Indian writing in English Raja Rammohan Ray was the first Indian to effectively express himself in black and white through English though he was initiated to the language when he was in his teens. Thereafter Vivekananda showed his perfect masterly over the language through his evocative prose, which made the west sit up and take notice of the greatness of Hinduism. Tagore also had written some poems in English. However, there is no denying the fact that Indian writings in English were extremely
Indian lit. in english paper The Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand Mulk Raj Anand, one of the most highly regarded Indian novelists writing in English, was born in Peshawar in 1905. He was educated at the universities of Lahore, London and Cambridge, and lived in England for many years, finally settling in a village in Western India after the war. His main concern has always been for "the creatures in the lower depths of Indian society who once were men and women: the rejected, who has no way to articulate
English is closely tied to at least two of the three major phases in human history: modern and postmodern. English has played a most significant role in the transition from modernity to postmodernity. An English factor is found in almost every key macro trend: be it business process outsourcing, the rise of urban middle class worldwide, the development of new communications technology, the changing nature and control of news media, or the reform of higher education. India, managing simultaneously
Indian English Literature is a genre deep rooted in the cultural scenario of the Indian soil. As a literary genre, it has contributed towards the formation and the reformation of the processed identity of the nation as a whole. Special mention should also be made about the contribution of Indian women writers in English towards the identity formation of India with regard to their poignant novels. In the realm of fiction, Indian women novelists have heralded a new era and have earned many laurels
It is stated that the study of the English language was imposed upon Indians by Lord Macaulay with the sole purpose of benefiting the British administration in India. It has given India an edge over every county where English is considered a foreign language. Right now, in India, English plays a major role in all domains, such as, education, administration, politics, industry, etc. and is therefore helps in attaining social mobility, higher education and a better job opportunity. It is become an
centuries ago, English was spoken by elite sections and rich people in India. Today there are more non-native speakers than native users of English all over the world. English is nowadays official language in over 60 countries. At the time Indian independence, English was the language which was for only administration. India, after becoming independent in 1947, was left with a colonial language, in this case English, as the language of government. Kachru (1986: 111) rightly says that “English functions
English is a foreign language but since the British came to India the language has an impact on several fields in education, literary effort and as a medium of communication. Indian English Literature refers to that body of work by writers from India, who writes in the English language and whose native or co-native language could be one of the numerous regional and indigenous languages of India. English literature in India is also linked with the works of writers of the Indian Diaspora
of non-native varieties in his book –‘The Alchemy of English’ where varieties are used. “Each regional variety of English has its distinct historical, acquisition and cultural context, the genesis of each variety must be seen with in that perspective”. (Kachru 1985,1986; Kachru & Nelson 1996; Canagarajah,1999) are of the view “that the target language culture should not be taught with English language learning in countries where English is regarded as an institutionalized variety”. (Alptekin
English Indian Clays Ltd About the Company English Indian Clays Limited (EICL, has two key business segments viz Clay Business and Starch Business with strong R&D set-up at all its three manufacturing locations. English Indian Clays Limited was incorporated on 18th November 1963, in technical and financial collaboration with English China Clays Limited, UK (now known as ECC Group plc, UK). The collaboration with ECC ceased in the year 1992. EICL has since been actively engaged in the manufacture
between the Abenaki Indians and the English at Casco Bay? What argument does Sauguaarum then make in regard to it? What insights to gain from his perspective? The terms of the Treaty included the acknowledgement of Indian tribes’ asking for forgiveness and the English dominating Indian trade and commerce. There were other terms that included the English being able to use Indian land for recreational use and any “remedy or redress” (Calloway 174) being brought to justice based on English laws. Overall
Modern Indian poetry in English can be defined as poetry written/published from 1947 onwards (the year India gained Independence from British rule), by poets of Indian origin, born or settled outside India writing in the English language. After, the fall of colonial empire new literature from the colonized countries emerged depicting the local sensitivity and adding the local spices and color in terms of native cultural discourse on the world literature map. Historically if we see English language
In India, English has been in use for more than four centuries. Its presence was established by traders of the East India Company so it was first the language of the early merchants, missioners and settlers. English became the official and academic language of India by the early twentieth century. The rising of the nationalist movement in the 1920's that attempted to introduce Hindi as the National language of India brought some anti-English sentiment, especially in the non-Hindi-speaking states
century struggles for securing women's suffrage or voting rights in the western countries, and the later well-organized socio-political movement for women's emancipation from patriarchal oppression. The feminist ideologies began to influence the English literature in India. In the 20th century, women’s writing was considered as a powerful medium of modernism and feminist statements. The majority of the novels depicts the psychological suffering of the frustrated housewife and oppressed lives of women
female quest for identity has been a pet theme for many Indian English writers. The quest, search, uprootedness, rootlessness, struggle for ‘I’, struggle for existence are the major issues in these writings. They indicate the arrival of a ‘new Indian woman’. These women are
has been a great deal of experimentation in the use of the English language in Indian English Literature. A few writers who wrote novels in English in the early part of twentieth century used the language carefully, with stiff correctness, always aware that it was a foreign tongue. In the 30s one notices a sudden development of Indian English Novel, in quantity as well as quality and this is because of their confidence in the use of English language as one of India’s many other languages. Out of this
novels of Indian women novelists of post-independence age as can be seen in the works of kamala Markandaya, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Anita Desai and Nayantara Sehgal. The women writers of India have given a new dimension to the Indian literature. Indian English literature has developed over a period of time and writing in English did not start in a day. It took many years and several distinguished personalities to bring the present status and distinction to Indian English literature. Indian literature
Indian English literature, fairly plausible spurs consideration from every quarter of the country manufacture the genre admired in its own precise. Creative writing in English is looked at as a primary part of literary belief in the Indian perspective of honest endeavor to make obvious the ever extraordinary gems of Indian writing in English. Style of Indian English literature “stylistic influence” from the local languages appears to be an outstanding characteristic of much of the Indian literature
them" attitude is exemplified in Forster's representation of The Other. Separation of the British and the Indian exists along cultural lines, specifically religious/spiritual differences. Savage or ungodly cultures were to be assimilated into or at the least governed by Christians, and converted. The separation between the English and the Indian occurs when the Christian assumes the Indians are an ungodly people, in need of spiritual salvation, a race below their own, and entirely unlike them. This
treatment of the Indians during this time period was harsh, cruel, and violent to say the least. It is in this treatment that Americans came to view the Indians as a ?racialized other? and where race began to matter. This early thinking is what created our American identity which is based on race. In the early settling of this country, when the English first encountered the Indians they viewed them as uncivilized beasts. ?The first English colonizers in the New World found that the Indians reminded them
Canadian Indian Act was issued in 1876. Though it has been revised numerous times, this hundred and thirty year old legislation has been left virtually unchanged. Established in order to ensure the assimilation of Native Americans in Canada, the Indian Act instead had achieved the total opposite. It has made this distinction more and has given immense power to the government, letting them control all who reside on the reserves. It was then that the distinction between Status Indians and Non-Status