Summary Of Gangu's Journey Of Life In India

As The Slave trade became a dominate source of trade for the Europeans, the Colonized population suffered from violent brutality. There were constant kidnappings and shootings of civilians which became a common thing in a colonized state. In other countries were social levels and orders were already established as the Europeans forced one against the other In India were the majority of the population consist Hindu’s. In Hinduism people are classified under something called a caste system. The Caste

An example of this is the idea prevalent in certain parts of the society that the colonizers, even though violators of human rights themselves, in many circumstances had also civilized the country by abolishing brutal practices like the ‘Sati’ and by having offered a scathing critique of the oppressive Indian caste system, helped in removing it. What remains hidden behind this myth is the fact that the colonizers had not only in their early days of invasion and in their ‘oriental spirit’ as Doniger points out, remained oblivious to the brutal act of Sati and intended not to interfere with Hindu practices but also throughout their rule propagated the ideas of caste distinctions. These distinctions based themselves not only on the existing Hindu caste system but also on the fact that certain sections of society were more loyal to the colonizers than others. The caste based division in the Indian Army (formed during the British rule) that manifests itself in the name of the various regiments also further establishes this idea.

As the life of Arjie unfolds in his home of Sri Lanka, we are driven down many winding roads. The internal struggle of a young boy trying to come of age in a Tamil family hardened by life after colonization and the racial tension between the Tamil and the Sinhalese. Under British colonial rule, the majority of the Tamil inhabitants of Sri Lanka was brought in as slaves with few working within governmental positions. The Sinhalese people outnumbered and continued to persecute the Tamil population once the British departed. The following years were similarly as brutal as those once seen during forced enslavement. Although they had achieved freedom to some degree, the Sinhalese government achieved new heights of corruption and used many means to continue the oppression and separation of the two races. Many Tamil families, like Arjie’s, accepted the fragile state of affairs, but the animosity from years of violence and subjugation was deeply imbedded in family culture and values. The gradual transition from steadfast animosity, to acceptance and questioning of the strains between the two races on a larger scale is scene across three generations presented to us in the text. The social constructs for the people of Sri Lanka were built on sand. Although the

To conclude the paper Adiga talks about the haves are the bright side of the India and the have-nots are the dark side of the India. The haves are longing for the life of the have-nots and vice

It begins during her pregnancy, with her sitting in on philosophy classes at the university where her husband is studying. In this circumstances, Gauri soon discovers a desire for freedom and independence consuming her, ravaging her mind and body. After her daughter, Bela, is born, philosophy begins to absorb her entirely and she officially signs up for classes. When Bela is a little older, she begins to leave her daughter alone for increasing stretches of time.Subhash whom Bela does not know is not her biological father is the family’s nurture. He does not let himself get trapped by the past, as she does and instead learns to adjust the present what happens to a family in which there is a reversal of traditional genderroles, with an ambivalent mother and a flexible gentle father is a crucial part of what Lahiri is exploring in the

It shows awakening of the protagonist Lalu as his experience in trench warfare in Spain gives him insight about colonial rule. The novel describes the action of Indian troops in the battlefields in France in the First World War. The novel tells us about the struggle of Indians during war. Indian community was poverty-stricken, immersed in superstitious religious beliefs and many social evils which afflict the Indian Society. The novel touches the progress of Lal Singh, from ‘innocence’ to ‘experience’. Lalu showed the urge to live and to stand against heavy odds. His bouts valiantly with the evil forces of the society. He becomes so determined that neither he succumbs to brutalities of the caste system nor surrenders before the old fashioned religious customs. His voyage ends when he becomes a crusader and a dedicated soldier. He gathered his strength and revolted against all the forces of callous suppression perpetrated by land owners. Lalu’s experience taught him to cherish those ideal and values of social equality and autonomy to the peasants which he saw in Europe. Lalu realizes the truth of English rule and that is he ultimately draws to his father. His father is sick and is taken care by a Miullah for his medical needs because of superstitious mind-set they did not bother him to take to doctor. After his

Two Leaves and a Bud is based on his own experience from the time that he had lived in Assam for a while and had observed firsthand the conditions of the tea garden laborers in Assam. This story in the form of a story based on real life events of a tea garden laborer is true to life but the torture that is shown here is more of the pre Indian British rule rather than the social evils of the Indian society. It was not an internal social problem but it was the treatment that was meted out to the tea plantation laborers by the British managers in the plantations and their lustful needs for which labor unrest in a tea garden became a way of life and in the tea garden. The central character is Gangu in this story and the only part of the social

This written task is based on a part 4 text by Mulk Raj Anand “Untouchable.” It is set in colonial India. Several global issues are presented, particularly human exploitation, poverty, humiliation, oppressions and religious hypocrisy. Mulk Raj Anand focuses on the social injustices faced by the poor people such as Bakha, the protagonist, son of Lakha, who is the “jemadar” of all sweepers in the town. Bakha is an “untouchable” representing all downtrodden.

