Sundarbans

Sundarban The Sundarbans (Bengali সুন্দরবন, Shundorbôn) is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world. The name Sundarban can be literally translated as "beautiful jungle" or "beautiful forest" in the Bengali language (Sundar, "beautiful" and ban, "forest" or "jungle"). The name may have been derived from the Sundari trees that are found in Sundarbans in large numbers. Alternatively, it has been proposed that the name is a corruption of Samudraban (Bengali: সমুদ্রবন

Chenrong Li Professor John Peterson ENG 380 12 Dec. 2016 The Hungry Tide: A Desired Utopia of Political Ecology         In The Hungry Tide, Amitav Ghosh explores the ecosystem of the Sundarbans, varying narration between third person and first person perspectives, primarily through the main characters Piya, Kanai, and Fokir. The story traces the transformation of these three main characters from disengaged spectators to invested insiders. However, each of them perceives the biome of tide country

many novels that deal with the theme of ecocriticism. So in that concern, the dissertation concentrates on Amitav Ghosh’s novel The Hungry Tide in an eco-critical perspective. The story has been developed by the Sundarbans region in India that acts as a backbone of the story. The novel brings how the connection between human and nature is not just interdependent but

photos, and hydrographic maps. Thematic maps were used to estimate the effect of a one-meter sea-level rise on agriculture, population, and infrastructure. Locations experiencing subsidence included the Chalan Beel, Dhaka Depression, and the Khulna Sundarbans area with

resistance variety” under the supervision of Professor Dr. Rakha Hari Sarker. During my undergraduate and graduate studies, I have been involved with several field studies. These studies included the flora of the world’s largest mangrove forest (Sundarban), ethnobotany of medicinal plants used by native and tribal people, inventory of the plant diversity (herb, shrub, climber and tree) in an area adjacent to the University of Dhaka and on Saint Martin Island. In addition, as part of my course requirement

case studies, critically evaluate the success of management schemes in fragile environments (40 marks) A fragile environment is one which is easy to disrupt, and once disrupted, difficult to restore. An example of this kind of environment is the Sundarbans; the largest single block of mangrove swamp in the world, covering 10,000 km² from the coasts of West Bengal to Bangladesh. The mangrove swamps are sensitive to a number of factors, including temperature, salinity and sea level, where small changes

Badal Sircar is one of the influential Bengali dramatists of the twenty first century. He was born in Calcutta and most of his plays revolve around Calcutta. In most of his plays he has recorded the turbulent period of Calcutta in 1960-70s. Sircar used the real space (Calcutta), the existing city rather than the fictional space. Calcutta is considered to be one of the largest cities in India. Even though the city seems to be economically well developed, most of the people suffer from poverty and

The main character and point of the view in Cutting for Stone is Marion Stone, and he has been employed at Missing Hospital in his main country of Ethiopia. While Marion is taking care of Ghosh, Ghosh encourages him to travel to America to use his medical talents where money would no longer be an issue and to have opportunities that he did not have a chance to experience (Verghese, 2009, pg. 433). Marion also feels regret that he and this twin brother Shiva were the reason that Ghosh was never able

likewise makes an endeavor to discover his cognizant engagement with the regular world that attracts our thinking to the tragedy of the global environment.The novel manufactures a noticeable worry about the survival of a balanced environment like the sundarbans and it also records The situation of the misplaced refugees in their bountiful surroundings to guarantee their survival.The Hungry Tide steps into the environmental conflict with a plea for moderation. The Hungry Tide pleas for the acknowledgement

The Transcendent Dimension of Ecology in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide Dr. R. Badhridevanath, Assist. Prof. English & IQAC Coordinator, Vivekanandha College of Arts and Sciences for Women (Autnomous) Elayampalayam Tamilnadu bathridevanath@gmail.com & Charles Godwin, Asst. Prof. of English, Akash Degree College, Bangalore. Charlesgodwin.k@gmail.com Ecocriticism is the study of the relationship between literature and the physical environment. The word ‘Eco’ and ‘Critic’ is derived from the