Shiv Sena Essays

  • Capitalist Globalization In Katherine Boo's Behind The Beautiful Forevers

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    better understanding of the main argument that’s present. Asha is a prime example for someone who’s life was negatively impacted by capitalist globalization. Asha is a teacher who has invested herself heavily in politics. She wants to represent the shiv sena party. She is a cunning and cold-hearted. Asha has a daughter, Manju. Asha wants to arrange a marriage for Manju, so Asha can benefit from the marriage. She is willing to sleep with men, using money as a persuasion tool and engaging in other illegal

  • Summary Of Behind The Beautiful Forevers By Katherine Boo

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    fire, despite the fact that he is innocent. The novel then skips backward to seven months before the burning. Another slum resident, Asha, dreams of being the first female slumlord of Annawadi, through whatever means necessary such as helping the Shiv Sena party. Asha sends her daughter, Manju, to college so that she will be able to improve their family’s situation. The conglomerate that owns the land on which Annawadi has been built is constantly threatening to demolish the slum

  • Behind The Beautiful Forevers Language Analysis

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    Language, amongst others, is the most powerful tool anyone can use. It can be used to make or prevent, violence and peace. When used well, language can promote deep feelings, motivate others, and define relationships. Faulty language is used often to put others down or to oppress. In the novels, Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo, and Kindred by Octavia Butler, language is used to oppress and mistreat others steadily throughout the books. Oppression is state of being subject to unjust

  • Roustad Quotes

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    The events in a person’s life can change the way a person thinks and behaves. In the novel such a long journey by Rohinton Mistry, the main character Gustad faces many obstacles in life, and that leads to him becoming a better person as the novel progresses. Gustad Noble starts off as a negative, tough, and a stubborn person, but later on he turns into more of a perceptive, open minded, and a positive person. The main character Gustad, goes through the events such as father and son conflicts because

  • Behind The Beautiful Forevers Essay

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    like the oppression of women. This occurs the most through a character named Asha. Asha is a mother of three who had to raise them almost as a single parent because her husband was an alcoholic, and she also is a part of a political party called Shiv Sena. Asha plans to break social norms by becoming the first female slumlord and her daughter Manju plans on being the first female to graduate from college. Through this information alone it is clear to see that the Annawadi society in BTBF considers

  • Behind The Beautiful Forever Summary

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    The book, Behind the Beautiful forever, by Katherine Boo is an insightful and informative non-fiction account of a slum called Annawadi in India and the interconnected lives of the families and inhabitants of the community. It is a story of abject poverty, corruption, and inequalities, but also a story of hope which showed in the slum dwellers dreams and aspirations despite the limited opportunities. It is a story of 3 major families, with other certain slum dwellers such as the scavengers and road

  • Freedom Of Speech In India

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    India is world’s largest democracy. Also, the Constitution of India is the lengthiest written Constitution of the world. One of the most peculiar features of the Indian Constitution is the Fundamental Right of Freedom of speech and expression that it guarantees to the citizen of India The Preamble of the Constitution also speaks of liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship. It also says that India is a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic. When it comes to democracy

  • Summary Of Behind The Beautiful Forevers By Katherine Boo

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    through the Annawadi resident Asha Waghekar, a kindergarten teacher that possesses extensive influence in the settlement, and aims to be the first female slumlord of Annawadi. Asha aims to do this with the help of Subhash Sawant, a member of the Shiv Sena party, a predominantly Hindu party that is highly prejudiced against migrants from northern Indian states, and is the highly corrupted Corporator of Ward 76 in which Annawadi resides. In the book, the clever and corrupt Asha, uses her political connections

  • Sikhism: A Sociological Analysis

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    An individual in the wider spectrum of the society defines himself by his specific identity as it plays a major role in the thoughts, actions and orientation of a particular individual existing in both the public and the private life. It can be defined as the ‘condition of sameness’ with other individuals and something that would continue over time and space. This essay explores the construction of identity, in particular religious identity. I would take the case of Sikhism and its construction