The English language became an incisive and strong instrument in the hands of Mahatma Gandhi for freedom. He edited and wrote for papers like ‘Young India’ and ‘Harijan’. He also had penned his autobiography, My Experiments with truth, which is known for its literary flair. Jawaharlal Nehru stands out as another prominent leader, who had excellence in writing prose, all of them taking the budding Indian English literature of British India, to heights of excellence and merits. Nehru is however particularly
of the Indian English novels of recent times written by migrant writers have chosen materials for their art from contemporary Indian socio-cultural situations. They also undertake the exploration of the relationship between the East and the West. It has become a recurring theme in contemporary Indian English fiction because of the nature of the linguistic medium the novelist uses. Fictional reworking of mythology and history has given new significance and possibilities to the Indian English novel
The distinctiveness of Indian theatrical tradition in the dramatic cultures of the world—its antiquity as well as its aesthetic appeal—is more or less indisputable today. The roots of theatre in India are ancient and deep-seated. Theatrical expression of some kind or the other has been since primitive and mythic times, an integral part of Indian life. Our knowledge about the initial, primitive stage of theatrical activity in India is very meagre. However one can safely say that theatre in India as
Shastri became Prime Minister, he decided to run with Hindi and English . When in 1949 was named the first official language of Hindi Hindi spreading south and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had constituted meeting of the 15-year tenure at the Hindi slang made popular in South India but it did not happen . Hindi was given the status of official language in 1949, when it was decided to January 26, 1965, the only official language of the Indian Union will be the only Hindi. But after a lapse of 15 years when
dominant language. Furthermore, even within a language, there are different varieties, such as in the case of English, where a multitude of varieties exist, including British English, American English, Hong Kong English, and Indian English. These branches can be broken down even further, and can be seen in one instance using British English as an example. Within the broad umbrella of British English, there exists a number of regional dialects, such as Cockney, Cheshire, and the most popular variant, Received
The role of writing strategies in the process of writing has become more and more important and differences between more and less proficient learners have been found in the number and range of strategies used, in how the strategies are applied to the task, and in appropriateness of the strategies for the tasks (Chien, 2010; Hu & Chen, 2007; Mu & Carrington, 2007; Ridhuan & Abdullah, 2009). This implies the interplay of a number of components for successful application of writing strategies. Having
Until the beginning of the 20th century there was no formal education available for Dalits. Dalit literature as a genre emerged only in 1970’s through some of the Dalit protest movements in Maharshtra and Andhra Pradesh. Dalit literature is the literature produced by the Dalit consciousness. Human freedom is the inspiration behind it. Dalit literature must be written from the Dalit point of view and with a Dalit vision. The “Dalit view point” calls for writer to internalise the sorrows and sufferings
Preface to Lyrical Ballads. After Wordsworth, Matthew Arnold also was very vocal on this issue and called poetry “the criticism of life”. The man who was as good a critic as a poet was T.S Eliot who also came out with his own theory of poetry. No Indian English poet including Nissim Ezekiel, Shiv K Kumar and Jayant Mahapatra has given a theory of poetry. They have written wonderful poetry but they never considered it their concern to point what is poetry and what a poet is expected to do. But it does
to higher education. This essay is attempted to explore the relationship between globalization and primary school education in Hong Kong. The first part will discuss various definitions of globalization of different scholars views. The second part of the essay will be concentrate to discuss the pros and cons of how globalization affects teaching in Hong Kong. It will then be followed by a conclusion of the whole idea of globalization in Hong Kong education. Literature Review Globalization is a term