and about human beings. It enlarges their consciousness about things which they would never have understood if born and raised in one place. It enables them to speak concretely on a subject of universal significance and appeal. Works Cited Desai, Kiran. The Inheritance of Loss. New Delhi: Penguin, 2006. Lahiri, Jhumpa. The Namesake. NewDelhi: HarperCollins, 2003. ---, Rushdie, Salman. Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism London : Granta, 1991.
The Inheritance of Loss by Indian author Kiran Desai and Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies Kiran Desai (Desai) and Jhumpa Lahiri (Lahiri) are of Indian descent. However, they have lived much of their lives away from the Indian sub-continent. One might be tempted to think that their novel
they are thwarted by loss of identity. Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss present such a picture of globalized India. Globalization seems to be both a boon and a bane for the characters in the novel.The characters like Jemubhai Patel, Mr. and Mrs Mistry, Sai, Biju, Nonita and Lolita are the victims of globalization. It seems to be the key cause for both their suffering and progress. As an intelligent writer and careful observer of human behaviour, Kiran Desai fulfills the responsibility o...
This paper aims to explore varied facets of human relations in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss. This novel tries to discuss, at great length, the grave implications of colonized mindsets for individual, familial and social life. Besides, this paper makes a comprehensive analysis of colonialization, postcolonialism, cultural collisions, cultural encounters, gender bias, immigrants’bitter experiences, insurgency and racial discriminations in respect to the changing pattern of human relations
Kiran Desai’s novel The Inheritance of Loss employs the themes of post-colonial self-loathing and arranged marriage to illustrate the actions of her characters over the course of the novel. Judge Jemubhai Patel, one of the central characters, treats his family, and especially the women in his family, terribly throughout the duration of this novel. The judge begins his deplorable treatment of the women in his family by being ashamed of his mother, and continues with the rape, abuse, and murder of
Anita Desai (1937) is a modern Indo-English writer, she is famous for her fiction writing, not only in India but also around the world. She emerged on the literary horizon after the independence of India and her main focus is, her writing on the ‘contemporary issues’ (Batts, 2011, pg.3). Desai mostly writes about the miserable plight of women suffering under their insensitive and inconsiderate husbands, fathers and brothers. All of which, leads to a man-woman relationship bringing characters into
Ask me no Questions, by Marina Budhos, is a precarious story of an illegal immigrant from Bangladesh and her sister. Nadira is a nice and compassionate person who has a very strong bond with her family. Nadira and sister Aisha have been placed into a very precarious situation in which both their parents are absent in their lives. Their father was placed in an immigration detention facility due to an expired visa and their mom is in hiding at a local church. Both sisters must work together to save
Loss of Innocence Personal Response Tennyson’s poem, Ulysses, is about a man who changed from his experience at sea, and was never the same when he returned to his home, Ithaca. Likewise, I have changed from my experiences in a society that is very different from my own. Gender discrimination is a major social problem that exists all over the world, especially in third world countries. It is very common for girls to be strangled, abused, and mistreated in India. Orphanages provide these girls with
Loss: A Compelling Theme In this life on earth, man suffers as a result of the Fall. He must endure troubles and hardships. In order to illustrate this reality, every story should include a conflict that the main character faces. Often, an author can construct an effective conflict by exploring the theme of loss in his story. This theme, in particular, induces the reader to connect with the character, since everyone has experienced at least some form of loss in his life. By incorporating an underlying
two sisters before they go to school and also her mother who is sick of an unknown disease. Both Hari and Lila cannot go to school because the family does not have enough money to support all the children’s school fee. Despite the facts that Annita Desai describes the village of Thul as a mini paradise which lived there happy people, but apart from that she tries to focus at Hari and Lila’s hut. All the people and houses around their hut seem so colourful and joyful. However, Annita describes Hari
They are scared of our unity They are scared of our organisation They are scared of our emancipation Hence, they are trying to break us by creating barriers of religion, caste, ethnicity, and tradition. Break Silence. (Women's Rights song, Desai & Patel pg 86) Women have long been fighting for equal rights in every sphere of society. Those in the Western world have been luckier, they can go to school, vote, and work, whereas there are still Women in developing countries which cannot.
