A Different History by Sujata Bhatt Wednesday November 09th 2011‚ 9:59 am Filed under: A Different History This poem is written by Sujata Bhatt who emigrated from India. This poem is about the British Colonization in India and importance of religions and culture in India. There are 2 seperated parts in the story where there is 2 different themes and different moods. Cultural difference‚ importance of language‚ lost identities(souls)‚ Indian traditions are the most important themes. The poet
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A DIFFERENT HISTORY A Different History written by Sujata Bhatt portrays the loss of language and cultures after colonization in India. This poem describes the bitterness and sadness Bhatt felt about her mother tongue and cultures. Bhatt explores the idea of history‚ culture and language throughout the poem. Bhatt uses two enjambments in the poem. The first enjambment talks about the book‚ which represents the culture and the way people should treat the books. The tone of voice used in the second
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The poetess Sujata Bhatt‚ while writing this poem has given importance to the culture and various religions in India. She has emphasized in her poem by repeating words and questions and thereby making her poem stronger. She writes about Indian traditions‚ lost identities‚ importance of language‚ cultural difference to create different moods and themes. In the first part of the poem‚ she concentrates on respect for education and learning. She claims that in Indian religion every object is sacred.
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Explore the ideas in the poem A Different History by Sujata Bhatt. Sujata Bhatt reflects and explores on the ideas of ‘culture‚ ‘values’‚ human struggle‚ religion combined with its beliefs and acquisition of foreign or strange language. Bhatt invites the readers and takes them through the culture of India and its religious beliefs that every life respects them there. There is enough vocabulary to understand this in the poem. She also expresses her bitterness and strong emotions towards the struggle
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The poem muliebrity by Sujata Bhatt‚ talks about the power women possess and the character of women‚ who take pride in what they do‚ even if it is just picking cow-dung. The poet speaks of a girl‚ who is a representation of village women‚ who does the tedious job of picking cow-dung outside a temple and the girl is described in a very reverential manner. The title of the poem muliebrity‚ suggests womanhood. The connotation of the title‚ status and power of a woman‚ is reflected in the poem where
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language has not been the oppressor’s tongue? When another country is the conquerer‚ that country brings its language and culture to those who are conquered. SUMMARY ‘A Different History’ is in two linked parts: lines 1-18‚ then lines 19-29. The first stanza draws the link between western and Indian culture as Pan‚ the Greek god also exists through Indian gods and goddesses that roam freely. She points out the difference as well in the way Indians treat books with much respect‚ in order not to
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phrase “a sin” due to how wrongful acts as listed in lines 9-14. The sins include actions such as “to shove a book aside with your foot”‚ “to slam books down hard on a table‚ a sin to toss one carelessly across 0a room.”With repeating the phrase‚ Bhatt manages to reinforce the negative commentary and intensifies the critical tone of the poem with each sin described. What is also to be recognized is how the narrator does not specify and indentify responsible for the committing of these sins‚ but still
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