History of India

Islam has impacted India and its history in more ways than one. During the time when Islam was being established in India there were many changes that were being made during the process, including religion. This new religion was able to convert Hinduism and Buddhism. Which had also impacted India's caste system. In 711 CE, "India had faced many invaders, but no substantial challenges on both a military and cultural level" (Butler). However, when Islam had come along they had never seen such…

Rushdie use magical realism in order to explore the links between India and his childhood in the book Midnight’s Children? Abstract Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children is an intricately intractable attempt at capturing the erratic parallel life of the protagonist, Saleem and the political rise and fall of India. The question I aim to answer is: How does Salman Rushdie use magical realism in order to explore the links between India and his childhood in the book Midnight’s Children?. This…

writing websites. The colonization of India presents a history of a unique relation to the colonization of other countries under the British dominion. As early as the 1600s, the British had already created an interest in India with the development of the East India Company. The dominion and establishment of the rule in India were the first step towards realization of the country. However, the dominion of the British helped revolutionize a number of systems in India that reflect the changes the…

INTRODUCTION Pre-Independence Indian English Poetry: Origins, and Predominant Themes and Styles The emergence of Indian writing in English has a long history which dates back to the colonial times when English used to be the language of British rulers and a few aristocratic Indians who were deeply enthralled by this language of their subjugators. Makarand Paranjape in Indian Poetry in English mentions the two preconditions that were to be met before Indians could write poetry in En¬glish:…

novel the social and the political are intertwined. The author has been able to show this in his novel through the characters’ different experiences presented to the reader. Their fate and their life are profoundly bound to the political situation of India. In this paper, we will discuss the impact of national and cultural politics on the individuals and how one social class played an important role during the period of beautification. During the Emergency, it became a must to control birth…

Module 5: Critical Thinking Option 1 I have chosen a political news conference for my final project video (NDTV, 2015). This video focuses around three of the major political parties in India. The parties are the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party), the Congress (Indian National Congress Party), and the AAR (Aam Aadmi Party). The interviewees include a former Chief Election Commissioner, a journalist and political commentator, and three former and current politicians. The host asks each of the…

GITHA HARIHARAN AS A POST-MODERN INDIAN WOMAN ENLGISH NOVELIST/ Dr. P. SATYANARAYANA, Vice-Principal, Balaji College of Education, Anantapuramu, A.P. India. Abstract: In this paper, I analyse the novels of Githa Hariharan, basing on Theme and Technique. There a quite a large number of novels that use mythical events, characters and motifs as narrative strategies. The use of the Sita myth in Githa Hariharan’s ‘The Thousand Faces of Night’ focuses on the tragic predicament of Indian Women. In…

Background of India India is located in South Asia. Capital of India is New Delhi. It is a low income, developing country. India has the world’s second largest population exceeded only by that of China. In 2000, India crossed the billion mark which tipped to be the planet’s most populous nation in the next couple of decades (Saris, 2001). It is also the 7th largest country by area. India population is now 1,236,344,631. Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism are four major world religions that…

Within the continent of Asia lies the seventh largest country in the world with a whopping 3.28 million square feet – India. Rajasthan is the largest of twenty-nine states within India, located between Pakistan, Gujarat and Punjab. In contrast Goa is the smallest state within. It is found in the southwest part of the country. Gujarat, which is positioned on the utmost west of India, is the most populated state. Three bodies of water surround this large land: the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal…

Female Genocides in India Laura Ellison English II Honors 03 April 2015 Liberty High School Abstract In all honesty, no matter the circumstance, is it right to take the life of another innocent human being? Within the poverty stricken country of India, the killings of innocent females from all age groups are occurring daily. This has become the social and cultural normal for the Indian people. Females whether newborn, children, grown, old, etc. are being murdered simply because they are…