CHENNAI / KOLKATA / DELHI: Cultural intolerance stalked the world’s largest democracy on Wednesday. The ban on Kamal Haasan’s new movie was upheld‚ prompting him to consider moving to another country‚ and internationally acclaimed writer Salman Rushdie was stopped from attending Asia’s largest book fair in Kolkata. J Jayalalithaa’s Tamil Nadu government was quick to ban the screening of Haasan’s new movie Vishwaroopam after certain Nadar: Queen-in-waiting ROSHNI NADAR NEXT HCL CHAIRMAN
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Chetan Bhagat Chetan Bhagat (Born 22 April 1974) is an Indian author who has written five points someone‚ one night @the call centre‚ the 3 mistakes of my life and 2 states: the story of my marriage. He has also written the script of Hello‚ the Hindi movie based on one night @the call centre. Bhagat was born in New Delhi in a Punjabi family and attended the army school (1978-1991)‚ Dhaula Kuan‚ New Delhi. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi‚ and
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20060073 Kim Jae-hee 2013-05-13 Where the meaning lie -In Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Prophet’s Hair’ With a start of a mock-fairy tales or Arabian Night narrator‚ the prophet’s hair varies its meaning through the story. The prophet’s hair‚ which comes out its meaning from the Islamic myth‚ loses its religious meaning and gets secular implication. It is important to note that where it is placed‚ its meaning is changed. Therefore it can be said that the one signifier has various signified and its
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4. The novel from 1881 to 1914 Over the eighteen eighties there was a split in fiction. The first indication towards it was Henry James’ essay "The Art of Fiction" (1884)‚ which referred to the novelist’s calling as a "Sacred office". Besides‚ there appeared a stratification of fiction due to primary education for all. Parallel to this‚ novelists saw themselves apart from the public‚ as dedicated men. This new modern conception involved dignity and a sense of glory. Another change was from the three-volume
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you’d like to make a great story‚ you would need to consume story water‚ or have a greater imagination. The character Princess Batcheat’s name is the equivalent of "chit chat" or talking‚ and in this novel‚ she symbolizes the freedom of speech. Rushdie shows this by
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Say what you mean and mean what you say; this simple phrase has been reinforced to the youth of society for years. This and the inverse can be found in a story written by Salman Rushdie. Haroun and the Sea of Stories tells the tale of the journey of a boy called Haroun and his father‚ Rashid who is a storyteller. They adventure into the hidden moon of Kahani to redeem the story-telling power of Rashid‚ which he has lost. There‚ Haroun and his father find that the moon spins in a certain way that
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CONTRIBUTION OF MULK RAJ ANAND. “If Indo-Anglian novel as secured a place of prestige‚ it is mainly the result of the of the contribution of the leading writers like Anand‚ Narayan and Raja Rao. Each of them has contributed in his own way to the rich thought and technique of the poem. If Raja Rao has virtually ‘indianized’ English in his narrative‚ Narayan forte is his genial ironic comedy‚ whereas Anand’s strength lies in the pathos of the lives of his characters.” Mulk Raj Anand was born
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Terrorism in the novel Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie Postmodernism is a concept that can be defined as the direct outcome of this modern Post-Colonial world‚ a world that has been witness to mass migration‚ cross-cultural conflict and amalgamation of various cultures into a hybrid multicultural society. Terrorism‚ the unofficial use of violence and intimidation in the attempt to gain the political aims of selfishness is the main fold of Post-modernism. Salman Rushdie’s fictions borrow a lot of ideas
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FREEDOM OF THE INDIVIDUAL IS A MYTH- FOR William Pitt‚ the outspoken British Prime Minister once remarked and I quote‚ “Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.” Honourable Chairperson Sir and Members of this august house‚ the myth of freedom of the individual is the unspoken agony of modern man. Are men really born free? Individualists would have us believe that freedom of choice and control over one’s life are
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The River as a Symbol in “A Bend in the River” Rivers within a well written novel are a representative of a great variety of things. Within the book “A Bend in the River” by V.S. Naipaul‚ as the name implies‚ the river is a very significant symbol throughout the novel that shows representation for many aspects of the plotline‚ ranging from an ever-changing lifestyle to the vitality of the country in which it resides and the people affected by its welfare. The town by the bend in the river
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