Post Colonial Perspective In Ice Candy Man

. One factor that creates cultural difference is India’s nine religions. Ancient India consisted of three religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. All three ancient religions are part of the nine religions today. Statistics have shown that 827 million (80.5%) have returned themselves as followers of Hindu religion, 138 million (13.4%) as Muslims or the followers of Islam, 24 million (2.3%) as Christians, 19 million (1.9%) as Sikh, 8 million (0.80%) as Buddhists and 4 million (0.4%) are Jain (Religion). I don’t

A: An interfaith boundary is the boundaries between the world's major faiths. One example of a conflict associated with an interfaith boundary is in several countries in Africa that straddle the Christian‐Muslim interfaith boundary.

Amir’s mother, Sofia, dies in childbirth; Amir inherits her love of literature and probably her looks to some extent, but, her being dead, never receives any motherly love or guidance, which could have helped him out of the cowardly hole he later digs himself into. Amir’s father’s best friend and business partner, Rahim Khan, tries to give Amir the motherly love he clearly needs, fostering Amir’s love of writing and steadfastly standing up for him when Amir’s father, Baba, criticizes him, but Rahim Khan does not do enough to instill honesty, courage, and strength of conviction in young Amir. Amir’s best friend, Hassan, a servant a year younger than Amir, is everything Amir is not: athletic, brave, loyal, honest, and kind, inciting jealousy in Amir. Assef, a local bully, poses a real threat to Amir, hating Amir for the crime of befriending a Hazara (oppressed ethnic minority), but Amir is protected by Hassan, allowing young Amir to freeze and not stand up for himself in Assef’s presence. Last, but most importantly, is Amir’s father, Baba, and his views on Amir: he blames Amir for Sofia’s death,

p. Religion caused turmoil for India, but as long as they all wanted the same thing as Indians, then they are able to get along today in the modern age.

Readers must examine Amir’s redemption to Baba. Amir feels guilty of his mother’s death, his first sin to Baba. Longing for Baba’s love, Amir knows that Baba “hated me a little… After all, I had killed his beloved wife, his beautiful princess, hadn’t I?” (Hosseini 19). Amir’s day of birth starts his betrayal to Baba since his birth causes Baba’s wife to die. Furthermore, Amir continues

There were conflicts in the early 1940s at religious events. An example is when the Hindu event Holi, also known as the festival of colors, featured riots. There were also cases when sacred cows were murdered. Additionally, there were times when Hindu music was loudly played by mosques during the prayer time. Segregation of the religions was promoted as Muslim’s could only use ‘Mohammedan refreshment room’ at train stations. Muslims could only use the tap waters labeled ‘Muslim water’ and Hindus could only use the taps labeled ‘Hindu water’. The president of the Muslim League, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, told a British interviewer, “We are different beings, there is nothing in life which links us together. Our names, our clothes, our foods-they are all different; our economic life, our educational ideas, our treatment of women, our attitude to animals….We challenge each other at every point of the compass”. Professor Mohammad Mujeeb from the distinct

Additionally, In the Prologue, Boo mentions an important character which is the one leg lady, who accused Abdul and his family of setting her on fire. Later on, in Chapter 6, Boo reveals the one leg lady story in more details and she recalls when the one leg lady set herself on fire and she is looking for help. However, Asha is so busy to help her, but she told her husband ""What the One Leg should do is tell the police, 'I was born Hindu and these Muslims taunted me and set me on fire because I'm Hindu"" (97-98). This quote that Boo quote is clarifies that if the one leg lady blamed them from a religious side the police will defiantly arrest the Muslim family because the police are partial towards Hindus.

