The Individual And Society [Paperback] Dept. Of Delhi University

The Individual and Society: Essays, Stories and Poems is prescribed for the BA English (Discipline) course 'The Individual and Society', the concurrent inter-disciplinary course of the BA Honours programme, and the B.Com Honours Programme. The anthology consists of essays, short stories and poems around the themes of caste, class, gender, race and war and globalization, and how these affect the individual. The selections are relevant, up-to-date for first year students in English as well as other social sciences and humanities THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY POEMS, ESSAYS AND STORIES Contents Department of English Textbook Committee Introduction CASTE/CLASS 1 Caste Laws Notes Questions 2 Deliverance Notes Questions 3 Joothan Notes Questions 4 Kallu Notes Questions 5 Bosom Friend Notes Questions 6 Who Were the Shudras? Notes Questions GENDER 7 Shakespeare’s Sister Notes Questions 8 The Exercise Book Notes Questions 9 Girl Notes Questions 10 Breaking Out Notes Questions 11 A Prayer For My Daughter Notes Questions 12 Marriages Are Made Questions 13 Yellow Fish Questions 14 Reincarnation Of Captain Cook Notes Questions 15 Highway Stripper Notes Questions RACE 16 Blackout Notes Questions 17 Telephone Conversation Notes Questions 18 Harlem Questions 19 Still I Rise Questions 20 Jump Questions VIOLENCE AND WAR 21 Return from the Somme Notes Questions 22 Dulce et Decorum Est Notes Qestions 23 Conscientious Objector Notes Questions 24 Naming of Parts Questions 25 General, Your Tank GENERAL, YOUR TANK IS A POWERFUL VEHICLE Questions 26 The Dog of Tetwal Notes Questions 27 A Chronicle of the Peacocks Notes Questions 28 The Ghosts of Mrs Gandhi Questions LIVING IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD 29 Toys Notes Questions 30 Zero-Sum Game THE UGLY FACE OF AMERICAN TRADE POLICY. Notes Questions 31 Indian Movie, New Jersey Notes Questions: 32 At the Lahore Karhai Notes Questions 33 Colombe Notes Questions 34 The Brand Expands Notes Questions CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 21 Copyright Acknowledgements