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Today, the legacy of 1947 increasingly poses a threat than any other time before on the subcontinent. Part has really ended up being a trauma from which the mainland has never completely recouped. Yet unfortunately, this is not reflected in its history composing, a reality that is regretted by a lot of people. Alok Bhalla, for instance, in his presentation to an accumulation of Partition stories in English interpretation states that regarding the matter of Partition, there is not only an absence

to escape her life. The novel also tells the story of Tara and of Raja, the two apparently more prosperous siblings, who both manage to escape the bleak atmosphere of the house; Tara through her marriage to Bakul, and Raja through his immersion in Urdu poetry and Islamic culture, his relationship with Hyder Ali, and consequently, his moving away to Hyderabad and marriage to Benazir. Escapism plays a very important role in the story of Anita Desai’s Clear Light of Day. The focus of this essay is to

Hence if we look at all the Indo Aryan languages, one aspect if quite clear is that they are all derivatives of Sanskrit (Sebeok, 1963) which in turn have their roots set in Greek and Latin and made its way into Indian soil via the Indo-Europeans (Sebeok, 1963). Out of all these Indo Aryan languages, Hindi is considered to be the most progressive, as it is the most analytical followed by Punjabi, Gujarati, Sindhi, Marathi, Bengali, and Oriya (Sebeok, 1963). 2.2.4 Inter-Family Influences No languages

Copy Mirza Ghalib’s Prose One of the most influential luminaries of the Subcontinent literature, Mirza Asad Ullah Khan, continues to win the hearts of the posterity with his evergreen literary works. His is renowned for his poetic endeavors in Urdu and Persian language with thousands of high quality verses to his credit. He bagged a major chunk of fame through his rich philosophical verses which often eclipse his status as a prolific prose-writer. Many notable writers proclaim that Ghalib could

SADIA KHALID BAJWA BS EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD Culture Definition A simple definition of culture is that it is the human response to the forces of Nature and History. According to the (World Conference on Culture Policies, Mexico 1982)Culture is “the whole complex of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features that characterize a society or social group. It includes not only arts and letters, but also modes of life, the fundamental

as a pet is the bird. Common species of domestic birds include the muniya canary and the parakeet. Like the previous pet names analyzed, these bird metaphors also concentrate the senses of small size, youth, domesticity and entertainment. In Hindi Urdu, the very word bird is defined as a girl or a young woman (Webster). The metaphor is usually charged with affective connotations, being commonly used as a term of endearment. This positive evaluation appears to have its roots in the amorous disposition

My family and I are immigrants from Pakistan. Even though I assimilated into American culture, in our house Pakistani tradition/culture prevails. We speak Urdu in the house, eat the food, wear the traditional clothing, listen to Pakistani folk music; and in the mix of the traditions are Islamic influences. What is so unique about this culture is that religion has been integrated into it, and the traditions I carry out, I consider normal. For example the food, Pakistani cuisine has a wide variety

largest ethnic group, Pashtun, Sindhi, and smaller groups, Pakistan (2017). Due to the diversity in Pakistan, there are many languages spoken in Pakistani culture. English language is primarily taught in the schools. Another largely use language is Urdu, “which is the nation's unifying language”, Pakistan (2017). There are many other languages used in Pakistan which usually correlates with the ethnic group one is a part of. “Pakistan is led by one president as head of state, while the prime minister

Comparative Literature is recognized interdisciplinary discourse has a theoretical basis that makes it possible to undertake comparative assessment of any two literature of any ages, milues and cultures. Archibald Lampman and Ghulam Ahmad Mahjoor, despite the visible difference of language and culture, have many things in common to study them under the canvass of comparative literature. As Henry Remark states that comparative literature should not be regarded as a discipline on its own

population …Dealing in various ways with the human tragedy endured by people on both sides of this newly created border. One of the best, and perhaps most famous, partition story clearly reveals this sense of bewilderment,“Toba Tek Singh” was written in Urdu, Pakistan’s national language, by Sadat Hasan Manto, a Kashmiri who left his home in 1948 and moved to Karachi, Pakistan’s capital. The story recounts the effects of partition on a very particular portion of the population. The 1955 short story, writen