A Passage to India

The song “Chutney Bachannal” by Chris Garcia, and its music video is an interesting piece because it demonstrates an integration of cultures. When I first saw the name of the artist, Chris Garcia, I thought that he would be a person of Hispanic or Spanish descent. Later, as I watched the video, I realized that Chris Garcia was actually an Indian man. I also found it unusual that an Indian man was displaying his Hindi culture but was singing and gyrating to a Soca song. Soca music, also known as…

in his career were sponsored by either the Muscovy Company or the Dutch East India Company. Henry Hudson went on these expeditions for one main reason. He went to North America looking for the famous trade route to Asia. The passage he wanted to take went right through the North American continent into the Pacific Ocean. This route was called the Northwest Passage. He spent his journey’s chasing a fable; no such passage…

have the same religious tradition compared to where he came from. This probably is the reason why he has brief descriptions of religious life and practice in Hangzhou. His posture towards the culture of India was descriptive, without the clear criticisms of Battuta and the very positive passages found in Marco Polo’s account. Ibn Battuta made his own culture, mostly Islam and the culture of Islam. Basically, he either praises or criticizes West African culture. Battuta’s mainly described West…

On December 16, 1773 three ships from London carrying cargoes of British East India Company tea moored in Boston Harbor (Boston Tea Party Facts). Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty had boarded these three ships and threw 342 chests of tea overboard (The Boston Tea Party). This event is known as The Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was a key act of civil uprising, galvanizing Americans around the issue of taxation, and spurring them towards revolution. The Boston Tea Party was an…

behind for a while; her mother transitioned from running a household of servants to doing all the work herself, and her brothers entered the rebellious stage of their teenage years. When her father was called to serve again in India, they had to raise the funds for their passage. Her eldest brother, who was left behind to study college, got married, had a son, and dropped out of college to support his young family, much to her mother’s displeasure, especially when the marriage ended in divorce. …

2010). This paper will examine the various differentials and similarities of homosexual within its community and religions. Numerous years of protest has successfully made homosexuality’s in America successful. Homosexuality Views in America and India Introduction Every culture and religion is different in its unique ways. The same goes for every relationship; it is different whether it is heterosexual, homosexual, gay, lesbian, and transsexual. Each individual on this planet has its own…

R. Parthasarathy's single poetic output Rough passage, divided into three sections entitled ‘Exile’, ‘Trial’, and ‘Homecoming’, voices the experience of an entire nation. Rough passage does not intend to arrive at any ultimate statement about life, death truth, art and time. It merely aims at illustrating an experience pattern, by catching it alive and in its fullness. Parthasarathy is ambivalent throughout Rough passage basically because he is extra-sensitive. He approaches life and culture…

for more than two centuries. Since it grew powerful enough to influence the present international boundaries and history of Western North America; the Hudson Strait became the entrance for all ships engaged in the historic search for the Northwest Passage. The Hudson Bay isn’t the only landmark named after Henry Hudson, many other features and landmarks are named after him; including the Hudson River, the Henry Hudson Parkway, the Henry Hudson Bridge, and etc. Henry Hudson and his crew appear in…

Mohandas Gandhi The definition of leadership from Merriam-Webster is the power or ability to lead other people. After looking at this definition and trying to figure out if this definition fit, it didn’t quite fit who he was. Searching for the right definition of a leader, I came across moral leadership. The definition describes a moral leader is someone who aims to serve, tend to better others, a person who can be trusted, and a person who has deep morals and a sense of core ethics. There was a…

In another article with the subject containing women of color and diversity in theatre, Candy Bowers writes, and has an entire discourse on the constant denial of how things really are. Bowers’ article Racism in the theatre world is real and it is debilitating, is filled with frustration and her opinions on how the racism needs to be truly contemplated with a critical eye. Moreover, how we as theatre artists must accurately represent racism. In respect to both Bowers and Cheslaw’s points,…