the role of language in the process of knowledge formation. For illustration purpose we would refer to examples from the status of the Bangla language in East Bengal (now Bangladesh) during the pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial era. The ‘knowledge’, most of us will agree, in Foucaultian sense is a tool for creating a discourse in terms of power and hegemony. This knowledge is created in order to influence ‘others’ in an influencing way. What can be a better tool than the language itself in creating
marked a momentous event with both political and theoretical repercussions upon post World War II society. The Bangladeshi originally desired sovereignty because they could not identify with Pakistani nationalism. The Bangladeshi people spoke another language entirely and were connected to Pakistan via Islamic religion alone. Bangladesh was established on commonalities in the population that went beyond religion. Instead, the national identity was linked to common linguistic and cultural practices This
bound the people in East and West Pakistan was their religion, Islam. They had different culture, different language, and different history. As a result, conflicts between the two parts of Pakistan started early. The first issue was the language. In 1948, leader of the Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah demanded in Dhaka that Urdu would be the only official language of Pakistan, even though Bengali was mother tongue for the majority of the people in the East Pakistan. On February 21, 1952 seven students
can lead others to help the ones in need and make the world a better place to live in. Being born in Bangladesh and having the honor and pride to call myself a Bengali, it is my duty to help my motherland. Not only are there issues in Bangladesh that need to be resolved, there are several problems that need to be solved in our local Bengali Community in America. There is a rapid increase in immigrants from Bangladesh to the United States. They leave their family and belongings behind in order to begin
Case Study: Footwear International Footwear International: Bangladesh - History, Development, and Growth In order to investigate how a company’s can maneuver though present situations it is important to map critical incidents in its past. Historically, the country in which Footwear International resides, Bangladesh, has seen major political upheaval in a short period of time. In the 1940s the government transitioned to British-ruled to that of a providence of Pakistan called East Pakistan
Macroeconomic Analysis of Bangladesh's Ready-Made Garments Industry The Ready-Made Garments (RMG) industry contributes to the Bangladesh economy in a distinctive manner. The last 20 years witnessed unparalleled growth in this sector, which is also the largest exporting industry in Bangladesh. It has attained a high profile in terms of foreign exchange earnings, exports, industrialization and contribution to GDP within a short span of time. The industry plays a significant role in terms of employment
Mahasweta Devi is a very well known figure in modern contemporary Bengali Literature and also a Ramon Magsaysay Award winner for her tremendous works in the field of literature mainly on tribals and marginalized people. Gayatri Spivak played a great role in making Mahasweta Devi known to the literature world through her translations and her work of subaltern studies on Devi’s texts. Spivak has translated many texts of Mahasweta Devi from Bengali into English. Translation has its own problems and issues and
Misinterpretations happen on a regular basis in The Interpreter of Maladies. Mr. Kapasi incorrectly assumed that Mr. Das was born in India. Mr. Kapasi asked, “You left India as a child?” (Lahiri 45). This was a misconception by Mr. Kapasi. When Mr. Kapasi explained to Mrs. Das about his job as an interpreter, she was aroused and said, “But so romantic” (Lahiri 50). Mr. Kapasi thought that Mrs. Das was giving him verbal and behavioral cues that she was interested in him, and he began to fantasize
The Namesake is a documentary of the ongoing quest of identity of the immigrants.. Diasporas often live in one country as community but yearn to reconnect across time and space to their origin. Culturally they experience fragmentation, marginalization and displacement in their migrated countries. There is a threat to their ethnic and cultural identity and often they are victims of mockery and domination. Thus, the diaspora are stuck in their perpetual dilemma of having lost their sense of belonging
Case Study BRANDING BANGLADESH THROUGH KAZI NAZRUL ISLAM Pathfinder The case can be used or published for any academic purpose. Case Study BRANDING BANGLADESH THROUGH KAZI NAZRUL ISLAM The world is going through a turbulent environment in this era of intense globalization with awful amount of competition for businesses, and of fierce struggle for nations in gaining attention for trade, tourism, investment and other issues. Nation branding can extend a significant helping hand in this
