Indian Social Milieu In The Novels Of Chetan Bhagat And Aravind Adiga

Author : Dr.Harleen Kaur Ruprah
Publisher : Shashwat Publication
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 9788119908899

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Indian Social Milieu in the novels of Chetan Bhagat and Aravind Adiga by Dr.Harleen Kaur Ruprah Pdf

Many writers are also social critics who aptly use their platform to raise awareness of social issues, challenge power structures and promote social change. Aravind Adiga and Chetan Bhagat are two such writers who have mirrored the true face of the modern society unveiling the core mindset of the youth. Both the writers are activists of the present age who highlight social issues concerning bribery, poverty, dishonesty, casteism, corruption and degeneration of values in the Indian contemporary society. Their novels are the amalgamation of fantasy and reality. They have portrayed a true face of modern Indian society by describing the change in social, cultural as well as political scenario through their imaginary characters.

Author : Shitalbabu Ambadas Tayade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9390155207

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The Theme of Alienation and Exploitation in Chetan Bhagat's Novels by Shitalbabu Ambadas Tayade Pdf

Author : Aravind Adiga
Publisher : Free Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982167660

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The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Pdf

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE The stunning Booker Prize–winning novel from the author of Amnesty and Selection Day that critics have likened to Richard Wright’s Native Son, The White Tiger follows a darkly comic Bangalore driver through the poverty and corruption of modern India’s caste society. “This is the authentic voice of the Third World, like you've never heard it before” (John Burdett, Bangkok 8). The white tiger of this novel is Balram Halwai, a poor Indian villager whose great ambition leads him to the zenith of Indian business culture, the world of the Bangalore entrepreneur. On the occasion of the president of China’s impending trip to Bangalore, Balram writes a letter to him describing his transformation and his experience as driver and servant to a wealthy Indian family, which he thinks exemplifies the contradictions and complications of Indian society. Recalling The Death of Vishnu and Bangkok 8 in ambition, scope, The White Tiger is narrative genius with a mischief and personality all its own. Amoral, irreverent, deeply endearing, and utterly contemporary, this novel is an international publishing sensation—and a startling, provocative debut.

Author : Ulka Anjaria
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107079960

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A History of the Indian Novel in English by Ulka Anjaria Pdf

A History of the Indian Novel in English traces the development of the Indian novel from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century up until the present day. Beginning with an extensive introduction that charts important theoretical contributions to the field, this History includes extensive essays that shed light on the legacy of English in Indian writing. Organized thematically, these essays examine how English was "made Indian" by writers who used the language to address specifically Indian concerns. Such concerns revolved around the question of what it means to be modern as well as how the novel could be used for anti-colonial activism. By the 1980s, the Indian novel in English was a global phenomenon, and India is now the third largest publisher of English-language books. Written by a host of leading scholars, this History invites readers to question conventional accounts of India's literary history.

Author : Manish D. Singh
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781646505944

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Kaalchakra Chronicles by Manish D. Singh Pdf

451 BCE A young and promising prince follows the teachings of his secret teacher and goes out in search of Truth. 261 BCE The prominent King of India is manipulated by his advisor to wage a war on Kalinga. The war is won, but a mighty kingdom falls as the king renounces his empire. 1857 CE A nameless soldier is provoked by his mentor to fight against the East India Company and trigger the greatest revolt of all time. 2012 CE, New Delhi Agastya, a criminal psychology student, is recovering from the loss of his sister; he is driven by the promise he made to her. Sharang, a top cop, is caught in his own web of lies. Siddharth, an assistant to an archaeologist, is searching for his missing boss Alankrit. Their paths cross when a serial killer goes on a killing spree in the city. A serial killer who is supported by the citizens. As the case unfolds, Agastya, Sharang and Siddharth start to question their destiny. Little do they know that their destinies have already been decided beforehand – by the very man who has manipulated Gautam Buddha, King Ashoka and Mangal Pandey in the past. Now he is back to execute the final phase of his plan that will change the course of the human race. But for good? Or for bad?

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781410392879

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A Study Guide for Aravind Adiga's "The White Tiger" by Gale, Cengage Learning Pdf

A Study Guide for Aravind Adiga's "The White Tiger", excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.

Author : Dipak Giri
Publisher : Vishwabharati Research Centre, Latur, India
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789383109821

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Indian English Novel: Styles & Motives by Dipak Giri Pdf