“If a liberal is condemned by the government—no matter what he did wrong—if he’s a Pure-Blood, exile from the Indies would be his most severe punishment. If he was an Indo, punishment would be more bitter: dismissal. If a Native, I think that he’d lose his freedom altogether; he’d be locked away without any trial,”(Toer, 295). This is what colonization brings to the Javanese world, a place that comes with multiple sets of rules. No matter what set of rules determine your fate, they often seem unjust, leaving heartache, pain and ruin in their wake. Pramoedya Ananta Toer explores the concepts of colonization, along with its end it the novel This Earth of Mankind.

People. There are many reports of people being beaten, electrocuted, and tortured. One man said his son died due to the torture inflicted by the indian police. Leonard Valdaris said his son died two days after being in the custody of the

The workers on these plantations have to face all kinds of hardships. Gangu in Two Leaves and a Bud was also victim of such a system. The story of British oppression and injustice is most vividly narrated in the Two leaves and A Bud .The title represents contrast in destinies of the Indian Coolies and the British master and their sycophants. Title also explains the condition of coolies who are helpless and unguarded similar to the leaves and the bud which can be effortlessly plucked and

This story, like many other Tagore's stories that are strongly rooted in context and period, offers a classical perspective on humanism. The story highlights themes such as love, trust, friendship, loyalty, class divides; which mean all the casual things that happen to an average people. The author bring to us a contrast between two social classes. One side is Rahmat, a man from the mountains of Afghanistan, who had left his family, his daughter behind to make his way through life. Then one day he met a young girl, who represented for the opposite class, named Mini. He intermediately felt attached by this little 5 years old girl because of the similarity of this girl and his daughter. The two opposite classes had quickly became best friend. Although the Kabuliwallah came to this place for business, he would bring the young girl dried fruits and nuts, without calculating about personal profit but out of sheer happiness of the thought that Mini would enjoy them. One of the important pieces of the relationship and the story was when Mini and the Kabuliwallah would sing. This small detail has shown the link between the upper and lower class. This situation has never happened before and it even make Mimi’s mother anxious. Suddenly a turning point occurred and broke that miracle, Mini’s father saw the Kabuliwallah in the street covered in blood and being arrested.

Some birds are too beautiful to be caged. It has such bright feathers and sweet songs that you feel guilty to imprison them (Stephen King, A Story from Different Seasons). Expectations imposed by the society seem to imprison such splendid creatures, crushing their dreams and hopes of achieving something they wish. People are withheld by the society and personal ideology. Social and gender norms confronts people to be normal, as seen in ‘Boys and Girls’ and ‘The Singing Lesson’. However, the society is not the only one to blame, personal mindset also imprisons us from within. We see physical (materialistic) and spiritual (non-materialistic) chains from ‘The Bet’ and ‘The Hunger Artist’. This essay will elaborate on the resemblances and distinctions of the 4 stories in terms of their approach.

The writer specially describes an old man and a child who are brutally affected by the partition. The pose of the killed old man floating on the water can remind of Jesus Christ who prayed to God to forgive those very people who wanted to kill him. The dead body of the old man reflects a message of forgiveness for his killers, establishing the kernel of the Indian philosophies that only forgiveness and love can make the wheel of the human civilization move on. Violence can never give one space for victory. Even the dead bodies mock the cruel activities of the human beings through different gestures. The old man’s hair floats like a halo. The word, ‘halo’ implies divine light. The old age and the childhood- both are precious and honoured in Indian culture. Both are weaker sections too. The description of the dead body of the child creates nausea and shame among the readers. The bodies of the women, another weaker section of human society ridicules the ‘devil’ within man. Women are regarded as mother goddess in India and they are never treated as subject to physical pleasure only. The view of the massacre chokes all emotions in Lambardar and other villagers. The whole village look dead although no one has actually died

These shared convictions come from writers who viewed the British Raj from opposite sides, Anand as an Indian, and Forster as a British man. Anand was a resident of Punjab, a hub for Indian rebellion, and a massacre where hundreds of Indains were killed took place in his hometown (Harrex 36). He experienced the trauma of the Indian people personally. For him, colonialism is something he has endured. He was also arrested and beaten brutally by the police, having been left with dark marks on his back