Aparna Sen

Buddhadeb Dasgupta are equally intriguing. In Gautam Ghose's "Antarjali Jatra" a young bride is forcibly married off to a dying Brahmin, while marital disharmony was the subject of films like Buddhadeb Dasgupta's "Griha Yuddha" and "Lal Darja" and Aparna Sen's "Yugant". Sanat Dasgupta's "Janani" featuring Rupa Ganguly was a poignant Bengali film about a woman who was ostracized and labeled a "witch," but in the end sacrificed her life for her son. Ordinary women characters, rising to extraordinary

that, that keeps them strong and has helped them survived for hundreds of years. Correspondingly, in Aparna Sen’s Indian/English movie, “Mr. and Mrs. Iyer”, the main actor, Raja, survives the dangerous journey solely because he is associated to a “Tamilian Brahmin” caste. The film highlights the two main religions – Hinduism and Islam and is portrayed by two characters, Meenakshi Iyer (Konkona Sen) and Raja Chowdhury/Mr. Iyer (Rahul Bose). The movie revolves around violence due to religion conflicts

Edin and Lein wanted to discover the surviving strategies of single mothers who are on welfare or work on a low-waged job. They argue “neither welfare nor low wage work gives single mothers enough income to meet their families’ expenses” (253). To find out the set of survival strategies of single mothers to make ends meet Edin and Lein interviewed 379 low income single mothers. They chose their interviewees from different cities, different aged group, and different ethnic background. Most mothers

Cambodian society is still affected by almost three decades of civil war that devastated the country physically and psychologically, and faces high levels of poverty and poor development indicators (Malena and Chhim 2009). Whereas considerable progress has been made since the Peace Agreements in 1991, Cambodia’s recent past has shaped its contemporary political, cultural, and socio-economic context. The characteristics of these dimensions have contributed to the poor governance of the Cambodian administration

New York is considered as the gateway for immigrants and the land of the opportunity that attracting people from all over the world. Humanity, collaboration, enthusiasm, freedom, and tolerance are the key values of New York. The initial public assistance was created in response to poor economic situation during the longest-lasting depression period (Marx, Social Welfare Project). The welfare usually refers to providing services and financial assistances to needy families or individual; government

Rabindranath Tagore, born in Kolkata, India in 1861, was a very influential figure in spreading the best of his Indian culture with the world. The Bengali author wrote everything from poetry to plays to songs, and he even painted. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. As such an established author, his art has been and continues to be honored all over the world. Countless reviews have been done on his works in an effort to fully understand his genius. Scholars contest a strong spiritual

development. Cambodia has a significant amount of land (176,515 sq km) but also maintains a large population so development when it comes to land is unlikely, unless the government was able to acquire land from nearby territories. With Prime Minister Hun Sen having been in power since 1998 and there being a significant amount of political unrest prior to that, it appears as if there is a need for further governmental development to better relate to the people who live in Cambodia. The Human Development

Is cosmopolitanism a warranted response to challenges of globalization? Cosmopolitanism in today’s world may be looked at as an one who belongs to all the world, with no limitations. In other words, Cosmopolitanism could also be looked upon as a notion created in the west that would be under a cultural but also political entity. The use of the word is to show that all human beings are larger than their own homeland based on a global view. This leads to globalization, as many may know the word itself

Justice works as a standard to achieve the ultimate purpose of all virtues which is to elevate the dignity of human beings. Social justice ensures all members in societies to have an equality of opportunities and political rights for a fulfilling life-enjoyment. Economic justice is a component of social justice. It is supposed to set moral principles in building commercial environment with opportunities being provided for each sector in an effort to have a sufficient material foundation and productive

solutions for all that are involved. Furthermore, we must analyze globalization, look at different arguments for and against it, and discover what purpose it’s trying accomplish across the world. Authors John Micklehwait, Adrian Wooldridge, and Amartya Sen have