Abstract: This thesis examines Deepa Mehta’s trilogy—Water‚ Earth‚ Fire—and the trilogy’s exploration and contestation of colonial‚ anti-colonial nationalist‚ and religious ideologies as intersecting with patriarchal norms to enact symbolic and actual violence on the bodies of women. I argue that Mehta’s trilogy foregrounds the ways in which patriarchal nationalism legitimizes violence against women’s bodies and sexualities through different social and cultural practices and discourses which are
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Independence Day— Independence Day‚ observed annually on 15 August‚ is a national holiday in India commemorating the nation’s independence from British rule on 15 August 1947. India attained freedom following an independence movement noted for largely nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience led by theIndian National Congress (INC). Independence coincided with the partition of India‚ in which the British Indian Empire was divided along religious lines into the Dominions of India and Pakistan;
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Members Abhishek Bose : Roll1 Ashok Upadhay : Roll 4 Kumarjit Chakraborty : Roll 14 Arunava Das Adhikary : Roll 02 The CONTENTS SL. Topic 1. Executive Summary 3 2. Introduction 4 3. Indian Diaspora in South Africa 5 4. Population‚ Regional & Linguistic Distribution 6 5. Starting a restaurant chain in South Africa 7 – 9 6. Marketing Mix 10 - 12 7. A peek into the Pro-ser-exp
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“The Tibetan in Mumbai”: Examining ‘Kora’‚ the Problematic Corpus of a ‘Political Refugee’ Debayudh Chatterjee Introduction: “I’m more of an Indian except for my chinky Tibetan face” Tenzin Tsundue‚ in an interview given to the Daily Star on 13th December 2003‚ says‚ “My growth as an activist and writer is because of the situation I was born into as a Tibetan Refugee.” He goes on further to remark‚ “I write because I have to‚ because my hands are small and my voice grows hoarse most of the time.
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Gillespie was aware of American music being generally composed of simple rhythm in comparison to the polyrhythms found in the rest of the African diaspora. He traced the lack of complex rhythms‚ as many scholars have‚ to the drum being taken away from slaves in America. He believed it important for a musician to acquire knowledge of what has come before‚ historically and musically; Gillespie was clearly
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Definition Human migration is movement by humans from one place to another‚ sometimes over long distances or in large groups. Historically this movement was nomadic‚ often causing significant conflict with the indigenous population and their displacement or cultural assimilation. Only a few nomadic people have retained this form of lifestyle in modern times. Migration has continued under the form of both voluntary migration within one’s region‚ country‚ or beyond and involuntary migration (which
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in eastern Poland‚ 1930-39. S.l.: The Royal Geographical Society 2) Lukas‚ R. C. (1997). The forgotten Holocaust: the Poles under German occupation‚ 1939-1944 (2nd rev. ed.). New York: Hippocrene. 3) Vertovec‚ S.‚ & Cohen‚ R. (1999). Migration‚ diasporas‚ and transnationalism. Cheltenham‚ UK: Edward Elgar. 4) Schiller‚ N. G.‚ Basch‚ L. G.‚ & Blanc‚ C. (1992). Towards a transnational perspective on migration: race‚ class‚ ethnicity‚ and nationalism reconsidered. New York‚ N.Y.: New York Academy of
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FUNNY BOY Pigs Can’t Fly The first part of the novel begins with the spend-the-days‚ in which the grandchildren congregate at Ammachi and Appachi’s home. Arjie and his female cousins‚ as usual‚ play their game of “bride-bride‚” which is interrupted when their cousin Tanuja (Her Fatness) refuses to indulge Arjie’s desire to be bride. The adults ultimately discover their game‚ and one uncle tells Arjie’s father “you have a funny one here” (14). Arjie is no longer allowed to play with the girls. When
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Mixed Race America The works of Child of the America’s by Aurora Levins Morales and What It’s Like to be a Black Girl (For Those of You Who Aren’t) by Patricia Smith was because of the direct contrast of the statements “I am whole” in Morales poem verses “…and feeling like you’re not finished” in Smith’s poem. Both statements in these poems are strong‚ stating a completion of a human soul and both poems are in agreement that race is a part of the completion to the human soul. Levins Morales’
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Oppressed Religion. Since the beginning of time‚ human beings have created various cultural categories that have helped with the development of today’s society. Within the Caribbean society‚ it has been the Taínos job to develop these cultural characteristics that through time have evolved and have been part of our daily lives. Fishing‚ hunting‚ farming are cultural and labor traditions passed down to today’s society and have evolved due to new technology. Religion on the other hand‚ is one of
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