Ancient India vs Modern India Essay

Abstract Patanjali Ayurveda Limited is an Indian brand of Ayurvedic, herbal and wellness products. It is one of the fastest growing FMCG Company which has turned out to be most disruptive force in the Indian market (Kumar, 2016). It has exponentially expanded its product portfolio across the wide range of FMCG products. There are 15000 exclusive retail outlets, 3000 Patanjali chikitsalaya kendras and other retail chains for the wide range of products (Pandey and Sah, 2016). The increased…

‘Quest for Truth and Self-realization’ in Raja Rao’s Short Stories Raja Rao with his manifold contribution to Indian fiction in English in terms of language and style, remains unparalleled in India. To portray essential Indian sensibility, and modes of thought, he has made a creative use of the resources of the English language. Being a careful and conscious artist who is disciplined in himself, Raja Rao allows himself plenty of time to give a perfect shape to his metaphysical ideas. By…

This article explores the spirit of postcolonialism in the writings of Mulk Raj Anand. In his novels Untouchable and Coolie he not only reflects the exploitation of his contemporary society but also he has posed strong objection to the system. The society was ridden with so many categories of social exploitations based on religion, caste, class, poverty, education, marriage and sex. Anand in his fictional writings stages a three-fold protest against the political domination of colonialism, the…

Rabindranath Tagore, born on May 7th, 1861- died 7th Aug 1941, is one of the foremost literary figures of India. He majorly wrote in Bengali as he came from a feudal Aristocratic family of Bengal, although, most of his works have been translated into English and various languages worldwide. He is the first Non-European to win the Noble Prize for Literature in 1913. Tagore’s prime emphasis was seen revolving around the secluded domestic lives of women. In his short stories and novels he depicts…

the culture of her host country , Tara faces utter dissonance. She decides to leave to her motherland, after seven years. This she decides, will diminish her anguish and refresh her mind. But reality seemed very different, for Tara, after reaching India, faces utmost disappointment. She is unable to come to terms with the dirt and squalor of her city , Calcutta. The novel deals with all her attempts to assimilate with her native land. She struggles to regain her identity. She is neither Indian…

fulfillment in his escape to primitivism. The writer’s vision in The Strange Case of Billy Biswas is not as miserable, dark, pessimistic and cynical as his hero feel alien to his world. Billy at last feels a sense of belongingness in the tribal and ancient way of life. But even here the vision cannot be regarded as quite optimistic, for the writer is considerably bitter about the civilized world. The book ends with the hero realizing the selfishness of the civilized world towards a gesture of…

Else Lasker-Schuler was one of the most interesting characters on the art scene in early 20th century Germany. Not only was Lasker-Schuler a female poet, which was highly unusual at the time, she was also an author, artist, and playwright (The National Library of Israel). This analysis will focus on the Lasker-Schuler’s poem, “My Blue Piano”, which is the title poem of her last collection of poems. “My Blue Piano” demonstrates many modernist characteristics and helps to understand the difficult…

Maria Ponn Sindhuja. P II MA English Literature PG & Research Department of English Holy Cross College Trichy Use of Mythical Elements in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine Bharati Mukherjee was born in Calcutta and moved to Canada and then to U.S.A. She has written numerous articles. She has two non-fiction books, seven novels, and two short story collections to her credit. Mukherjee lives in America, she not only has practiced the American culture but has imbibed it. She is a diasporic writer, but…

In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, it portrays the constant suppression and marginalization of the Hazara people, who are belittled compared to the pre-dominant social class known as the Pashtuns. Hosseini is portraying the hardships that social classes face within Afghanistan society in order for the reader of the novel to develop a better understanding of the conflicting Afghan culture. These two social classes follow different belief systems which obviously contribute to…

B.Ananda Rao M.A,M.Phil,(Ph.D) Asst.Prof, of English Sri Vasavi Engg College, Tadepalligudem. “A study of tradition and culture in the selected plays of Wole Soyinka and Girish karnad”. INTRODUCTION Wole Soyinka is the first African writer to win the Nobel…