Mahasweta Devi was born in 1926 in Dhaka‚ to literary parents in a Hindu Brahmin family. Her father Manish Ghatak was a well-known poet and novelist of the Kallol era‚ who used the pseudonym Jubanashwa.[3] Noted filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak was the youngest brother of Manish Ghatak. Mahasweta’s mother Dharitri Devi was also a writer and a social worker whose brothers were very distinguished in various fields‚ such as the noted sculptor Sankha Chaudhury and the founder-editor of the Economic and Political
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based on 16 Vedic sutras or aphorisms‚ which are actually word formulae describing natural ways of solving a whole range of mathematical problems. Vedic mathematics was rediscovered from the ancient Indian scriptures between 1911 and 1918 by Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji (1884-1960)‚ a scholar of Sanskrit‚ mathematics‚ The Implementation of Vedic Algorithms in Digital Signal Processing* Purushottam D. Chidgupkar Mangesh T. Karad MIT Women Engineering College‚ Maharashtra Academy of Engineering
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then it starts happening when they get married. Mira gets married to an Indian man and Bharati gets married to an American man. Mira worked hard to make a living so that when she is ready to retire she has enough to move back to India. Bharati traveled around North America with her husband being an American citizen. Mira wasn’t a citizen and her boss wanted a labor certification‚ but she couldn’t provide it so she felt like she was being used. Mira paid her taxes‚ she loves America and she loves
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both have different views on their own heritage. Also‚ in the story “Two Ways to Belong in America‚” by Bharati Mukherjee‚ sisters Mira and Bharati have the same relationship. Both sisters from each story have to embrace their backgrounds‚ while the other one assimilates to a new culture. Seemingly‚ in the two stories “Everyday Use” and “Two Ways to Belong to America‚” both Maggie and Mira accept and celebrate their heritage. Maggie from “Everyday Use” embraces her heritage when she is taught
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Belonging to America My grandfather always used to explain to me how lucky I was to be able to be an American. He would inform me on how valuable it was and how I should never take it for granted. He expressed that I should feel honored to be able to have all the opportunities I do. I never understood him growing up. I did not understand how growing up somewhere‚ like America‚ versus another country could be any different. I understand now. When I was younger‚ my mother would tell different stories
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origin and love their national territory till the end of their time! This is the case in a story between these two sisters that came from Calcutta‚ India. Bharati is the sister that takes the oath of citizenship. She learns to love this country over the years as if it were her birthplace but always has India in the back of her mind. Mira is the other sister that refuses to give up her Indian citizenship and says that one day she will go back to her native homeland. The bizarre fact is that when
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We have read many examples of how cultures can affect how people view the world. For instance‚ in the stories An Indian Father’s Plea‚ Two ways to belong in America‚ and Everyday Use‚ some characters in the stories chose to view the world based on their culture and others chose to change their culture identity. A person’s culture does influence the way they view the world‚ but at the same time it doesn’t because in the essay An Indian father’s Plea and in the short story Everyday Use‚ and the personal
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across this wonderful essay by Bharati Mukherjee known as “Two Ways to Belong to America”. Mukherjee is a US based writer who generally writes about problems faced by the immigrant community in the US. Interestingly enough this essay is based on incidents encircling her real life. The two sisters were almost similar in appearance but different in terms of thought process. Mira‚ was the obedient one and lived by the rules throughout her life on the other side‚ Bharati was a rebel; she married against
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BHARATI MUKHERJEE Two Ways to Belong in America Born in 1940 and raised in Calcutta‚ India‚ Bharati Mukherjee immigrated to the United States in 1961 and earned an M.F.A. and a Ph.D. in literature. Mukherjee is the author of several novels‚ including Tiger’s Daughter (1972) and Jasmine (1989)‚ and short story collections‚ such as The Middleman and Other Stories (1988). She teaches literature and fiction writing at the University of California‚ Berkeley. "Two Ways to Belong in America" first
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Does your culture affect how you view the world? In many stories such as: “Two Kinds”‚ “Two Ways to Belong in America”‚ and “Where Worlds Collide”‚ culture changes the way people view the world. From living in an Indian culture then living in America‚ to a mother trying to change her daughter from who she is; these stories are all revolving around culture. Culture has drastically changed people in the stories‚ for example: Jing-mei’s mother in “Two Kinds” is greatly influenced by America‚ and how
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