Modern Day India

The film I have chosen is “The Namesake” by Jhumpra Lahiri. A traditional Bengali Indian family, the Ganguli’s, are moving to New England and are trying to stay engulfed in their unique cultural identity. Ashoke Ganguli brings his new wife, Ashima, to a strange new world, leaving her lonely and confused of a culture outside of her own. Ashima needs to learn to love a man she does not know, to customize herself to a country she is unfamiliar with, and to hold true to her values in a culture foreign to her traditional beliefs. In this paper I will inform the reader of the Family structure, social class on gender as well as material culture and nonmaterial culture pertaining to the Ganguli’s and how they made a place in American society. I

The movie watched in class was about a town in Great Britain called Luton. There are a large amount of Pakistan and Muslim citizens living in the area. However, they are more isolated into their own part of town because there is a huge gap between the natives and refugees. Stacey Dooley, the main character throughout the movie, tried to understand the point of views from both sides by putting herself in the shoes of the refugees and natives. Throughout the movie, she talked to multiple Muslims and natives to understand where the gap is coming from.

A country’s history could define how the society’s attitude would be towards several aspects topics or clothing, in this case. For instance, the southern states in North America has this stereotypical assumption that everyone is racist white trash because of what the African Americans went through prior and post-Civil War. That could also be said towards the German Armed Forces. In America, we respect whenever a man in uniform is in a public saying by thanking him or her for their service. However, that could not be said for what the German population does. It is sad to say that the travesty of the Second World War is still reflecting towards what the citizens of Greater Germany perceive the Armed Forces. “Instead of marking Veterans Day or Armistice Day on Nov. 11, Germany on Sunday observes Volkstrauertag, its national day of

The Power of Perspective Unable to understand or solve their problems, people often require an outside figure or perspective to help them view their circumstance objectively and decide what actions they must take to attempt to solve their problems. In Jhumpa Lahiri’s collection of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies, she describes how people cope with some of life’s difficulties caused by broken connections. In one of the stories “A Temporary Matter,” Lahiri’s characters deal with a loss in communication, which leads to a weakened relationship. In her next story “Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine,” a man’s separation from home brings him to a young girl’s house, where they learn from each other how to bridge gaps in their lives — gaps that isolate

Throughout World War II, China had faced a cruel and humiliating occupation by the Empire of Japan. A time where the Japanese held control over vast areas of Chinese land for 8 long years. After the defeat of the Japanese by allied forces, China had always had its own way of celebrating these occasions. Today in the 21st century, the Leader of modern day China, President Xi Jinping, has proposed an interesting and relatively new way to celebrate the Chinese 70th anniversary victory over Japan. In the article “Beijing risks a no-show at WWII events as Western leaders fear jingoism”, The Japan Times, show how President Xi is making as many attempts as possible to strengthen foreign relations as much as possible, by inviting all the major western powers to celebrate. President Xi even went as far as inviting the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the event located at Beijing along with several other Asian nations. Usually, the celebration of the ending of World War II is not as big in China compared to the many other nations who were victorious. He even invited the other nation’s military forces to march in China’s parade.

Summary and Reaction In her 2001 film, Dorothy Fadiman highlights the plight of women in rural India and brings to light the extreme gender bias they face. We are told that women are regularly barred from education and given less food. Young girls are expected to work on family farms and for long hours that cause them to become educationally stunted. These long hours also contribute to significant pain in their later years.

The movie starts with Lenny revisiting her childhood days as a student coloring her drawing, and remembering the downfall of British Empire in India as she states something which indicates the theme of story that it will portray for next 101 minutes and upon which the story will build around. The words she stated accounts as- “Hindu, Muslim and Sikhs who had lived together as one entity for centuries suddenly started to clamor for pieces of India for themselves. The arbitrary line of division the British would draw to carve up India in August of 1947 would scar the subcontinent forever.” This dialogue clearly states that India was very near to getting its independence from the British Rule and for the final time the nation might have to become a victim to British’s much famous “DIVIDE & RULE” policy which will blow the nation into partition forming 2 separate countries- INDIA & PAKISTAN and in the dialogue she clearly predicts the ill effects people will have to face at the time of partition as she says that it would scar the subcontinent forever. Such a line of difference would be

