nation's current situation and is an impression of the complex differences of social life in frontier India. It could be recognized as an epic of our nation at the urgent time of battle for Independence. It portrays the social structure in the area of Bengal before freedom. Gora, a profound and political quandary, is the focal character in the novel with the same name as the novel. The expression gora implies a white individual in Bengali. The novel portrays numerous parts of provincial India which incorporates
problematise the presupposed role of the contemporary Indian woman. Based on Tagore’s novel, the film is set in 19th century Bengal on the threshold of change and is one of Ray’s attempts to chart female subjectivity at a time when Bengali society and culture was in a state of flux between modernity and tradition. In Charulata, Ray seems to suggest that the Bengali Renaissance was essentially a bourgeois male fantasy backed by wealth, lofty ideals and self-indulgence. It was male-centric and lacking
similarly many about working class but few about the middle classes.” Now, we should examine 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
Hindu counterpart in West Bengal. Bangladesh, however, cannot fit into either side. Bangladesh is unique in that its identity is specific; neither common religion or general pan-Indian identity sufficed as a claim to a national identity. The people themselves display strong nationalism and fervor for their homeland, which, to this magnitude, is unprecedented of South Asian countries. The first imaginary of Bengal produced in this journal begins with the Bengali Renaissance, but has roots in the idea
The Nightmare Dreams are often visions of the conscience that hold the most truth. In the novel, Cracking India, by Bapsi Sidhwa, the narrator Lenny, has a reoccurring nightmare that contains much truth about the state of India. In Lenny’s nightmare, Children lie in a warehouse. Mother and Ayah move about solicitously. The atmosphere is businesslike and relaxed. Godmother sits by my bed smiling indulgently as men in uniforms quietly slice off a child’s arm here, a leg there. She strokes
Systems of governance and authority can have a profound influence on the development of human societies. For example, the major influence of the British Empire in the development of Indian and American human societies. All types of governments – from local politics to federal bureaucracies to huge empires – maintain their authority through specific techniques, including fostering a shared identity (nationalism), developing economic interdependence, and sometimes using overt force. Challenges to
Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) is a renowned postcolonial thinker known for his two seminal works Black Skin and White Masks (1986) and The Wretched of the Earth (1991). The latter is a paean on the cult of vociferous revolution and it unravels how anticolonial sentiments may address the venture of decolonization. Fanon delves at length how ill equipped are the former colonies to function as independent nations and proffers an excoriating criticism on present day bourgeois nationalism in third world nations
Rabindranath Tagore was born into a wealthy Brahmin family in Calcutta. He returned to India after a short stay in England studying law.He pursued a career as a writer,poet,educator,playwright,philosopher and a songwriter instead. Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was the youngest son of Debendranath Tagore. Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, artist, novelist. composer, playwright and a philosopher. He is India’s first Nobel laureate. Tagore modernised Bengali art by rejecting rigid classical
Outlaws! The word often haunts us, as we sit and ponder over it. Usually it brings with it, a sense of insecurity and fear. Sometimes after watching a movie or after reading a crime story, we are scared about going out alone, or sometimes, even in the house we have a feeling, as if someone is watching us. Why is all this? Why are we scared in our own house? Why are we scared to go out? It is because after watching so many movies, reading the papers and being aware about the crimes happening all
Mr. and Mrs. Das enjoy all things Indian. The couple is as if drinking its fill of Indian experience. Just as the Suntemple at Konarak becomes a must see, they also enjoy jhalmuri that is typical of Bengal and its adjacent states. Mrs. Das is quite a foreigner in her dress and taste, the lady does not forget to carry her water bottle lest she catches infection due to consumption of contaminated water. But she cannot resist enjoying the jhalmuri: 'She
Bangladesh became independent after fighting a bloody war of nine months where a massive amount of people were killed, tortured by the Pakistani Army. They killed and tortured the civilians including women, minors, intellectuals, and children. There is an academic consensus that the events took place during the Bangladesh Liberation war constituted genocide by West Pakistan against the people of Eastern Pakistan. The genocide of Bangladesh began on 26 March 1971 with the launch of Operation Searchlight
The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, Eaton’s examination of the proliferation of Islam in Bengali from the thirteenth through the eighteenth century, presents compelling arguments in support of a model striking in contrast to those endorsed by Eaton’s predecessors. This paper will present a juxtaposition of the theories including a comprehensive examination of vital historical processes in cultural change. Eaton’s argument maintains the agrarian frontier was the foundation of economic growth
The conflict dynamic in post accord Chittagong Hill Tracts is at cross-road. The intensity of violent ethnic conflict has likely to be reduced since the signing of peace accord in 1997. However, the people in CHT are dealing with new dynamics of conflict which has caused less violent but protracted social tensions and conflicts. Natural resource conflict is becoming paramount dynamic of social conflict in CHT region. The CHT region is the only extensive hill area in Bangladesh. The region consists
The Partition of India led to millions of people displaced and marked as one of the largest mass migration ever over the world. August 15, 1947 was a very significant day for Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs and many others. It marked the day of the British partition of India, and India won its freedom from colonial rule, ending nearly 200 years of British rule. This successful attainment of independence from colonial rule defined a narrative of religious nationalism, but also has led to displacement and violence
I live in the United States, but it is 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 Bangladesh came to existence in 1971 when Bengali East Pakistan seceded from its union with West Pakistan. It is located in southern Asia bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India. Bangladesh and West Bengal form a region which is called Bengal; and Bangladesh is sometimes referred to as East Bengal. It has a population of around 138,448,210 people. (CIA World fact book)The nation’s rapid growth has led to serious overcrowding. About one third of this extremely poor country
Synopsis As Rehana Haque awakes one March morning, she may be forgiven for feeling happy. Today she will throw a party for her son and daughter. In the garden of the house she has built, her roses are blooming; her children are almost grown up; and beyond their doorstep, the city is buzzing with excitement after recent elections. Change is in the air. But none of the guests at Rehana's party can foresee what will happen in the days and months that follow. For this is East Pakistan in 1971, a country
The average person wants one thing more than anything else, and that thing is to belong. Usha, a young girl from Calcutta, is no different. Already trying the find her place in the world, Usha must now assimilate into cultural society within the United States. Usha’s uncle, Pranab Kaku, came from Calcutta as well having first come to America, his experiences start off worse than Usha’s, which causes him to join the family in an act of social grouping. With the Old World trying to pull them back
originally known as Bengal. It is unclear where the name Bengal came from but it is believed that it was derived from Vanga, the Dravidian tribe that settled in the area around 1000 BC. By the 16th century, the Mughal Empire came to power. The Mughal Empire was a Persian speaking empire rooted in Islam that extended over large parts of the Indian subcontinent. During the Mughal administration, Portuguese traders from Goa began traveling the sea route through the Ganges to Bengal. In 1537, twenty years
When the topic of revolution comes up the first thing many individuals first think about the American revolution, but to Bengali people their greatest victory came from their own revolution against Pakistan. The downfalls and the hardships the Bengali people had to face along with the bloodshed caused by Pakistan when Bangladesh was simply a territory referred to as East Pakistan after the Partition of India will always remain the heart of this great nation. When the Bengali people were endowed