About the book: The book Indian English Novel: Styles and Motives is an anthology of twenty two well explored research articles. It presents diverse facets of motive and stylistic approach adopted by the eminent Indian English novelists from time to time. Authors have tried to bring into surface many new ideas related to Indian English novel. Works and authors taken into consideration are made worthy to be discussed in this anthology and the main focus of this anthology lies in throwing light upon the style and the motive of Indian English novel written by both native and diasporic writers. Works of almost all the Indian novelists from late Indian writer Rabindranath Tagore to recent Indian writer Chetan Bhagat are taken into focal point of discussion and the anthology has hardly missed any important master of fiction and his or her important work of art as regards Indian English novel. In addition to content, the introductory note of this anthology is very resourceful to understand the changing trend of style and motif of Indian English novel. The book will be helpful for both academic and research purposes. About the Editor: Dipak Giri- M.A. (Double), B.Ed. - is a Ph. D. Research Scholar in Raiganj University, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur (W.B.). He is working as an Assistant Teacher in Katamari High School (H.S.), Cooch Behar, West Bengal. He is an Academic Counsellor in Netaji Subhas Open University, Cooch Behar College Study Centre, Cooch Behar, West Bengal. He was formerly Part-Time Lecturer in Cooch Behar College, Vivekananda College and Thakur Panchanan Mahila Mahavidyalaya, West Bengal and worked as a Guest Lecturer in Dewanhat College, West Bengal. He has the credit of qualifying U.G.C.-N.E.T. two times. He has attended seminars on national and state levels sponsored by U.G.C. Along with this book on Indian English novel, he has also edited a book on Indian English drama, entitled Indian English Drama: Themes and Techniques. He is a well-known academician and has published many scholarly research articles in books and journals of both national and international repute. His area of studies includes Post-Colonial Literature, Indian Writing in English, Dalit Literature, Feminism and Gender Studies.

Author : Nandini Gooptu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134511792

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Enterprise Culture in Neoliberal India by Nandini Gooptu Pdf

The promotion of an enterprise culture and entrepreneurship in India in recent decades has had far-reaching implications beyond the economy, and transformed social and cultural attitudes and conduct. This book brings together pioneering research on the nature of India’s enterprise culture, covering a range of different themes: workplace, education, religion, trade, films, media, youth identity, gender relations, class formation and urban politics. Based on extensive empirical and ethnographic research by the contributors, the book shows the myriad manifestations of enterprise culture and the making of the aspiring, enterprising-self in public culture, social practice, and personal lives, ranging from attempts to construct hegemonic ideas in public discourse, to appropriation by individuals and groups with unintended consequences, to forms of contested and contradictory expression. It discusses what is ‘new’ about enterprise culture and how it relates to pre-existing ideas, and goes on to look at the processes and mechanisms through which enterprise culture is becoming entrenched, as well as how it affects different classes and communities. The book highlights the social and political implications of enterprise culture and how it recasts family and interpersonal relationships as well as personal and collective identity. Illuminating one of the most important aspects of India’s current economic and social transformation, this book is of interest to students and scholars of Asian Business, Sociology, Anthropology, Development Studies and Media and Cultural Studies.

Author : Mrinalini Chakravorty
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231537766

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In Stereotype by Mrinalini Chakravorty Pdf

In Stereotype confronts the importance of cultural stereotypes in shaping the ethics and reach of global literature. Mrinalini Chakravorty focuses on the seductive force and explanatory power of stereotypes in multiple South Asian contexts, whether depicting hunger, crowdedness, filth, slums, death, migrant flight, terror, or outsourcing. She argues that such commonplaces are crucial to defining cultural identity in contemporary literature and shows how the stereotype's ambivalent nature exposes the crises of liberal development in South Asia. In Stereotype considers the influential work of Salman Rushdie, Aravind Adiga, Michael Ondaatje, Monica Ali, Mohsin Hamid, and Chetan Bhagat, among others, to illustrate how stereotypes about South Asia provide insight into the material and psychic investments of contemporary imaginative texts: the colonial novel, the transnational film, and the international best-seller. Probing circumstances that range from the independence of the Indian subcontinent to poverty tourism, civil war, migration, domestic labor, and terrorist radicalism, Chakravorty builds an interpretive lens for reading literary representations of cultural and global difference. In the process, she also reevaluates the fascination with transnational novels and films that manufacture global differences by staging intersubjective encounters between cultures through stereotypes.

Author : Mukti Lakhi Mangharam
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350200838

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Freedom Inc.: Gendered Capitalism in New Indian Literature and Culture by Mukti Lakhi Mangharam Pdf

While globalization is often credited with the eradication of 'traditional' constraints tied to gender and caste, in reality the opening up of the Indian economy in the 1990s has led to a decline in freedom for many female, Dalit, and lower class Indians. This book explores the contraction of what it means to be free in post-liberalization India, examining how global capitalism has exacerbated existing inequalities based on traditional femininities and masculinities, while also creating new hierarchies. Freedom Inc. argues that post-1990s literature and culture frequently represents and reinforces the equation of free-market capitalism with individual freedom within the new 'idea of India.' However, many texts often also challenge this logic by pointing to more expansive horizons of autonomy for the gendered self. Through readings of texts as diverse as Dalit women's life-writing, pop fiction, realist novels, self-help, regional film, and Netflix TV shows, Mangharam investigates how notions like 'free trade,' 'entrepreneurship,' and 'self-help' are experienced, embodied, and challenged by disadvantaged peoples, and by women differently than men. In the process, Freedom Inc. explores how different literary forms illuminate alternative and buried pathways to fuller freedoms.

