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The immigrant experiences in America are observed in most of the short stories published in collections by various authors. Some of them include Amy Tan with her short story, Two Kinds, which was released in 1989 and is extracted from her novel, The Joy Luck Club. Also, in her other short story entitled Mother Tongue, she focuses on the salient differences between Amy Tan and her mother, based on language. Other writers such as Jhumpa Lahiri examine the experience of immigrants in America. She…

After being invited to her second cousin's wedding, Uma packs up and leaves her boyfriend Kurt behind to travel to India with her parents. During this journey, Uma meets new people, improves on and finds out more about her dance, as well as discovers more about her heritage. By observing and becoming more educated about these people and topics, her view of herself and India change. However, each time she picks up on a notion or meets one of these people, she always expresses her feelings…

A millennial parent. What is a millennial parent? A millennial parent is defined as those who were conceived somewhere around 1980 through 2000, in which they have children under the age of 18. Millennial parents also number more than 22 million in the United States. Well, I just happen to be one of the 22 million in this country because I am a part of this generation of parents. I am a part of a generation who was born between the years of 1980 and 2000. I am a part of a generation who has a…

and Indian culture a sort of caste system is prevalent, as such the clothing a person wears often reflects a "person 's caste, level of piety, or the specific god to which the individual is devoted." (Arthur). In India, despite westernization, the sari, a dress like garment consisting of a short cut blouse and about 7 yards of patterned colorful or elegant fabric wrapped around the torso, lehenga, a short cut blouse and large, layered skirt combination often worn with a fabric shawl or drape,…

Monopolization of female psyche in The Lowland by Jumpha Lahiri. Abstract : The Lowland is the second novel by Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri. It deals with a mother in Diaspora, Gauri, and her daughter ,Bela. Human character and their attitude to life are defined and revoluted by surroundings and circumstances in which they live.The transformation of their psyches are processed by such factors .This transformation have been critiqued in this paper. Gauri goes…

The partition of India is the most painful and traumatic episode of Indian history. Partition in general was accompanied by a huge wave of violence, but the atrocities against women were probably the most horrible ones. Though women were neither the part of the political decisions that divided the nation nor they had any role in the violence that followed partition, yet they were the worst targets of brutality inflicted by the men of other communities. The impact of the partition on women was…

discussed in Hyde, a man who acts and dresses, and desires to have a sex change (Hyde, 2013). Hijras are incapable to produce children. Hijras have been in existence as people of third gender since the 5th century BC. They dress up in their best saris and jewelry in order to perform a ritualistic wedding ceremony with the male deity Koothanda. They make appearances at important occasions such as weddings, baby showers, toddler birthday’s celebrations, etc. Studies have shown Hijras arriving to…

Judaism vs. Hinduism Judaism and Hinduism are much more similar up close than they appear at a distance. Now after some looking into them both I realize just how alike they really are. After you have read about the comparison between them, you will realize how much these two really have in common. The two religions I chose to compare are Judaism and Hinduism. Judaism is a Middle Eastern religion that originated in Israel. Hinduism is a religion that originated in India. Both of these religions…

At a time in the 90s when Bollywood was still obsessed with hero running around trees proclaiming his love to the heroine, Deepa Mehta did a courageous take on the issue of homosexuality in the Indian context through the experiences of a traditional middle class joint family that embodies patriarchal Indian values and culture. The movie depicts the framework of a patriarchal indian society that is built upon certain values and customs, corollaries of the hegemonic masculinity that is deeply…

Everyone – from women in brightly colored saris working in the fields to giggling families on long train journeys – carries a tiffin to provide a compact, portable, homemade lunch. Figure 1 History and Development of Tiffin Box 1.2 Problem Summary…