Bengali, though not much discussed, is one of the most resourceful Indo-Aryan languages. Its fortynine letters allow its speakers utmost flexibility to diphthongize and to form wide ranges of consonant cluster in accordance with the demand of spelling and meaning. Remarkably enough,...
A pair of well-meaning, but socially inept brothers try to find their perfect mates in order to provide their dying father with a grandchild. Get Shorty (1995) A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job. ...
From the creators of You Can Heal Your Life: The Movie comes a compelling portrait of three modern lives in need of new direction and new meaning. In his first-ever movie, Wayne Dyer explores the spiritual journey in the second half of life when we long to find the purpose that is our...
The Times of India and The Hindu and two mainstream regional-language newspapers: Amar Ujala (Hindi) and Anandabazar Patrika (Bengali), to evaluate how representations of information function in conflict reporting and recontextualise (and thus change or modify the meaning ...
All these actors were concerned with the origin of religion, its modern meaning, and its function in shaping the future of society. Building on an analysis of the global exchanges revolving around these issues, special attention is paid to the inherent tensions between relig...
The distinction may seem semantic but the common misuse of the word consent, as a transitive verb (with a direct object), undermines its very meaning鈥攖hat consent should be freely given, not done to or taken from someone. Second, consent should not, with the exception ...
Blackwood, "Linguistics in a Colonial World. A Story of Language, Meaning and Power," by Joseph Errington, and "Bengali English in East London," by Sebastian Rasinger.Multilingua