An ‘ideal’ type of ‗Diaspora‘ refers to the exile of the Jews. The African experience of ‘slavery’ under the colonial rule had also created equally tormenting circumstances to those ‘slaves’. Soon after the abolition of slavery, a new system emerged that created a large amount of migrants to most of the British colonies. Ashcroft, Griffiths …
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English Language
English language came in to many countries during the time of British rule. It is universally used for economic reasons. There are certain features lying outside the language which helped become English, an international language. One major reason is its wider vocabulary, borrowed from many other languages. And the other reason is by making itself …
Susan Sontag’s Essay “Against Interpretation”
Susan Sontag is an avante-guarde writer (who discards conventions) who belongs to the American school of criticism. She has written novels like The Benefactor (1964) and Death Kit (1968) . “Notes on Camp”, an essay was first published in 1964, and was republished in 1966 in her collection of essays, Against Interpretation. Susan Sontag in …
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Dr Vinay Lal’s Concepts of the Indian Diaspora
Dr. Vinay Lal, an Indian born US settled Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) has published articles on the aspects of diaspora and about the migrants of India. He has created an official website where he portrays the cultures, religions, landscape and so on about India, dedicating a special …
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The Three Waves of The Indian Diaspora
The Indian Diaspora: Historical and Contemporary Context (2009) edited by Laxmi Narayan Kadekar, Ajaya Kumar Sahoo and Gauri Bhattachariya have made a statistical research on the percentage, reasons, and different aspects of diaspora in India. The book focuses on the international migration and has divided the book into parts containing various essays namely: old Indian …
Robin Cohen’s Views on Diaspora
Robin Cohen, born in South Africa is a social scientist, an Emeritus Professor in the fields of globalisation, migration and diaspora studies and a former Director of the International Migration Institute, University of Oxford. He has published several books and essays emphasising on the various categories of diaspora, into which each country falls under accordingly. …
William Safran and Rogers Brubaker’s Views on Diaspora
Many researchers have set out various factors and rules to define diaspora and migration in accordance with their arguments and discussions put forth by them. William Safran characterises six sets of rules to distinguish diaspora from migrant communities. They include a few views that the group maintains a myth or a collecting memory of homeland; …
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Diaspora Defined: From Ancient Roots to Modern Impacts
The word ‘diaspora’ explained by Fernando Galvan, a well known researcher and a Professor at University of Alcala, Spain in his essay “Metaphors of Diaspora: English Literature at the Turn of the Century” originates from the Greek verb “speirein” (to sow, to scatter) and the preposition “dia” (through), which in agricultural metaphor is associated to …
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Methods of Teaching English
The method of teaching English as a second language includes all the four important components – selection, grading, presentation and reputation. The four main methods of teaching English are as under The Grammar – Translation method: This method is also known as a classical method which envisages a distinctive treatment of the language —grammatical explanation …
ELT – Definitions, Methodology
What is ELT? ELT is the teaching of English to speakers of other languages. It is the teaching of English to people whose first language is not English. ELT is the abbreviation for English Language Teaching. It refers to the activity and industry of teaching English to the non-native speakers. Reasons why learning English is so important English …