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An Introduction by Kamala Das | Autobigraphical poem

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 An Introduction by Kamala Das Que. Discuss Kamala Das as a Confessional poet with reference to 'An introduction'. Or Que. Discuss An Introduction as an autobiographical poem of Kamala Das. Introduction : Kamala Das :- Kamala Das popularly known by her one-time pen name Madhavikutty is one of the most popular Indo-Anglian poets. Her popularity is based chiefly on her short stories and autobiography, while her oeuvre in English, written under the name Kamala Das, is noted for the poems and explicit autobiography. She was also a widely read columnist and wrote on diverse topics including women's issues, child care, politics among others etc. Kamala's poetry is confessional and autobiographical. Her poems have often been considered at par with those of Anne Sexton and Robert Lowell . Here we find the best expression of feminine sensibility. She expresses her desire for love with open boldness and great  frankness.  Kamala Das Profile Born 31 March...

Critical Analysis of Untouchable by M. R. Anand

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 Critical Analysis of Untouchable by M.R. Anand  Novel Untouchable Written By MR Anand Main Character Bakha Created by M. R. Anand Era 20th century Father Lakha Sister Sohini Others Rakha, Hutchison, Kalinath, Charan Singh etc. Genre Realistic Fiction The untouchable published in 1935 is a short novel (novella) by Mulk Raj Anand in the Indian English literature. He recognised for his depiction of the lives of the poorer castes in traditional Indian society. One of the pioneers of Indo-Anglian fiction, he, together with R. K. Narayan and Raja Rao forms the great (major) trio. He was one of the first India-based writers in English to gain an International readership.  Anand is admired for his novels and short stories; he is noted for the perceptive insight into the lives of the oppressed people and for the analysis of impoverishment, exploitation and misfortune of the oppresse...

Themes of novel Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand

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Themes & Issues in Untouchable by M.R. Anand Que. Discuss the issues and themes of the novel Untouchable by MR Anand. Or Q. What is the theme of M.R. Anand's novel Untouchable? Mukul Raj Anand Profile Born 12 dec 1905, Peshawar Died 28 Sep 2008, Pune Era 20th century Genre Realistic fiction Notable works Untouchable, Coolie, Seven ages of man Awards International peace prize, Padma Bhushan, sahitya akademi award Founded MARG Introduction : Untouchable & its Theme : The novel untouchable published in 1935 is a short novel (novella) by Mulk Raj Anand in the Indian English literature. M R Anand along with RK Narayan and Raja Rao forms the great (major) trio. The novel untouchable is one of the most celebrated novels in Indian English literature. It renders a realistic depiction of the life of an untouchable boy named Bakha who was a sweeper by profession, an untouchable. It's Central theme ...

Untouchable by Mukul Raj Anand

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Untouchable by M R Anand Introduction : M R Anand :- Novelist Mukul Raj Anand appearance Born 12 dec 1905, Peshawar Died 28 Sep 2008, Pune Era 20th century Genre Realistic fiction Notable works Untouchable, Coolie, Seven ages of man Awards International peace prize, Padma Bhushan, sahitya akademi award Founded MARG 🔹 He developed friendship with bloomsbury group. 🔹Mulk Raj Anand supported India's freedom struggle. He also supported freedom movements in other parts of the world especially Spain during the Spanish civil war.  🔹He was a journalist during the World War 2, where he served the BBC. 🔹Mulk Raj Anand highlighted the prominent figures' contributions towards Indian freedom struggle and their progressive views on humanism.  🔹He was conferred with the prestigious Sahitya Academy Award for The morning face in 1968.  Table of Contents: 1) Untouchable (Novel) 2) Themes and issues in nove...

Word, Roots, Affixes & Types of Affixes

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 Word, Root word, Affixes & Types of Affixes Que. Explain roots and affixes. Also write in detail about types of affixes. Words, roots and affixes are basic units or elements in a language that by combining with each other in a certain way create new words, sometimes changing the grammatical meanings of the word completely or only the part of speech. Before discussing about the roots and basic words let's first discuss what a words is: Word : a word is a minimal free unit having the distinctive meaning in itself. A word may consist of a single morpheme as in red, white, boy, Run etc. or more than one morphemes as in redness, boys, running, quickly . Word can be used in different senses, for example, as a physical unit and as a semantic entity. The physical entities, the written or spoken forms of a word are called word forms. For example, talk, talked, talking are different word forms of word talk. Words can be combined together to form phrases, clauses and sentences. Spoke...

Morph, Morpheme & Allomorph

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 Morph, Morpheme & Allomorph  Morph, Morpheme and Allomorph are the units of a Language that are studied under Morphology, a branch of linguistics. Morphology is the field of linguistics focused on the study of the forms and the formation of words in a language including their inflection, derivation and composition. It is the study of the smallest grammatical unit of a language. These basic elements are technically known as morphemes. Let's now discuss what a Morpheme is: Morpheme : Morpheme is the smallest indivisible unit having meaningful content and grammatical function. According to George Yule- a morpheme is a minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function. " a morpheme is the smallest contrastive unit of grammar" . for example, the word book and pen both are the smallest units and are contrastive that means they are not the same or identical. Smallest means they can not be further subdivided, if we divide them further they will result into meaningless rem...