Author : Mundra Divyansh
Publisher : BecomeShakespeare.com
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789388573399

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SECRET OF THE HIMALAYAN TREASURE by Mundra Divyansh Pdf

THE OLDEST SECRET SOCIETY OF INDIA. THE GREATEST TREASURE IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND. THE MOST EPIC MYSTERY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD. When the richest man of India confesses to being part of a secret society in a live press conference; chaos ensues. His daughter Aanya Vashishtha takes the help of Aarav Kohrrathi, a brilliant but egoistic treasure hunter and his friend Rehann to solve the mystery of The Ring of the Seven, a society of influential men who are tasked to protect the greatest treasure in history. What starts off as a quest to uncover her father’s secret leads them to something bigger which they themselves couldn’t have fathomed. They take the help from her father’s associate, Shayna Maheshwari, a billionaire banker and someone herself involved with the secret, as they progress towards a treasure hidden somewhere in the Himalayas. They brave bullets, puzzles, deadly chases, cult of assassins, and betrayal as their quest takes them across the length and breadth of South Asia; from the bustling metropolises of Mumbai and Delhi to the ancient temples of Nepal; from the serene beaches of Sri Lanka to the towering mountains of the Himalayas. They try to uncover a set of secret books of lost arts, which are believed to reveal the map of the treasure, and strive to discover the identities of the masters of the Ring of the Seven to solve the penultimate mystery. In a tale of love and loss, logic and emotions, religion and history, action and adventure, and the trial of a few good men against the most powerful organization in the history of mankind. Will they find the secret of the Himalayan treasure?

Author : Aravind Adiga
Publisher : Scribner
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1982117532

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Selection Day by Aravind Adiga Pdf

From the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of The White Tiger and Amnesty, a “ferociously brilliant” (Slate) novel about two brothers coming of age in a Mumbai slum, raised by their crazy, obsessive father to be cricket champions. *A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES * AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * A NEW YORK TIMES and WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK Manjunath Kumar is fourteen and living in a slum in Mumbai. He knows he is good at cricket—if not as good as his older brother, Radha. He knows that he fears and resents his domineering and cricket-obsessed father, admires his brilliantly talented sibling, and is fascinated by curious scientific facts and the world of CSI. But there are many things, about himself and about the world, that he doesn’t know. Sometimes it even seems as though everyone has a clear idea of who Manju should be, except Manju himself. When Manju meets Radha’s great rival, a mysterious Muslim boy privileged and confident in all the ways Manju is not, everything in Manju’s world begins to change, and he is faced by decisions that will challenge his sense of self and of the world around him. Filled with unforgettable characters from across India’s social strata—the old scout everyone calls Tommy Sir; Anand Mehta, the big-dreaming investor; Sofia, a wealthy, beautiful girl and the boys’ biggest fan—Selection Day “brings a family, a city, and an entire country to scabrous and antic life” (Chicago Tribune).

Author : Sudeep Nagarkar
Publisher : Random House India
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788184004540

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It Started with a Friend Request by Sudeep Nagarkar Pdf

Why don't we feel the moment when we fall in love but always remember when it ends? Akash is young, single and conservative with a preference for girls with brains than in miniskirts. One day, he runs into free-spirited Aleesha at a local discotheque. A mass-media student, Aleesha is a pampered brat, the only child of her parents who dote on her. This brief meeting leads them to exchange their BlackBerry PINs and they begin chatting regularly. As BlackBerry plays cupid, they fall in love. When they hit a rough patch in their life, Aditya, Akash's close pal, guides them through it. But just when they are about to take their relationship to the next level, a sudden misfortune strikes. Can Aditya bring Akash's derailed life back on track? It Started with a Friend Request is a true story which will make you believe in love like never before.

Author : Khushwant Singh
Publisher : Juggernaut Books
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : National characteristics, East Indian
ISBN : 9788193284131

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We Indians by Khushwant Singh Pdf

A sharp and funny dissection of different aspects of the Indian character, from our attitude to sex, religion and women to our views on corruption and the English language. Irreverent and full of witty observations, this is a Khushwant Singh classic!

Author : Rumina Sethi,Letizia Alterno
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000422924

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Reading India in a Transnational Era by Rumina Sethi,Letizia Alterno Pdf

This anthology demonstrates the significance of Raja Rao’s writing in the broader spectrum of anti-colonial, postcolonial, and diasporic writing in the 20th century. In addition to highlighting Rao’s significant presence in Indian writing, the volume presents a range of previously unpublished material which contextualises Rao’s work within 20th-century modernist, postmodernist, and postcolonial trends. Exploring both his fictional and non-fictional works, Reading India in a Transnational Era engages with issues of subaltern agency and national belonging, authenticity, subjectivity, internationalism, multicultural politics, postcolonialism, and literary and cultural representation through language and translation. A literary volume that discusses gender and identity on both socio-political grounds, apart from dealing with Rao’s linguistic experimentations in a transnational era, will be of interest among scholars and researchers of English, postcolonial and world literature, cultural theory, and Asian studies.