composer, playwright, essayist, and painter – was born in a rich aristocratic family in Calcutta. He was the son of the religious reformer, Debendranath Tagore. He began to write verses early in life and after his studies in England, he returned to India in the late 1860s. He founded an experimental school in rural West Bengal at Shantiniketan, where he sought to blend the best in the Indian and Western traditions. Years of sadness arising from the death of his wife and two children are…
Irish devoted disciple), breathed India. He was a personality of multiple facets – a thinker, a philosopher, a saint, a preacher, a leader, a reformer and so on. Very few people know him as a Poet. The English poetry in India brought by the ending years of the nineteenth century has chiefly taken the form of a revival of cultural patriotism, highly necessary for a nation. It also has religious impact on it in the sense that it evolved out of the magnificent past of India. And whosoever can be…
Portrayal of Bengali Renaissance in Satyajit Ray’s films Western education / Modern ideas (Mahanagar, Devi) The liberal ideas of the West played a crucial role in the awakening of Bengal. Modern ideas substituted the age old customs and it began with the establishment of Brahmo Samaj and spread of English education. The concepts and ideas from the West forced the educated youth to think in a rational manner and they started despising everything that is traditional. In this concern, the historian…
1) After watching the movie on our blackboard, it depicted that the approximate year of the Buddhas birth was sometime between the 6th and 5th century B.C. He was born in what is now called southern Nepal. Though this information about the Buddha is based on oral accounts that were written down a few centuries after his death. This means that it might not be fully accurate. Prior to adulthood, one key formative experiences of his life was being born as a prince named Siddhartha Gautama, who was…
Additionally, most of the firms in India are now targeting the middle class populations as their main market segment since they tend to have high purchasing power. Moreover, the increasing purchasing power of the Indian middle class along with their willingness to spend on travelling has attracted various countries towards Indian tourists. One of the reasons why various countries are targeting the Indian travelers is mainly because there are big spenders. However, Indian people not only spend a…
Ba Ria-Vung Tau province is located in the South East, in the southern key economic zone, on the trans-Asia road, with a convenient seaport system, airport, and river network. BR-VT province has a common boundary with Ho Chi Minh City in the west, with Dong Nai in the north, with Binh Thuan in the east: tropical monsoon with average annual temperature of 27oC, Average annual rainfall is low (about 1,600 mm) and unevenly distributed, nearly 90% of annual rainfall is concentrated in the rainy…
VARIETIES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN MALAYSIA English was introduced in Malaysia during the British Empire colonialism in Tanah Melayu in the 18th century. According to Prof. Dr. Shanta Nair Venugopal, a professor in School of Language Studies and Linguistics UKM (2000), the learning of English language in Malaysia began as a tool of socio-economic mobility and education enhancement. After independence of Malaysia in 1957, English language has been recognised as the second language in Malaysia.…
ceaselessly strives to present the Changing colors of the Indian Environment significantly. She never repeats herself. The theme of her first novel, Nectar in a sieve is Hunger and Degrdation. In this novel this theme is presened in the context of rural India, where as in her fifth novel A Handful of Rice, this theme is depicted in urban setting. In the first novel, the theme of fatalism , rootlessness and human relations are boldly presented through the life of the poor Indian farmers who…
Lahiri’s dazzling collection Interpreter of Maladies one of the most spacious story too who won Lahiri O. Henry Award and for Best American Short Stories. Primarily one is Mr. Das and Mrs.Das, American destined Indian couple who is on vacation in India with their three children. The Das family is guided by Mr.Kapasi,a tour guide and also an interpreter at the doctor’s office to their approach from hotel to Surya temple, Konark in Puri. Readers explore the loveless marriage of Das couple with Mr.…
MITHILA PAINTING N.Tondonsana Singh Abstract The essay of Mithila or Madhubani painting deals with the history and different stages of painting, the empowerment of women in the society. Mithila painting is an art of painting which was discovered during natural disaster earthquake of 1934 in Bihar by British colonial officer in Madhubani district. This are the famous painting on paper, cloth, readymade garments, movable object etc. The madhubani district has been acquired international…