"The Reluctant Fundamentalist" is a 2007 novel written by the Pakistan-born writer Mohsin Hamid and film is directed by Mira Nair. This is post 9/11 story about the impact of Al Qaeda on one Pakistani person and his treatment by Americans in reaction to them.
One ambitious Pakistani man, Changez khan goes to America to have bright future. He belongs to the gentle and educated family. His father is a poet, well known person and respected by all. Changez khan has the great literary heritage.He belongs to great literary canon but distracted from that path. instead of following family tradition he went to America.He easily mix up with the environment and people of America. He is Intellectual man so proves himself better than other colleague and also got the promotion by owner of company. This may be the reason for jealousy of American people and they consider other people as 'outsider'. He falls in love with Erica, American artist. Everything was well going but his life changed after the attack of 9/11 on America.
Suddenly American people start doubting him because he comes with label of 'Pakistani'. Even her girlfriend Erica suspects him. She ask him that 'do you know anything about the attack?' Very furiously he replies that 'how can i know about attack?'. His moustache becomes the symbol of terror for American people. Even his love abuse him by portraying him as Pakistani and not as 'Human being' in her photographs.He recognizes himself as American and tells that 'I love America' but no one believes him and try to make him 'Terrorist' just because he is Pakistani. He faces many adversity adversity and finally he commit professional suicide and came back to Pakistan.
In 2011 Anse Rainier, an American professor at Lahore university is kidnapped. An American journalist arranges the interview a colleague of Rainier, Changez khan. Whom he suspects just because he was doubted for the American attack. Changez khan tells entire story to Robert Lincoln in flashback
It's no wonder that the words 'Islam' and 'Fundamentalism' are tightly coupled in the mind of every person. everyone suffers from 'Islamophobia' which is only the oriental narration of power country that is America. It has spread Islamophobia in such a way that we always blame Muslims for terrorism. As Edward said rightly put that Americans narrate Muslims as 'Orient' and them as 'Occident'.
Tughlaq Girish Karnad , (born May 19, 1938, Matheran Bombay Presidency [now in Maharashtra], India), Indian playwright, author, actor, and film director whose films and plays, written largely in Kannda, explore the present by way of the past. He has written many plays and ‘Tughlaq’ is very famous. Girish Karnad is a modern Indian playwright who draws the contours of contemporary reality upon the mythological canvas. Drawing the plots of his plays from Indian history, myths and legends, he presents them in such a way that they assume contemporary significance. This is the story about a monarch who ruled over India for more than twenty years. He presented as both wise and foolish, kind and cruel in the play. He made may decision during his kingdom. Such as to transform his capital from Delhi to Daultabad and changing of currency. He killed many people including his mother. At the end he is totally shattered as a ruler. The characters like Aziz, Aazim, the
A.K. Ramanujan as a Translator and/or Translation Theorist Name: Gausvami Surbhi A. SEM: 4 M.A English. Smt. S. B. Gardi, Department of English Maharaja Krishnkumarsinhji Bhavnagar University. Email: gausvamisurbhi17@gmail.com Mobile: 7490920184 # Abstract: An attempt has been made in this paper to investigate the theory and methods that A.K Ramanujan used in Translation. A.K. Ramanujan was remarkable translator who helped foreign readers to appreciate the beauty of ancient Indian texts other than the Sanskrit ones. A.K. Ramanujan occupies a unique position among Indian and postcolonial theorists and practitioners of translation. This paper explores how Ramanujan was well aware of his responsibilities of having to convey the original to the target reader and also of having to strike a balance between the author's interest and his own interest. His task was made all the more difficult when it came to the translation of ancient Tamil or Kann
· Author’s Study · Jhumpa Lahiri Born Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri 11 July 1967 (age 51) London, England, UK Occupation Author Nationality American Alma mater Barnard College Boston University Genre Novel, short story, postcolonial Notable works Interpreter of Maladies (1999) The Namesake (2003) Unaccustomed Earth (2008) The Lowland (2013) Notable awards 1999 O. Henry Award 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Nilanjana Sudeshna " Jhumpa " Lahiri (born July 11, 1967) is an American author of Indian origin, known for her short-stories, novels and essays in English, and more recently, in Italian. In her body of works, Lahiri explores the Indian-immigrant experience in America. A clash of two cultures that defined who she was and in many ways still is. Her debut collection of short-stories Interpreter of Maladies (1
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