about my culture which I will be familiar with since I have a greater understanding. And also I will be able to analyze some aspects based on my observations that I have received throughout my life. I was born in Srilanka in a Hindu family and lived there for twelve years, until I came to Canada. I would like to write about Sri Lankan Tamil Hindus, that I have observed so far in Srilanka and Canada. I will be focusing on family relationship and social life. In this essay Ill argue that Tamils culture
Margo’s parents migrated from Sri Lanka, a small country located by the tip of India. Margo’s parents came to America to escape the ongoing civil war that was taking place in Sri Lanka. There was a rivalry between the Tamils and the Sinhalese, two groups of people in Sri Lanka. Being Tamil, her family was faced with so many disadvantages, seeing that the Sinhalese were the dominant group. During the war, her family faced a lot of discrimination. Margo’s mom’s brother was shot to death in the middle of
English language is a language globally recognised due to colonialism and western supremacy practiced throughout centuries. Specifically, in Singapore, English language attained supremacy due to colonialism, which promulgated English to be dominant as it was used to design legislatures in the island during the British occupation. In today’s society, English is preached for its economical benefits as it allows access to the global world, giving way for English language to maintain dominance in Singapore
5. Illiteracy is a major problem of the country (Pattanayak 1974). Out of 800 million illiterates in the world, India is credited to have 400 million . if in eradicating illiteracy the intention is to move from a 'culture of silence' to a 'culture of thinking' participation and the emphasis is on the creation of an intelligent task force for economic and industrial development, then, urgent and bold steps need to be taken in this area. Literacy in a multilingual must be based on
Nationalism is exclusionary by definition. In a well-argued essay, compare the positive and negative effects of nationalism within a multicultural or multiethnic society. In your answer, discuss the problems that a multicultural society poses to the formation of national identity and why you do or do not believe that nationalism is compatible with the liberal state’s emphasis upon individual rights and freedoms. “The Age of liberal democracy is also the Age of nationalism” (Bernard Yack, 2003)
In general, there are three main obstacles that the country has to face and resolve. They are prejudice, communalism and ethnocentrism. a) Prejudice Do you know what prejudice is? It refers to the attitude towards others based on evidences which is not concrete and might be wrong. In Malaysia context, this kind of pre-judgmental attitude still exists among races even though much positive information is provided
depicted himself. 'Man is a social animal' and 'a man living outside the society is either a god or a beast'. This proverb depicts the importance of society and relations for a human being. That is why, since the Renaissance-Humanism, and for that purpose the study of Humanities has become a sine qua non for the literary artists. It was established long ago, 'what a piece of work is man?' and 'The proper study of mankind is man." All this accounts for an exploration of a connecting link between
and a progression of intrusions all added to the decline of the Indus civilization. The Indus Valley Civilization is also acknowledged as Indus civilization which was situated in a zone of somewhere in the range of 1.6 million square kilometers in what is today eastern Pakistan and northeastern India between around 2500-1900 BC (Hirst, 2017). Indus Valley Seals: Alexander Cunningham, in 1870, distributed a few discoveries uncover at Harappa under the establishment of the Archeological Survey of
Meeras who played a major role in shaping our culture, art and civilization. These women pave the way for women like Rani Jhansi, Rani Padmini and ultimately the first female prime minister Indira Gandhi which is unique for India in many ways. According to her, the feminist scholars of other countries have recently shown interest in gathering more information about the ancient Indian tradition which allowed women to be liberal unlike other western cultures - which according to Jane Freedman secluded
and a progression of intrusions all added to the decline of the Indus civilization. The Indus Valley Civilization is also acknowledged as Indus civilization which was situated in a zone of somewhere in the range of 1.6 million square kilometers in what is today eastern Pakistan and northeastern India between around 2500-1900 BC (Hirst, 2017). Indus Valley Seals: Alexander Cunningham, in 1870, distributed a few discoveries uncover at Harappa under the establishment of the Archeological Survey of