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I am not a feminist nor do I follow anything that correlates with feminism. Yet, there are friends I have or people in my life who are feminist, but the subject rarely comes up in conversation. It’s a subject that everyone already has their opinion about and we have no use trying to argue it, despite who is right or wrong on the topic. If and when it does pop up in conversation, I keep my two cents to myself because I truly know nothing about feminism.Then again, my interest was never high…

Analysis: The three stages/levels of consciousness are: 1. UNCONSCIOUS 2. PRECONSCIOUS 3. CONSCIOUS Straining the text of Naga-mandala through these stages of Consciousness, we find a solid evidence of these stages present in the characters of the play. ‘Unconscious’ stage shows the feelings, urges, or instincts beyond awareness. It affects our expression, feeling and action. E.g. slip of tongue, dreams, wishes etc. Usually unconscious state depicts the dreamy part of the texts. In the…

like no other. Even at that time it seemed like the whole city was awake. The roads were filled with cars and “Tuk Tuks”. On each corner there would be a stand of food, clothing, or jewelry. The Indian ladies dressed up in their traditional clothing “Sari”, each one of them was unique in their own style and color. I noticed one thing while I was looking at those people; they were all smiling regardless of the situation they were in. At that moment I had an epiphany, thinking to myself “This is a…

1.0 INTRODUCTION Malays, Chinese, Indians and many other ethnic groups have lived together in Malaysia for generations. All of these cultures influence each other, forming a true Malaysian culture. Malaysia's largest ethnic group is the Malays, Chinese and Indians. Malaysia is a multi-cultural characteristics of many different cultures, but some particularly special lasting influence of the country. Chief among these is the ancient Malay culture, throughout history, culture…

chutki work. Simple slipstitch was used to fasten small motifs onto the base fabric. In an article ‘Timeless elegance of Indian embroidery’, Jani and Khosla (2000) enlighten that, Kantha is the patch worked cloth stitched with worn out and redundant saris and dhotis, customarily practiced in West Bengal. The motifs used by artisans were taken from day to day activities and also inspired from their immediate surroundings like mirror, comb, peacock, fish, lotus etc. Bains and Bhatti (2001) in…

directed towards her in the opening scene. This perspective magnifies her sense of displacement and emphasises that she yearns for her family in her homeland. Yet as the movie progresses Nazneen’s costume changes, she starts from always appearing in her sari to gradually accustoming herself to western dress. This movement away from cultural dress emphasises her adaptation of western values yet she still yearns for familial connection. The voiceovers that recur through the film to her sister in…

Chapter Two Ethnographic Fictional representation of tribe and gender in select fiction of Pratibha Ray Pratibha Ray’s The Primal Land is the story of Bonda tribals who struggled to survive through the development induced displacement of their indigenous ‘country’. She reconstructs the socio-cultural myths, beliefs and rituals of the past and also the present transformations in the socio-cultural setup in the Bonda lands. BondaRay’s narrative provides us the social, political, and economic…

Britain 's rule over India is often referred to as the Raj, where roughly about 20,000 or so British officials and troopers ruled over 300 million Indian people. The British almost had complete cooperation from the local Indian princes and Indian troops, making it extremely easy to control the country. Their control over India was solidified even more by the fact that India was not a unified country. The British made treaties with the independent states in India, which created a deeper divide in…

Papaya leaf is one of the vegetables taken from the leaves on plants or fruit trees. Indonesians eat papaya leaves as lalab or leaf cooked in a processed way as snacks for cooking rice and also other side dishes. Uniquely papaya leaves have a different taste with the fruit that bitter. But the bitter taste does not limit many Indonesian people to like the leaves of papaya. Even if you can process it, then the leaf will not be too bitter. Behind the bitter taste, it turns out papaya leaves store…

She argues that it is not fair if we just portray the post-colonial women as ignorant, poor and uneducated, oppressed, victimized, family oriented etc. to agree with Mohantay, it will not be untrue if we say that western feminism just talk about their own women. White women consider the third world women as the other which indicates their conservative thinking on the one side they are talking about women rights on the other had they are considering white women have right to live.Taliokng about…