relationship. Furthermore‚ the guitar man is physical embodiment of suffering that exists in Toru’s life since he did not undergo physical pain‚ but conveyed mental pain. After Toru attempts to assault him as if he were confronting his past regrets; the man laughs because Toru cannot change what has already been done. By portraying Toru with hardships in his life‚ Murakami demonstrates a concept often shown in an individual’s path to achieving enlightenment; happiness and suffering cannot exist without one
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In a nation that produces around 800 films a year Indian people see films a a very important part of their culture. For Indian people "cinema is integral to their lives; it is not a distant‚ two to three hour distraction‚ but an explicit life-style for them."(Jaya Ramanathan). The large screen provides an alternative‚ an escape from the realities of day-to-day life. The protagonists are totally identified with‚ the hero is applauded‚ the virtuous is worshipped and the villain is condemned. The actors
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two building. The main office and Storage room. In the main office there were office TA’s. Needed for the transportation of new books. They would transport the books on Carts. They went to the library. From there they go to Class Rooms. As the toru went on I was getting hungry. Turns out they have snack bars all over the school. They even have a place to sit down and eat. Its a building with no walls. Just pillars to support the roof. All this one the very foundation of the school. It was the
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Everyday Life in the Patas of Kalighat A.K.M. Khademul Haque Assistant Professor Department of Islamic History and Culture University Of Dhaka The word Pata (pronounced as ‘pot’) means picture in general‚ but it is particularly ascribed as a kind of picture painted on cloth. Since the mythical age‚ a community of artisans in rural Bengal used to make a kind of painted scroll depicting a series of stories and earn their livelihood showing them in public as well as narrating the story. The
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____________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ___________________________________________________________________ 6 whole. The fact that Indian literatures are a product of a multilingual‚ multicultural and socio-historical mélange cannot be overlooked. Today Indian literature reached at the apex of creation with the contribution of regional and national writers. This researcher would like to focus on the root and brief literary
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years in the international market. Not only are the works of Indian authors writing in English soaring on the best-seller list‚ they are also receiving a great deal of critical acclaim. Starting from Mulk Raj Anand‚ R.K. Narayan‚ Anita Desai‚ Toru Dutt to Salman Rushdie‚ Vikram Seth‚ Allan Sealy‚ Amitav Ghosh‚ Jhumpa Lehri‚ Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni‚ Arundhati Roy‚ Vikram Chandra‚ Kiran Desai‚ Raja Rao‚ Kamla Das‚ Arun Joshi; the parade of fine Indian writers is long‚ lengthening and becoming
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for the Pitch…of What? The Wind-up Bird Chronicle is the surreal tale of Toru Okada‚ an unemployed man hunting for a missing cat. Over the course of his search‚ Toru encounters all manner of supernatural and spiritual phenomenon‚ a host of fascinating characters and discovers very much more than the absconding feline. This is a story about moving from a position of numbness to a position of feeling. At the outset‚ Toru is completely devoid of passion. He is not worried or excited by this limbo
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It is important to read and discuss Mukherjee’s "A Wife’s Story" as an integral part of twentieth-century American literature and not as an "exotic" short story by a foreign writer. As the essay accompanying "A Wife’s Story" points out‚ Mukherjee identifies herself very strongly as an American writer writing about twentieth-century Americans. Although most of her stories are about South Asian-Americans (South Asia in the contemporary geopolitical arena usually consists of Bangladesh‚ India‚ Pakistan
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one man and the purity of a woman. In "the Ramayana of Valmiki” ‚ Rama and Sita are portrayed as individuals with ideal characteristics and ethical behavior in the view of the Indian culture. Rama is considered a reincarnation of divinity and a man of solemn duty; Sita is the symbol of obedience and chastity. The moral elements of each character are presented through many difficult challenges that test both Rama and Sita. The actions and decisions of both characters through the text show how Indian
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son king Dashratha‚ the king of Ayodhya. Her mother was named Kausilya. He had three brothers: Bharata (son of the second queen Kaikeyi)‚ Laxshmana and Shatrughna (son of the third queen sumitra). He was married to Sita‚ the incarnation of goddess Laxshmi‚ the wife of lord Vishnu. Sita was the daughter of King Janaka of mithila. After sometimes after their marriage‚ the father of Rama‚ the old King Dashratha decided to crown his eldest son‚ Rama as the king but his third and youngest wife‚ Queen
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