She is trapped in the Pakistani culture, no matter how hard she tries to escape. The idea of burning suggests the pain she is suffering as a result because she is not comfortable in the Pakistani culture just as she is uncomfortable in the Pakistani clothes, which she says are “alien in the sitting-room” followed by she “could never be as lovely as those clothes”. It is not just the clothes which are out-of-place in the sitting room, she feels out of place in the clothes. In other words, she is not comfortable in the Pakistani culture. She recognises that the two cultures do not mix well and she feels it is impossible to be part of both, that she has to choose one over the other.

The present article depicted how far Githa Hariharan had succeeded in picturizing the concept of womanhood and describing the relevance of this concept in the modern Indian society. It attempted to delineate how women dealt with the sanction of space in Indian society. Her novels presented the efforts of patriarchy on women of different social classes and ages particularly the varied responses to the restrictive institution of marriage especially in The Thousand Faces of Night. Through her novels Hariharan contrasted the role and position of women in our society. Gita Hariharan delineated the concepts of woman in a traditional society and the responsibilities and services expected from women.

R.K. Narayan is not a feminist even then he has shown his sympathy for the exploited and oppressed class of women in Indian society. The helplessness and miserable condition of a Hindu housewife is brought to the forefront in Narayan’s The Dark Room. In an interview Narayan explained, “In The Dark Room I was concerned with showing the utter dependence of women on man in society. I suppose I have moved along with the times.”1

In my opinion, Deepa Mehta is a courageous and bold director to produce a movie ‘Water’ which is intended to affront the tradition and living style of Indians back then. She displays how every character brings up almost perfectly similar kind of stance which is because of the doctrine and beliefs that have been set in their minds for a long period of time. The practice inherited from one generation to another generation which later becomes the tradition of Indian community. I could see how every widow refuses and rebuffs changes; which they are forbidden to marry again as a result of believing in they themselves bring unluckiness or bad luck to others. In fact, other women either married

Bollywood, the primary component of Indian cinema, is a force to be reckoned with. By producing about 800 movies a year and selling about 100 million movie tickets each week, Hindi cinema has established itself as India’s principal movie manufacturer and typically follows a specific framework that audiences have come to love (Kolanad). Bollywood films are patently over-the-top, featuring countless song-and-dance routines and a story line that usually revolves around forbidden love. Like any strong influence from mass media, though, the messages these Bollywood films sends to its viewers shape their opinions on everyday life, even if those movies aren’t representative of what they encounter in their day-to-day lives. In a culture where arranged marriage, a caste system, and even dowry still prevail, it seems unusual that so much of what Bollywood has become is about romantic love and destiny. With this in mind, how might Bollywood films affect relationships in India and women’s roles within them?

“However much a mother may love her children, it is all but impossible her to provide high-quality child care if she herself is poor and oppressed, illiterate and uninformed, anaemic and unhealthy, has five or six other children, lives in a slum or shanty, has neither clean

Feminism entered in literature in 1960’s. It seems that Rama Mehta’ Inside The Haveli was inspired or influenced by idea of feminism. I am projecting Geeta as a protagonist from a feminist point of view. Rama Mehta occupies a significant place among others women novelists. In Rama Mehta’s Inside The Haveli.

The movie starts with Lenny revisiting her childhood days as a student coloring her drawing, and remembering the downfall of British Empire in India as she states something which indicates the theme of story that it will portray for next 101 minutes and upon which the story will build around. The words she stated accounts as- “Hindu, Muslim and Sikhs who had lived together as one entity for centuries suddenly started to clamor for pieces of India for themselves. The arbitrary line of division the British would draw to carve up India in August of 1947 would scar the subcontinent forever.” This dialogue clearly states that India was very near to getting its independence from the British Rule and for the final time the nation might have to become a victim to British’s much famous “DIVIDE & RULE” policy which will blow the nation into partition forming 2 separate countries- INDIA & PAKISTAN and in the dialogue she clearly predicts the ill effects people will have to face at the time of partition as she says that it would scar the subcontinent forever. Such a line of difference would be created