who started and led to
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Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie (A Study On Postcolonial Innovations) A Thesis Presented to the Department of Literature College of Nursing In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement in Literature 101 World Literatures Tan‚ John Ryan N. March 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication………………………………………………………………………………………..2 Acknowledgement………………………………………………………………………………3 CHAPTER 1 The Problem and its background A: Introduction………………………………………………………………………
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dark history‚ a tragic experience for hundreds and thousands of Hindus‚ Sikhs‚ and Muslims who were killed in the communal slaughter which accompanied the process and the nearly fifteen million that were made refugees. The partition of India at independence in 1947 into the sovereign states of India and Pakistan is one of the more important events of twentieth-century world history (Robinson‚ Francis). The partition to date is one of the largest migrations in modern history. It is now acceptable
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• Educational • Video • About Us The Nobel Prize in Literature 1913 Rabindranath Tagore Tagore and His India by Amartya Sen* Voice of Bengal Rabindranath Tagore‚ who died in 1941 at the age of eighty‚ is a towering figure in the millennium-old literature of Bengal. Anyone who becomes familiar with this large and flourishing tradition will be impressed by the power of Tagore’s presence in Bangladesh and in India. His poetry as well as his novels‚ short stories‚ and essays are very
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A man who led India to independence and inspired movements for non-violence and civil rights and freedom across the world is definitely a person I want to meet. Mahatma Gandhi was a leader with great aplomb and had great leadership skills. Gandhi was the preeminent leader during the British rule over India. Gandhi is remembered today for his virtues he believed and tried to preach. They were non-violence‚ truth‚ love‚ and fraternity. Gandhi became famous by fighting for the civil rights of Muslims
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the expression of artistic genius was marked by rapid changes in economic‚ social‚ cultural‚ educational and political set up of the country. Arun Joshi began his literary career in the fifties‚ just after the independence of India. His life covers the two important ages after independence – the age of Jawaharlal Nehru and the age of Indira Gandhi. The period from 1950 to 1984 was dominated largely by Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi since Arun Joshi was the product of his age‚ he has successfully
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from a peculiarly unimaginative take on human agency. How could anyone in the 1930s and ’40s have imagined what the Indian subcontinent would be like? How do such a complicated and brilliant cast of political characters engage in complex political negotiations? How easy is it to read intentions? What is the relationship between the negotiations of these characters and the complex movements of self and identity brewing on the ground? How do we think of possible counterfactuals: if only Nehru had done
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our minds. At times so great is the influence that it changes the source of our lives. Thus for example the impact of mahatma gandhi on the young jawaharlal nehru was so great that it changed the course of his life by making him join the freedom movement. I have also been profoundly influenced by the life of pandit jawaharlal nehru from what i have read about him through his autobiographies and books. The more i dwell on his life the greater becomes my curiosity to know him better. He was
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dark social climate of post-partition Indian subcontinent reflected an innate sense of human helplessness towards darkness that prevailed in society. The tragedy of partition is brought into focus by his works. Manto’s life and works serve as a mirror to capture the human element of sectarian conflict in the final decades and immediate aftermath of the British Raj. This paper draws on Manto’s stories‚ characters and incidents to paint an image of the Indian subcontinent during partition and to personify
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Indian leader‚ Mohandas Gandhi died at the age of 78 on January 30‚ 1948 at 5:12 p.m. Mohandas Gandhi was known throughout the world for his nonviolent protests against both British rule and interreligious fighting. Gandhi was born in the town of Porbander‚ and received his schooling in Rajkot where his father was an advisor to the local ruler. Mohandas Gandhi married a girl named Kasturba. Both were thirteen years old at the time. At the age of 19‚ Gandhi decided to travel to England to receive
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