Applicability and Exemplification of Hollywood Stylistics in Bollywood Film Music Throughout history, ethnomusicologists have regarded film music as a multi-faceted field, and it has been accredited with purposes that range in functionality: from serving as ornamental, background music to operating as a pivotal progressor of the narrative and its drama. The latter of these purposes, however, seem to dominate the intention of Bollywood film music, as the music and dance arrangements reserve approximately
Bollywood movies to must have in list to watch: Bollywood movies are such a kind of excitement, to the point that enthralls individuals of India and also as far and wide as possible for quite a long time. It has provides for us most valuable, essential bits of specialty ever those we can look the same number of time as we need. Possibly the best effect of Bollywood has been on patriotism in India itself, where nearby rest of Indian film, it has been able to be part and heap of the 'Indian story'
Commodification of Indianness in Bollywood movies and Diaspora Chapter -1 …Introduction Introduction of Indian Cinema Bollywood movies are entertaining the global now.it is the one of largest film industry in the world, the term Bollywood coined in a journalistic column in India and contested and commended in almost equal measure. The word is a derivative, imitative and low quality version of the world richest film factory –Hollywood but in terms of the production of feature films and viewership
'Guddu Rangeela' is the upcoming bollywood movie releasing in year 2015 on 27 feburary.The movie is directed by Sangeeta Ahir,She has given many super hit movies to our bollywood industry.In this movie 'Guddu Rangeela' lead role is played by Arshad Warsi, Amit Sadh and Aditi Rao Hydari. 'Guddu Rangeela', offering Arshad Warsi, Amit Sadh and Aditi Rao Hydari in lead parts, is yet an alternate satire originating from Subhash Kapoor. The chief, who had prior made Jolly LLB, has wrapped up the shooting
Bollywood – With a number peculiar feature Bollywood is one of the largest film producers in India and one of the largest centers of film production in the world. The early 1920s saw the rise of several new production companies, and most films made during this era were either mythological or historical in nature. Raja Harishchandra (1913), by Dadasaheb Phalke, is known as the first silent feature film made in India. Imports from Hollywood, primarily action films, were well received by Indian audiences
potential in drawing upon experiences of the South Asian Diaspora. A feature role is played by Film in constructions of South Asian diasporic cultures, partly due to its importance in South Asia itself. Indian cinema or to say Bollywood, the Hindi language cinema based in Bombay, also has global presence and popularity in the South Asian region itself and also in the Middle East, The term ‘Anti-heritage cinema’ came about as this criticism reached height, directed towards movies such as Sense and Sensibility
1.0 Introduction Every postcolonial countries faces some inherent problems left behind by colonialism. Assam, a state of India is no exception of it. Assam as said by many is the ‘melting pot of culture of various ethnic groups and tribes’. In the post-colonial Assam, this melting pot however, came in such an environment that the pot is being broken by some external forces. The forces have its genesis in the colonial rule. Regarding the identity crisis in postcolonial Assam Nandana Dutta has given
The purport of this exegesis is to study and identify the cultural distinction between the cinema of two different countries. The major area of study is the Indian and Western cinema. Bollywood is known as the biggest film industry in India as well as Internationally in terms of movies produced (Pillania, 2008). While Hollywood has a huge influence in the western world. There are many movies that are inspired by Hollywood and made in Bollywood. I will narrow my study and fixate on Bollywood (Indian
not my home. My home is Bangladesh, where I was born and raised. My family moved to the United States in August of 2009. I was eleven years at that time. I was terrified to live a completely different life in America. The new food, new school, new language; it was very daunting at first but It was not as hard as I thought it to be. This essay is not about my experience when I first moved to United States; it’s more about the time when I went back to my home. Bangladesh is not at all like the United
makes it seem as though she does not fully grasp the language she is writing in. An example of this can be found on page eleven: “Our place have two room. No veranda but I go up on roof. There is brown stone floor it cool your feet.” Even though Hasina’s letters span over the course of twelve years, there does not seem to be much improvement. One could assume that Hasina has learned English since eloping and has decided to practice her new language through the letters she writes to her sister, but that