Kerala

and 1960’s. Born in Travencore, Kerala, on 12th June 1932, she was the middle sister. Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini became popular dancers in different genres like Kathakali, Bharatnatyam and folk dance and came to be called the Travencore Sisters. The trio were the disciples of Indian dancer Guru Gopinath. They learnt Kathakali and Kerala Natanam styles of dancing from him.The trio were the disciples of Indian dancer Guru Gopinath. They learnt Kathakali and Kerala Natanam styles of dancing from…

other hand carefully(upwards, as though he was holding an imagined orange……still holding his sticky orange" (105) . It is also a cultural fact that many fruits like papaya, mango, banana, coconuts, and certain fishes etc have sexual undertones in Kerala . As great Indian sage Valstyana says in Kamasutra certain foods arouse sexuality and he also stresses the importance of sharing food after making love. "Ammu's Tangerine shaped transistor" is symbolic for she carries it to the riverside…

1. Crude death rate (CDR): Deaths in the year *1000 Population at midyear CDR in 2014= 9527401 *1000= 7.3 [1] 1,296,245,000 Interpretation: Crude death rate is the number of deaths in a population in a given year per thousand members of the population. The CDR of 7.3 indicates that there were 7.3 deaths per 1000 members in 2014. This value is less than the average CDR of the world (8). As compared to countries like Ukraine (developing nation), the CDR for India is…

What can be noticed though is an effort by the United States to decrease the cost of voting (C) through means such as online voter registration and mail-in/early ballots as well as a general trend in many elections of campaigns sending the message that people should get out and vote because individuals votes are important, although mathematically they do not, increasing the perception that the votes matter will most likely draw some number of new voters. In the case of the another large…

Tiffin makes a comparative study of the use of colonial motifs in The Cat and Shakespeare and The Double Hook. In her comments on Rao’s book, she says that both the title and the concerns of the novel points at a political purpose is jumbled up with a philosophical theme. Further in the course of her article, she asks whether the book can be called a postcolonial text. Because it displays that “the community, its beliefs and rituals are in no sense disrupted by the history of British colonialism…

relive the moments when the attackers took Fr. Uzhunnalil, but she is praying for his safe release. After the Yemen massacre, Sr. Sally was transferred to the Missionaries of Charity regional house in Jordan. Right now, she is in her ancestral home in Kerala,…

studies in America but not allowed her daughter to pursue higher studies after she finished her schooling, Pappachi thinks that college education was unnecessary expense for a girl, that’s y he don’t allow her daughter to study. In contemporary time Kerala with a literacy rate of 90.90%, stands first among other Indian states. The novel is of 60’s that time girl and boy don’t get equal opportunity. Girl’s education is considered as a waste and girls were considered as a marriage material at that…

exterior walls are decorated with intricately-carved deities’ stylized motifs from nature and friezes depicting the life in the reign of the Hoysalas. There are also worship places for the Muslims (Delhi - Jumma Masjid), Christians (Churches in Goa and Kerala), Buddhists (Bodhgaya, Saranath, Kushinagar), Sikhs (Golden Temple) and Jains (Sravanabelagola), that have tourist…

He defines the term ‘dominant caste’ as, “A caste may be said to be "dominant" when it preponderates numerically over the other castes, and when it also wields preponderant economic and political power. A large and powerful caste group can be more easily dominant if its position in the local caste hierarchy is not too low” (Srinivas, 1955, p.18). It is interesting to note that he was unconsciously influenced by the Caste Hindu's identity throughout his work. The work, “Dominant Caste and Other…

1:6.2. National Scenario Tiwari in his book- “Tourism and Socio-Economic Development” greatly emphasised the importance of domestic tourist in economic development of the state. No doubt, tourism is fast becoming global with an eye on quality. For instance the number of domestic tourists visiting Orissa in the year 1980 was 19,293 but increased sharply to 13,24,025 in2000, fuelling economic growth and development (Tiwari,2004). Today in India Tourism is the largest service industry with a…