Comparatively studying the Hindu theologies of lila and the Christian theologies of play can provide a common ground for interreligious dialogue on divine delight, divine presence, and human ...flourishing. In doing so, Christians can aim to build a robust and embodied theology of play that affirms similarities and identifies differences with other faith traditions while reinforcing convictions. Using a Trinitarian-pneumatological framework, I invite Christians to create spaces of interreligious hospitality or "playgrounds" for playful expressions such as festivals, liturgical movement in worship, and Sabbath play rhythms that can ultimately contribute to overall human flourishing and encounters with God for all people.
This article is an attempt to comparing the national writers, represents their culture through their writers and focus on the depiction of women in their fictional world. Both Tagore and Dr. Mu. Va. ...concentrates on the importance of mother tongue and women's education through their literary creations, humanistically and optimistically projects their view about women. Keywords: Dr. Mu. Va.. Rabindranath Tagore, Optimistic Perspectives, Humanism, Women's education, Cultural values, Domination.
On his 70th birthday in 2000 his students published a book in his honour—“Mental Health in India 1950-2000”. A renowned physician-cum-psychiatrist, it was Naren's work in community mental health ...services and for the W.H.O. which earned him national and international acclaim. .the committee recommends decentralisation of Mental Health Services, integration of Mental Health Services with the general health service…”
The biggest conundrum in health today is understanding the paradox between China and India. Both countries are justifiably proud of their rich civilisations--histories and philosophies that offer the ...world distinctive traditions and values. Their ideas and beliefs provide deeper and frequently far more interesting insights into human meaning than the empirical iciness of western cultures. But when it comes to health, there is no easy comparison between the two nations.
Written with a tinge of pathos, or subtle humour and irony, the stories assert Tagore's empathy for the poor and the downtrodden, his disapproval of gender hierarchy and caste discrimination, and his ...opposition to the narrow utilitarian pursuit of the material at the expense of truth, creativity, morality and spirituality. ...characters such as Ratan (The Postmaster), Nirupama (Assets and Debts), Hemanta (Sacrifice), Chandara (Punishment), Balai (Balai), Kamala and Habir Khan (A Woman's Conversion to Islam) exemplify Tagore the reformist who relentlessly argued against societal inequalities and injustices. Tagore believed in a dialogic, interactive world, in which communities and nations would bear a deep sense of sympathy, generosity and mutuality towards one another, and shun exclusivity, parochialism and idolatry of geography for a centrifugal outlook, principle of universality and reciprocal recognitions. (xxiii) Translations are often criticised for failing to transport the delicate cultural and linguistic nuances from the source language to the target language.
This article is an attempt to understand the universally acknowledged versatile genius of Rabindranath Tagore and his writings which got permeated with a rich fund of creative imagination by ...rendering his vision and experience freely and spontaneously into his transcreations. It throws light on his mystic vision and cosmopolitan outlook by stating that Tagore is a poet of humanity par excellence. Tagore is a harmoniser trying to build a durable bridge of understanding between man and nature, man and God.
Drawing upon the insights of Rabindranath Tagore, who coined the term viswasahitya to express his own understanding of comparative literature, this essay resituates translation as the cornerstone for ...new directions in world literature. While conventional understandings of world literature tend to reconfirm existing power structures and hierarchies, translation opens up the possibility of thinking beyond the national/global binary by interrogating the lines along which such binaries are conceptualized. Translation operates at the borders that are seen to divide cultures, languages, worldviews and geographies. This essay explores the dynamic relationship between translation and world literature within contemporary South Asian writing, through an analysis of heteroglossia, multilingualism and ‘translatedness’ in selected texts by Mahasweta Devi and Amitav Ghosh, opening up larger questions about multilingualism and also about the very discipline of comparative literature. Highlighting the role that translation has historically played in shaping power relations in the world, this paper projects the transformative potential of translation as the key to a radical reconceptualization of a world literature for the future.
Kumar discussed the Indian culture embodied in Rabindranath Tagore's Natirpuja. Tagore is considered a prolific and versatile writer who successfully tried all the major forms of literature. His ...dramatic art is both simple in style and expression and complex in the variety of its forms and the depth of its meaning. Natir Puja is the simple and most moving play of Tagore. He glorified Indian in the play.
Nation and Nationalism had been enchanting terminologies for historians, politicians, religious leaders, and common people. They are usually fused in the blood and veins of society. Being beguiling ...and enigmatic, the concept of nation and nationalism admittedly have both negative and positive consequences. The thought of Nation has the observable outcome that is supplemented strongly with the nation's people. Could it be, collectively, or individually Nationalism can be grasped as one's love for the country? It is evident that individuals relate themselves with the piece of land that they live and revere putting on pedestal. Nationalism can also be acknowledged with patriotism. Both signify the love for one's nation. Nationalism can be Individual, collective, political, or cultural. Tagore, a renowned Indian writer, acknowledges the destructive effects of the idea of nation and nationalism, particularly in India. The association of culture, religion, gender discrimination and other social set up like caste, with nationalism and its deleterious effects on individual and society are common themes of his writings. Keywords: Tagore, The Home and the World, Identity, Culture.
In the wake of the #MeToo movement in India, Mary E. John revises an older feminist formulation by observing that suddenly sexual violence is everywhere (138).1 The emergence of informal and ...unofficial spaces for testimony in public gatherings, news media and online sources- lecture halls, TED talks, editorial pages, blogs and online comments sections-has allowed for a proliferation of public judgements in matters of sexuality outside of state-regulated mechanisms (Gilmore 5). Shifts in public space for complaint and judgement are then marked by both an increased pervasion of private actors negotiating notions of justice, and the development of politically varied positions on sexual relations and imaginations of justice outside the purview of institutional law. Next, we see an older Bulbbul decked in finery as the head of her house, holding court in a large verandah and sitting in judgement over a man who has brought home a second wife. ...texts portray "middle age-the onset of the infertile period when the sexual connection was usually terminated-as a time of relative power, freedom, status and happiness" (Sarkar 237).
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