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What is the festival of Holi and how does it represent the significance of colors in India? The Hindu festival, observed primarily in India, is an annual celebration commemorating the beginning of spring. The two-day celebration constitutes of a bonfire the evening of the first day and dinner parties and dancing on the second day. However, the most momentous event of this celebratory occasion is the color festival. The color festival transpires on the second day, preceding the dancing and dinner…

This is reflected through the Renaissance period in particular. The central figure of this culture and religious awakening was Rammohun Roy, who is known as the “father of the modern India.” Rammohun Roy was also a great scholar, linguist, patriot and humanist. Roy was a primarily a Westernised Indian who succeeded in mediating between Western and Indian moral and religious beliefs. As a pioneer of Indian religious reforms, Roy had…

A Brief note on Nationality: According to my perception, nationality means belongingness to a particular nation by birth or by nationalization, it also comprise when people have common tradition, culture, values, ethics, origin or often a nation. For example, immigrants of same nationality often seek out for each other, this usually defines their sense of nationality and belongingness. Nationality is also considered as a legal relationship between a state and a person, and nationality usually…

The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga, is a novel that focuses on the life of Balram, the son of an Indian rickshaw driver. Balram is writing a letter to Wen Jiabao, an important Chinese official who has embarked on a diplomatic visit to India. He decides to tell Jiabao his life story in an attempt to educate the man about Indian entrepreneurship, because he truly believes that his story is more accurate than the political accounts he is sure the Chinese official will hear. Balram chronologically…

The Nightingale of India, Sarojini Naidu lived during the epoch of the Indian resurrection which received a fresh impetus during the Gandhian age. This period also called the period of Indian resurgence witnessed a major shamble in the political, social and economic realms. There was an arousing among several sections of society which included women, the youth and the tyrannized classes. All of them had suffered greatly under the pressure of traditional authority. That was the time for…

to alternate between contrasting with one another and almost merging to show that there aren’t many differences between them, when you look closely e.g., ‘‘Dummies in front of shops tilt and stare with their Western perms’’ and ‘‘Banners for Miss India 1993’’. The dummies and ‘Western perms’ look artificial compared with her surroundings. Furthermore, the western idea of a Beauty Pageant is taking over…

Mythical Elements in R.K.Narayan Man Eater of Malgudi M.Vanisree Dr.G.Mohana Charyulu Associate Professor, Professor Department of English, Department of English, S.V Engineering College for Women, K.L University, Tirupati. Guntur. E-mail: vanisrinivas14@rediffmail.com E-mail: gmcharyulu@kluniversity.in “I want a story to be entertaining, enjoyable and illuminating in some way” R.K.Narayan Rasipuram Krishna Swami Narayan is a versatile writer and…

letter to the powerless, whether it is women who are not allowed to follow the direction of their heart or men who suffered because they are from the wrong caste. Therefore the designed poster is a form of triangle that represents the caste system in India, and Ammu is at the top while Velutha is at the bottom. The faded images at the sides are the themes: family and social obligation, social hierarchy, love and sexuality, change vs. preservation, and small things; and the symbolism like the…

Forster's A Passage to India was published in 1924 after the two individual visits of Forster's to India in 1912 after a few years of World War I in 1921. In the period of his visits to India, Forster met various Indians, among them Syed Masood who became a fast friend of Forster. The connection between them is portrayed by Forster through the friendship between Aziz and Mr. Fielding, the English schoolmaster. Subsequently, Forster had the limited experience of both sides, keeping up a…

Discrimination in India. The people who assemble there are eager to listen to Gandhi, who is a saint figure for them. They believe that Gandhi shows a solution to the problem. Gandhi's speech in the novel, is carefully drawn from his 'Autobiography', 'Young India' and other writings of Gandhi. Gandhi begins his speech talking about the British policy of creating separate electorates for the people of the depressed classes. He calls it a part of the general policy of divide and rule adopted in…