Leila lives in Southern California but has inherited her passion for social justice from her family in Calcutta. Her Belgian grandmother hitch-hiked around the world after WW II and met her Bengali husband in Calcutta (Leila’s grand-uncle is the noted photographer Sunil Janah who took iconic p...
In Hindu scriptures, ātman sometimes refers to the ego-personality, and its meaning must be determined according to context. The Ātma Upanishad (1–3) describes ātman, or purusha, as threefold: bāhyātman, the outer or physical person; antarātman, the inner person, excluding the physical...
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Just to add on both my sisters were arranged married to Bengali husbands. There is shit ton of drama involved in them to the point it seems like there’s no love in their relationship at all. now that I am back in the U.S within the 6 days I’m here I have already faced conflict...
perceptions of young people in regards tolanguage hierarchies. A 14 year old bilingual learner from a Bengali background attending a London schoolsaying: ‘Bengali has no value. Employers want French and Spanish.’(interview data, Mehmedbegovic, 2011)is a clear example of language capital self-...
Comments in the thread range from “FFS NO” to “OH GOD NO NOT ANOTHER SONGWRITING CAMP” to “THIS is what needs to stop. It’s obvious now that songs written by a mixed team of British/foreign writers don’t work for us. We need more self composed ...
While there are overt philosophies of the person in both dualistic and non-dualistic Śaivism that developed their doctrines explicitly in relation to
The translation was contextual rather than literal, meaning that questions were translated to relay the best meaning in colloquial spoken Bengali. Following a round of piloting with the Bengali interview guide, the questions were then back-translated into English to maintain consistency of meaning ...
Vulgarity or obscenity with regards to language refers to terms used to describe the use of vulgar language, such as swearing, taboo words, or offensive expressions [12,13]. Unfortunately, such language has become more and more common in contemporary culture [14], especially on social media sit...