Designing a Computer Based System for an Accountant Ashok Lakhani and Sarjit Desai run a business consultancy firm. They do simple accounts like payroll, tax, national insurance, VAT returns and Tax rebates. They use a manual paper based system to keep records of their accounts. They use a pen, paper and calculator to analyse their accounts. I recommend that they use a few stand-alone computers to make their accounting easier and quicker. (b) Types of processing activity o Calculatingcould
uneasiness. In both novels, the backdrop and the story are engrossed in a struggle between two worlds, the new and the old fighting out its battles in the characters portrayed within. Achebe makes his stand in eastern Nigeria while Desai illustrates her point in Old Delhi. In the first part of "Things Fall Apart", Achebe, portrays a traditional African culture, but one on the verge of change. Early in the novel you can see change is already taking place. "...in the
and needs Bakul to force her to "be strong" and "execute her will" (17). Bim, however, has entertained ideals, had them crushed, and finally come to terms with her disillusionment. Bim is the heroine in Clear Light of Day. Work Cited Desai, Anita. Clear Light of Day. Great Britain: Penguin Books, 1980. Professor's Comments: Although your conclusion on Bim-as-heroine could use development--this is a fine and full exploration of the issue from your own angle. Good use of
the natives of India, the aborigines of Australia, the Canadians and Africans, endured the iron hand of British rule for centuries. Using the novels, Freedom at Midnight by Dorninique Lapierre and Larry Collins, and Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai, I explore the relationship between the British colonizers and the Indian people, and the relationship between Bakul, an Indian diplomat, and Tara, his innocent wife. The relationships between the two countries and the married couple represent a
In Chapter titled as Simple Life in his autobiography Gandhi writes; I once went to an English hair-cutter in Pretoria. He contemptuously refused to cut my hair. I certainly felt hurt, but immediately purchased a pair of clippers and cut my hair before the mirror. . . . The barber was not at fault in having refused to cut my hair. There was every chance of losing his custom, if he should serve black men. We do not allow our barbers to serve our untouchable brethren. (Here, Gandhi refers to customs
Much has been said about India’s party politics. It has travelled though many phases. It has been characterised differently at different points of time e.g. One Party Dominant System, competition between national and regional parties, a clear fight between two broad alliances and a recurrent appearance of third front etc. This third front business usually represents the regional parties (though some of them claim to be national parties) and an uncanny opportunism disguised as regional aspirations
Uprooting from one's own culture and land and the agonies of re-routing in an alien land are depicted in many postcolonial works. This paper is an attempt to discuss the postcolonial dilemmas faced by the characters in Kiran Desai's novel The Inheritance of Loss. They often face the problem of identity and alienation and become frustrated at the end. Even when they come back to their own country, like the Judge in the novel, they develop a sense of distrust and anger.
5. Chhaya Datar’s writings: Contemporarily known as Eco feminist Chaya datar, in her autobiographical story ‘In Search of me’ describes her own feministic experiences as a social worker in the tribal world. While recording, the unionized activities of the farm labors, who are mostly, women and these women are cut off temporarily from her own feminist problems, she was moved by these tribal women community and helped to raise their collective voice for self identity. She has depicted each of experiences
in India has gone beyond its Western counterparts. Some of the prominent writers who have changed the concept of feminism in Indian English literature are Anita Desai, Kamala Markandaya, Kamala Das, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Shashi Deshpande, Shobha De, Nayantara Sahgal, Bharati Mukherjee, Anita Nair, Manju Kapur, Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai. The new-age writers are brazenly and dauntlessly but emphatically handling themes like homosexuality, abortion and personal relations gone wrong. There are various