Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin

be allowed to practice their religions free of prosecution. The United States of America globally is referred to as the land of opportunities, dreams, religious freedoms and the home of the free. The belief is that any person can achieve the ‘American Dream’ as long as the person works smart, gets educated and follows our laws. While this sounds appealing, it may not be the case that every immigrant has the chance at the American dream simply due to their race, nationality,…

appropriation isn’t, is cultural groups rubbing off on each other. Because of all the different ethnicities that make up the United States population, it is a common thing for communites consisting of multiple ethnicities to rub off on each other; residents of the community may pick up on different customs or religious traditions that surround them. However since they are not stealing or “borrowing” from another culture it is something totally different than cultural appropriation (Nittle…

Singapore. Singapore originally consists of 4 main races; Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian. Our local culture is a melting pot of the 4 different cultures. In the past, we believe in marriage between people of similar nationality and fixed marriages. However, as we open up our shores to foreigners for business interactions, we also open up ourselves to their culture and custom. With an increase in the number of permanent residents and foreigners, our social circle widens. Based on research…

When learning a new language one becomes more engaged in the culture of the language and origin country. With social networking at an all-time high learning a second language can one more connected to other people on a global scale. One learns about the world while looking through a different lens when they know a different language. In America…

Xenophobia is a tradition in America, often manifesting in public policies adversely affecting the targeted group. There were/are other ethnic groups that faced a nationalized form of xenophobia besides Latino Americans in the United States. Indigenous Indians; African-Americans; Italians; Germans; Chinese; and Japanese Americans were all faced with – sometimes government mandated – discrimination. Although African-Americans did not immigrate to America voluntarily, since their arrival via the…

Once Lord De La Warr arrived he placed "irish tactics" against the indians basically rainding villages, burning houses, doing bad stuff to them. The marriage of Pocahontas to John rolfe ended this first anglo-powhatan war. But eventually the Indians fought back killing 347 people + John Rolfe, and through that a second anglo-powhatan war happened in which they were defeated, and the peace treties basically screwed the indians from their ancestral lands. Lost due to disease, lack of unity,…

In a fairly short duration Bharati Mukherjee has received a respectable attention from the critics around the world. She is described as a ‘voice’ of expatriate- immigrant sensibility. She has stayed in different places, and lived through various cultures. In her journey as a writer her creative sensibility has undergone many changes, a continuous quest from ‘expatriation to immigration’. As a writer her concern can be seen in the lives of South- Asian immigrants in the USA and Canada and the…

Name of student: Ahmed Joudar Department of Comparative literature Second semester: Research plan Spring 2017: (1st report) Supervisors: Prof. Kürtösi Katalin & Prof. Fogarasi György Title: A critical study: How Edward Said explicated the predicament of Exile through the works of 20th century novelists. The Twentieth century can be considered as a highway in which…

by colonizing a group of people and discriminating against immigrants, women, person with disabilities and visible minorities. The prejudicial Justice System has influenced the way the work is set up today. Although there are regulations that are set up to protect equality seeking groups, much of the time politics are striped of any real power and the economy is what governs all social change. Legislations like the Indian Act, Immigration Act, Multicultural Act etc., were produced for the…

was the capital of Songhai and it lasted ever since the 9th century. Songhai has got things through the Niger River. When a person was in a clan they decided there own occupation.The most common station were metalworkers, carpenters, and fishermen. The lower caste people had a much harder time because they weren't like the high caste people. The lower caste people were non farmers, working slaves, and they sometimes had privileges. Some of the Songhai people were followed by freemen and traders.…