This sense of prejudice and corruption definitely comes to life when Boo shows us instances of where the Husains (who are Muslim) experience obstacles that Hindus in Annawadi do not. An example of an obstacle would be when the Mumbai police were looking for Abdul and he looks for a place to hide while making sure his neighbors wouldn’t see him. This example shows the reader that the old Hindu-Muslim resentments were still in place and because of these resentments as well as the neighbors’ economic envy for Abdul’s relatively lucrative job, Abdul realizes that his mostly Hindu neighbors would not really like him and would be more prone to help the police find him. Boo expresses that living in such a corrupted society makes it very difficult for people to hold on to any sense of a moral; she tells us that anyone who tries to value selflessness or integrity amid this corruption cannot

This can be put down primarily to the harsh treatment of Hindus and Sikhs by Emperor Aurangzeb, despite the fact he made attempts to reconcile, especially towards the Sikhs, in the last few days of his life. This underlying hatred continued for hundreds of years and it was perhaps the first cause of hatred between Muslims and Hindus which made them believe they could not live together. This was an important first cause for the partition as it instilled hatred between Hindus and Muslims. The East India Company, or EIC was also the longest term cause, this time relating to independence by causing a rift between the British and Indians.

He is very rich and kind and everyone respects him, however; Amir and baba are very disconnected. Baba always makes Amir feel like he’s the reason for his mother’s death. Amir and Baba never have father-son time together. They have a bondless relationship, “He’d close the door, and leave me to wonder why it was always grown-ups’ time with him” (5). This shows how complicated Amir’s relationship with his father; both admire him and fear him. Baba is not always there for Amir because he always wonders why Amir is not like him, “He’s always buried in those books or shuffling around the house like he’s lost in some dream…I wasn’t like that” (23). Baba is very angry that his own son is not like him that he almost denies that he is his son, “If I hadn’t seen the doctor pull him out of my wife with my own eyes, I’d never believe he’s my son” (25). One day, Baba has a fatherly moment with Amir where he tells him about the one sin in life. “There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft” (19). This quote is ironic because Baba himself is a thief. Baba stole Amir’s right of having a father by not being there for Amir when he needed him. Baba feels that Amir lacks the courage to stand up for himself. On the other hand, Rahim khan was a huge part of Amir’s life. Rahim khan stands in as a father figure: “I’m in his (baba) arms, but it’s Rahim khan’s pinky my fingers are

The incident in the stadium also reveals to Parvana and Shauzia the complete horror of living under such a regime and haunts Parvana for the next few days. As a Muslim, the writer believes that the actions of the Taliban like the one’s depicted in this novel disgrace Muslims in the present times. Islam is a peaceful religion that promotes morality and generosity among all people, not the twisted version portrayed by the Taliban.

Gandhi was really concerned about the increasing divisions between the Hindu and Muslim's. He tried as much he could to prevent the partition between the Hindu and Muslim's. However the amount of success he had been trough this was very different and he did not achieve what he wanted. He was very disappointed about the separation between the Hindu and Muslim's. To prevent the

Both religions came from the same soil, in what is now known as India. They

The Partition of India in August, 1947 was a significant event in history that accounted for the separation of one of the world’s oldest civilization into two, independent nations – Pakistan and India. Like many other wars in history, The Partition of India was instigated by religious, political and social conflict. This resulted in violence, discrimination and the largest human displacement in contemporary history. While the Partition was well-studied, much of our understanding was focused on the political side of history, not the human side of it. This was why oral history played an important role in manifesting the complexity of a historical event. Our focus here is Maya Rani’s testimony from Butalia’s book, The Other Side of Silence:

In the novel The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, the reader notices the differences between the modern American view of politics and society between the politics and society in the novel. This novel takes place in the southwestern part of India in a town called Kerala and is focused on the wealthy family of the Syrian Christian Ipe family of Ayemenem. Within this family, many of them have problems in their lives and as a result, go to the house once their problems have taken a turn for the worse. A major theme of this story is the society of India and the caste system that is in place. Some characters that were majorly affected by the caste system are a woman named Ammu and her two children, Estha and Rahel along with an Untouchable named Velutha. Besides the caste system Ammu and her children must worry about the social system and the outcomes of actions that are not socially acceptable. Another recurring theme of this novel is the change in political stances in the country of India and how it affects the characters. Since the Ipe family is wealthy, they own a factory called “Paradise Pickles and Preserves” and some character struggles revolves around the fact that there is a motion for a change in politics. Although the novel can be understood on its own, it makes it more understandable if the reader learns about the political history of India and an understanding of the caste system. Besides the political history and caste system the view on gender in the country of