Sari

The “Third and Final Continent” is a short story that follows an unnamed narrator travelling and growing accustom to America for a work position. The author, Jhumpa Lahiri, uses the eyes of the narrator to tell the story of his journey. When in America, the narrator attempts to leave his Bengali culture behind to become American. He sees his culture as an inconvenience. The narrator tells his story but does not go into any detail when discussing his personal life. He only talks about her more…

mudras, each of which have distinct meanings, help the dancer tell their story through the upper half of the body. On their body, the dancer is draped in a sari. This sari is usually woven between the legs to allow the dancer maximum freedom. They also wear a cho li on their upper body which is a type of blouse that matches the colors of the sari. These two articles of clothing are complimented with gold jewelry that is worn as necklaces, armbands, bracelets, anklets and earrings. Their faces…

nappy, streaked in front of his eyes. His muscles tensed. Then, he consciously relaxed, each muscle, each joint. He kept Joy, the youngest and the most vulnerable of the group, close to him all the time. **** Joy kept an eagle eye on the bundle of saris. It was easier to carry them enclosed in a white piece of cloth than a suitcase. They could carry the bundle on their heads taking turns. The bundle was their shield and weapon. All their arms were buries in the forest. They did not possess a…

Many Indian women wear a dress called sari, it made out of colorful silk. Sari goes around the waist, with the end it go over the shoulder to cover the chest. Sari look more like a dress made from a big scarf. (“culture Indian”) Each sari are different. On wedding, women wear more of red color silk. For wealthy people, their wedding dress are made out of gold silk. Also on wedding, the…

establishes the role played by male chauvinism in constructing the woman as the other. The real question, at present, in the world of ‘Powerful Dressing, boils down to whether femininity is an accentuation of power. Dress for women in any kind, be it the ‘sari’, ‘salwar’ or ‘suit’, signals feminity. One does not want to imitate a man in order to fit in. Accentuation of femininity depends on the styling of the dress. A dress that subtly accentuates the curves of the female body, denotes power.…

Modern orthodontics take into account of balance between dentofacial complex as a whole and the position of hyoid bone in different Angle’s class malocclusion has intrigued and attracted many researchers. The hyoid bone is unique in that it has no bony articulation with any other bone but is instead suspended in the soft tissue via ligaments and muscles (Romanes et al 1983). Different muscles such as infra and suprahyoid muscles and genioglossus muscle influence the position of the hyoid bone…

Indian traditions and nationality, Ruma’s mother is very sincere to go through her duties as a wife and mother, and tries to extend her culture, ethics, religion and language to her children. Even in America, she seldom dresses in her bright colour saris, her dime-sized maroon bindi, and her jewels. She would like to teach Bengali, her mother tongue, to her children and even in talking to her daughter, Ruma who not only a follower of her old culture, but also adaptable to exist in a…

surprised on how many fashion shops there were on a single street. I had never seen so many vibrantly colored garments at once! There were many different displays of beautiful clothing. One of them was the sari, which is comprised of one piece of fabric elaborately draped over the body. The sari is one of the most popular female garments in Bangladesh, commonly worn for special occasions. On the same street, there were multiple jewelry shops. The windows were filled with complicated gold…

Bharati Mukherjee’s essay “Two Ways to Belong in America” and Morgan Spurlock’s “30 Days – Outsourcing” highlight some differences and similarities between Indian and American culture by detailing the experiences of real life individuals. In terms of day to day experiences, the lives of Americans and Indians could almost not be more different. Societal, familial, and job-centric norms all vary across the two cultures. However, in the ways that all humans do, the people of both nations can be…

“Whether you’re fisherman or a slave of the Chinese. It might be easier if I worked where I could hold a book and pen” Sari Math says. That’s the aspiration of the young Cambodian man who lives in a rural Cambodia. With the poor conditions of lives, they don’t have enough ability to control their lives. That’s a piece of the stories in A River Changes Course which is a 2013 documentary film by Kalyanee Mam. She is a Cambodian American, and she is shocked when she first sees what Cambodia looks…