18Oct 2018 by admin

Short Summary of “The Bachelor of Arts” by R.K. Narayan

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The world offers a more inscrutable fate in Narayan’s second novel, The Bachelor of Arts (1937), where the youthful energy and irony of the young graduate Chandran only take him so far. Narayan’s dislike for the colonial education Swami and Chandran receive seems to have hardened into conviction by now: the system of education churns out “clerks for business and administrative offices,” and reduces India to a “nation of morons.”But a lot of clerks is what a dependent economy needs; there is really no way out for the intelligent and sensitive Chandran, who joins, as reluctantly as Swami once did, other adolescent students in playing at being grown up and serious. He is not at ease in doing so; he feels “distaste for himself’ as the secretary of his college’s…
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18Oct 2018 by admin

Essay on Hegel's Theory of State

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The most seminal contribution of Hegel to Political Philosophy is his theory of state. Like Plato, Hagel is a great system builder. His theory of state is rooted in the axiom: “What is rational is real and what is real is rational”. It means that whatever exists in the world is according to Reason and whatever is according to reason exists.Hegel’s theory of state is based on the basic premise about the gradual unfolding of Reason or Spirit or Absolute Idea through a dialectical process, Reason gets its perfect realisation in the state. Thus, the state is Reason personified. State is rational, state is real; therefore what is rational is real.Here, real does not only mean that which is empirical but that which is fundamental. In fact, Hegel distinguishes between…
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18Oct 2018 by admin

Views of John Stuart Mill on Representative Government–Essay

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Mill began his Representative Government by stating that we can only decide which is the best form of government, by examining which form of government fulfils most adequately the purposes of government.For Mill, the point of having a government was that it performed two main functions: it must use the existing qualities and skills of the citizens to best serve their interests, and it must improve the moral, intellectual and active qualities of these citizens.A despotic government may be able to fulfil the first purpose, but will fail in the second. Only a representative government is able to fulfil these two functions. It is a representative government that combines judiciously the two principles of participation and competence which is able to fulfil the two functions of protecting and educating the…
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17Oct 2018 by admin

Sketch of Chandran’s Character in R.K. Narayan’s Novel – The Bachelor of Arts!

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Chandran, the darling of his family is deeply attached to his parents: Chandran, the final year student of B.A. History in Albert Mission College, Malgudi and the hero of the novel is the son of H.C. Venkatachala Iyer, a retired District Judge. Chandran lives with his parents and younger brother, Seenu in their palatial house in Lawley Extension. Chandran is very much attached to his parents. image source: itsmylifenmyspace.files.wordpress.com ADVERTISEMENTS: Though Chandran is not their only son, he is the darling of the family. His brother Seenu is also very much attached to him, and when he is absent from home for long during his sanyas, he finds no one in the house except the cook to talk to. Chandran is very much attached to his parents. He spends some…
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17Oct 2018 by admin

Essay on Golden Treasury of Indo-Anglian Poetry

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The Golden Treasury of Indo-Anglian poetry edited by Prof. V.K. Gokak has listed about fifty earlier Indian poets writ­ing in English. While the most important of them have been discussed in the foregoing pages there are a number of others who, even if they were not of the stature of Sri Aurobindo, Tagore, Toru Dutt and Sarojini Naidu, had written poems of quality which deserve attention. These are poets who have more in common with the earlier poets rather than with the poets of the post-Independence period though many of them lived and wrote in the first few decades of the twentieth century.Behramji Malabari (1853-1912), for instance wrote in the style of the eighteenth century English poets, particularly like Pope and Dryden. His The Indian Muse in English Garb (1876)…
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17Oct 2018 by admin

Short Biography of Henry Louis Derozio

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Henry Louis Derozio (1809-31) was an Indian only in the sense that his mother was an Indian, for his father was Portuguese. Indian poetry in English may be said to have begun with this talented young man who was also a teacher of poetry who inspired in his pupils a great love for the language and literature of England. Unfortunately Derozio died young, at twenty-one. Though from his father Derozio had inherited a strong prejudice against Hindus and Hinduism, he had inher­ited from his mother a great love for India. image source: file2.answcdn.comDerozio was undoubtedly influenced by the Romantics, particularly by Byron, Scott, Shelley and Keats. As E.F. Oaten has observed, in both Keats and Derozio “there was a passionate temperament combined with unbounded sympathy with nature. Both died when…
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17Oct 2018 by admin

Short Summary of “Our Casuarina Tree” by Toru Dutt

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A huge python: The python refers here to the huge and heavy creeper which, by coiling round the giant tree, keeps it in an almost stifling embrace.Upto its very summit near the stars: This refers to the great height of the tree.Sung darkling from our tree: This obviously refers to some sweet-singing bird which pours forth its melodies from its dark habitat in the tree. The word ‘darkling’ is reminiscent of Keat’s use of it in his “Ode to a Nightingale”. image source: lucylivg29.files.wordpress.com ADVERTISEMENTS: The idea of the garden overflowing with the song poured forth by an unseen bird is itself very reminiscent of the poetry of the Romantics. Casement: Window; reminiscent again of the ‘magic casements’ in Keats’s Ode.Baboon: a kind of large ape with short tail.15-19: the…
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17Oct 2018 by admin

Short Summary of “Thought the, Paraclete” by Sri Aurobindo

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Thought, the Paraclete is a mystic poem which opens up a vision or revelation of an ascent through spiritual planes. It may lend itself to a descriptive interpretation or help the emergence of a general idea but what is really important in it is the vision, what one can apprehend through intuitive perception rather than through logical explanation. If poetry has its origin in a spiritual experience, it has to be perceived only intuitively.As Dr. Iyengar has observed, the central idea of the poem is the transformation of the self brought about as a result of the as­cent of consciousness to the supramental level. This idea is suggested by the imagery and the music rather than explained in terms of logical argument. Dr. Iyengar identifies in the poem four separate…
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16Oct 2018 by admin

Speech on Modern Technology (525 Words)

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What are you looking for? The latest LCD or the latest palmtop available in the market? Bikes have always been the bad boys’ favourite toy! So which are you going for? The one that can jump from 0 to 90 km/hr in seconds? And what about your latest mobile? Does it have a 4.5 mega-pixel camera with other features like MP3 player, built in recording system that can record any conversation and FM music? Yes! Does it have a palmtop with proper Internet facilities? What would you prefer, 2G or 3G? Not the scams, silly!Technology today has truly come of age. We have some rare advantages in our life which would have been unimaginable even three decades ago. If we go back just a hundred years, we shall be shocked…
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16Oct 2018 by admin

Short Speech on the Problems Faced by Teenagers

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The old order changeth, yielding place to new. When the son or daughter becomes a teenager, the parents expect a responsible shoulder by their side who can be their friend as well. But a difference in basic values and an inevitable aspect of generation-gap does produce complications.Teenagers today live in a global world glorifying the ‘greed is good’ mantra and attitude above everything else. They struggle to divide their time among school or college, tuitions, music, Internet browsing, phone, shopping and so on. There is also a cultural crisis that has afflicted the teenagers today. A very casual attitude towards some very serious affairs in life is what is frequently seen in them.The media glorifies the ‘rebel’ teen who makes fun of the traditional ideas of his parents or who…
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