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Also, India encounters difficulties in opening bank accounts and in growth of mobile banking, but closer to global average in borrowing from formal institutions. Hence, the need for opening of more bricks and mortars branches was felt. (Sharma & Kukreja, 2013) The financial inclusion has picked up in India in the last decade, but it is far from adequate, considering the vastness of the country. Banks and…

In the formation of one’s character and value structure childhood plays an important role. Childhood as a significant area of human experience is not given ample emphasis as far as literature is concerned. In Indian English literature also women characters are widely depicted and critics have evaluated them. The girlhood of a woman is a critical part of her identity formation. In literature this period of identity formation of a woman is by and large un- examined and un- explored. Childhood…

have done they have done in their life. Not only did Mahatma Gandhi fight for his civil rights, he fought and led Indians in the civil rights movement in South America and India. Mahatma Gandhi, birth name Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, was born October 2nd 1869 and grew up to be a prominent and well known leader. Gandhi grew up in India in a very religious Hindu family. Shortly after turning eighteen, Gandhi was sent to London to study law. Gandhi struggled being a lawyer and faced difficulties…

Chapter one Anita Desai as a novelist Anita Desai is one of the most powerful and distinguished Indian English novelists. She has an extraordinary sharpness and penetration of vision. Her writings have drawn world-wide critical attention. Anita Desai has added a new dimension to the Indian English fiction: the exploration of human psyche. She is endowed with searching psychological insight and often peeps into the inner recesses of the psyche, rather than merely presenting the outer spectacle…

Ecologically Fragile, Carrying Capacity Darjeeling is an important segment of Lesser Himalayas. It comprises of three hill stations of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong and is situated in the northernmost part of West Bengal- one of the states in India. The shape of Darjeeling hills is an irregular triangle and is located between 24o 41′ North to the 27º10′ north latitude and between 87 o 59′East to 88 o 53′ East longitude. Darjeeling hills comprising of ridges, bold spurs, narrow deep…

Bending the Culture: Hybridization of Punjabi Ethos in Gurinder Chadha’s Bend it Like Beckham “Sometimes we feel we straddle two cultures; at other times, that we fall between two stools.” - Salman Rushdie ‘Diaspora is the term used to describe any population which is considered deterritorialized, dislocated and disintegrated fostering feels of ‘unbelongingness’ and ‘dispossession’. The…

Sriram's Shift to Extremism from Gandhism Sriram goes through various stages of transformation in his life after he meets Gandhi. Though Sriram is inducted in the freedom struggle by his attendance to the meetings of Gandhi, his career in the freedom struggle is not just characterized by Gandhian ideology. He happens to come in contact with the ideology of extremists after Gandhiji is sent to jail and Bharati courts arrest. Sriram does not go to jail on the pretext of meeting his grandmother. In…

THE INTER PLAY OF REALITY AND ILLUSION IN THE SHADOW LINES Abstract Amitav Ghosh is an Indian author and novelist. Her novel portrays the political and historical consciousness along with known for his works in English language. His writings are unique and contributed a lot to Indian writing in English. Amitav Ghosh second novel The Shadow Lines (1988) presents the theme on nationalism, freedom, violence, memory and conflict between reality and…

Hindustan Unilever Limited It was in 1931 Hindustan Unilever limited had entered India as Hindustan Vanaspathi Manufacturing Company. In 1933 it incorporated the Lever brothers India company. In 1935 it incorporated the United Traders limited. In 1956 it formed Hindustan Lever Limited(HLL). TOMCO joined HLL in 1994. In 1996 it acquired Ponds and Lakme. Recently in 2007 it got renamed as HUL Hindustan Unilever Limited. This is a large FCMG with over 100 countries. The products of the HUL have…

Authority, Subversion and the Telling voices of the Subalterns in Mahesh Dattani’s Seven Steps around the Fire ABSTRACT: Transgendered occupy a chunk of Indian population. Not only in India but in most of the countries they live like social outcasts. Mahesh Dattani is a playwright who takes up his pen for these wretched of the earth. Seven Steps around the Fire dramatizes the brutal murder of a hijra for her secret marriage with a son of a minister. Dattani delves deep into the problem and…