https://padlet.com/vcace004/3bnrac5cn4wulnh4 Central metaphor en-us 2021-12-06 03:11:40 UTC 2021-12-06 03:47:45 UTC hello@padlet.com vcace004 https://padlet.com/vcace004/3bnrac5cn4wulnh4/wish/1930274360 “…but two of us were born on the stroke of midnight. Saleem and Shiva, Shiva and Saleem, nose and knees and knees and nose…”.]]> 2021-12-06 03:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/vcace004/3bnrac5cn4wulnh4/wish/1930274360 vcace004 https://padlet.com/vcace004/3bnrac5cn4wulnh4/wish/1930280546  “…newspapers celebrated my arrival, politics ratified my authenticity”.]]> 2021-12-06 03:25:29 UTC https://padlet.com/vcace004/3bnrac5cn4wulnh4/wish/1930280546 vcace004 https://padlet.com/vcace004/3bnrac5cn4wulnh4/wish/1930281170 “to Shiva, the hour had given the gifts of war (of Rama, who could draw the undrawable bow; of Arjuna and Bhima; the ancient prowess of Kurus and Pandavas united, unstoppably, in him!)… and to me, the greatest talent of all – the ability to look into the hearts and minds of men”.]]> 2021-12-06 03:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/vcace004/3bnrac5cn4wulnh4/wish/1930281170 vcace004 https://padlet.com/vcace004/3bnrac5cn4wulnh4/wish/1930285589 “[Tai] was the living antithesis of Oskar-Ilse-Ingrid’s beliefs in the inevitability of change… a quirky, enduring familiar spirit of the valley. A watery Caliban, rather too fond of cheap Kashmiri brandy”.

Throughout the book, it can be noted that some of the central metaphors refer to the clashes within the story such as between tradition and opposition, ethnic groups, religions, and politics. ]]> 2021-12-06 03:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/vcace004/3bnrac5cn4wulnh4/wish/1930285589