Anglo-Indian

Chapter : 5 Assassination of Indira Gandhi and Riots against Sikhs Indira Gandhi ordered Indian Army to storm Golden Temple to flush out Jarnail Singh Bhinderanwale and his followers from the temple. Although Operation Blue Star was successful in getting rid of Bhinderanwale but it initiated resentment among the Sikhs against Indira Gandhi. The Times of India published excerpts of an Interview which Mrs. Gandhi gave to BBC reporter on 20th June 1984 with a headline ‘Action against terrorists,…

INRODUCTION The spirit of patriotism is necessary for regeneration of any nation. India attained its cultural and political independence after a series of political history, such as Anticolonial movements, Nationalist consolidation, choice of political system after independence, economic strategy etc. India had to face a big problem in order to attain Purna Swaraj. In 1911, the capital of British India moved from Calcutta to Delhi. A city came up on what was previously farmland and shrub…

Trying the Ouija Board “The Best way to find yourself is too loose yourself in the services of others .” This quote is by Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Independence movement against British, led India to its Independence, and inspired movements. This quote goes along with my story pretty well and it would have been nice to have known about the quote before I did my actions. About 3 months, I didn’t stay true to myself and regretted it for a whole 2 months, I learned to be true to yourself and…

Amit Chaudhuri is a versatile writer of contemporary Indian English Literature. He depicts domestic life, gender roles and social relations. His works reflect the Indian values and Bengali sensibility. Chaudhuri’sFreedom Song is about the family afflicted by old age. The young people are doing all kinds of things that are perceived as idiosyncratic. It deals with ordinary people’s consciousness. The old couple, Khuku and Shib live in Calcutta. The novel chronicles the lives of Bhola and his…

During the Elizabethan era, life in England was characterized by violence and feuds where ubiquitous. A feud, as defined in the Oxford English Dictionary, is An actual feud that took place in the fifteenth century was that between two illustrious northern English families, the House of Percy and the House of Neville, who engaged in skirmishes and were to some extent responsible for the Wars of the Roses. Another feud was that between two Scottish clans, Clan Gunn and Clan Keith, which caused…

Indian Removal Act In the early 1800’s, America was a country of great hope and future promises. The colonies had just broken away from the monarchy of Great Britain and declared the independent of the United States of America. The people of Europe fled to America during this time in search of religious freedom and a new beginning. From the beginning of their arrival in America, the colonists began pushing the Native Americans west. In the early years, before America won its independence, they…

White Americans often found Native Americans as unfamiliar individuals who occupied land to which the white settlers believed they deserved. America was introduced to an “Indian problem” in which needed to be solved before a crisis occurred. President George Washington believed the answer to America’s “Indian Problem” was to civilize the tribes. This theory indicated a goal in which Native Americans would become as close to white Americans as possible by learning how to read and speak English,…

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also affectionately known as Mahatma Gandhi which implies “great soul”, is widely recognized as the father of Indian nation and one of the greatest political and spiritual leaders of all time. Mahatma Gandhi led India to independence by pioneering and employing nonviolent civil disobedience, and inspired civil rights movement all around the world. Mahatma Gandhi first became a lawyer after receiving education in England. Being prone to change and tolerant of all…

raised in a traditional Indian family; however, he is a seventh generation Christian. Due to his fathers work with the Indian government, he and his family moved around quite a bit during his childhood. Despite moving around, he and his family spent the most time in the city of Chennai. Following an arranged marriage, he married his wife, Krupa, and they both…

Alice Notley’s The Descent of Alette is an epic poem that shows the relationship between gender, sex, and the human body. By doing so, Notley challenges the traditional form of an epic poem through her use of a female hero and a series of lyric poems that create an epic poem. Here, we see two sets of binaries: female hero/male hero and lyric poem/epic poem. Additionally, these binaries are a function of hierarchy. By resisting traditional binaries, Notley shows equality through an open space for…