Mulk raj anand biography of barack obama
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In Search of Place, Consequently Displaced- With Reference to Mulk Raj Anand’s Two Leaves and A Bud
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It was his destiny that made him to believe on cunning con Buta and readily agreed to travel to Assam to take on a plantation job that would pay well and allow him to repay all his debts and own a piece of land. But who can imagine the uncertainty of the Divine Plan.
Though he agreed to go with Buta and to leave his land but he had something in the deep recesses of heart that was pricking his inner self. This pain of pricking and sadness of separation is the accompaniment of every Diaspora.
"When Gangu looked at other passengers, mostly coolies from various parts of India, and mused they are young and healthy and I am getting old. I have only a few years to live and I should have liked to die among my kith and kin rather than in this jungle….."(P.6) "…….For a moment, he felt as if the worms of death were crawling through his belly and gnawing at the flesh inside him."(p.6) That"s the starving belly and sometimes aspirations as well that makes a man to run and act against inherent desires. To get himself relieved from the harsh realities of present, he tried to "shake himself and switched his mind off to the little mud hut by the tank in his
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Washington, March 8
Dr Kamal D Verma, an acclaimed scholar of South Asian literature, died of natural causes this week here in the American capital. He would have turned 92 in April.
Professor Verma taught for 42 years at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ) in Pennsylvania. After retirement, he continued to serve as Professor Emeritus and an advisor to the University President, focusing on recruiting more diverse faculty and students from South Asia.
He was also one of the founding members of the South Asian Review and the South Asian Literary Association — two nationally acclaimed scholarly efforts aimed to promote Indian and other South Asian writers and ideas.
Dr Jem Spectar, President of UPJ, called Dr Verma “a brilliant scholar, an exceptional teacher and guide, a highly respected colleague, and a dear friend”.
“His students speak of a great intellect: a professor who deepened their critical thinking, analytical, and writing skills, someone who deepened their understanding of our world, and someone whose classes prepared them for lifelong success,” Spectar said.
Dr Verma was born in 1932 in Punjab, India. He was the eldest child in a large family, and the first member of his extended family to attend college.
He completed his BA from DAV College, Jaland
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