indian words in english

Calico (textile)

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A piece of calico used in a shopping bag

Calico is a plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. It may contain unseparated husk parts, for example. The fabric is less coarse and thick than canvas or denim, but owing to its unfinished and undyed appearance, it is still very cheap. Originally from the city of Kozhikode, Kerala, India (known by Europeans as Calicut in the 11th century). The fabric was made by the traditional weavers called chaliyans. The raw fabric was dyed and printed in bright hues and calico prints became popular in Europe.

Cummerbund

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Black ottoman silk cummerbund, for black tie

A cummerbund (sometimes mistakenly spelled cumberbund) is a broad waistsash, usually pleated, which is often worn with single-breasted dinner jackets(or tuxedos).^[1] The cummerbund was first adopted by British military officers in colonial India as an alternative to a waistcoat, and later spread to civilian use. The modern use of the cummerbund is as a component of the semi-formalblack tie dress code.

Bandanna

A bandanna or bandana (from the Hindi: बन्धन bandhana, "to tie") is a type of large, usually colorful, kerchief, usually worn on the head or around the neck of a person or pet and is not considered to be a hat.^[3] Bandannas are frequently printed in a paisley pattern. Bandanas are most often used to hold hair back, either as a fashionable head accessory, or for practical purposes:

Colors, and sometimes designs, can be worn as a means of communication or identification, as with the prominent California criminal gangs, the Bloods, the Crips, the Norteños, and theSureños. In the so-called hanky code, sexual subcultures, particularly gay men, signal their preferred sexual practices by wearing a particular bandana color or design in one of their pockets.

In gang subcultures, the bandana could be worn in a pocket or, in some cases, around the leg. In the late 1980s/early 1990s, the Bloods and the Crips, wore red or blue paisley bandanas as a signifier of gang affiliatio

Tintern Abbey Lines by William Wordsworth

Tintern Abbey (poem)

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"Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey on revisiting the banks of the Wye during a tour, 13 July 1798"^[1] (often abbreviated to "Tintern Abbey", "Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey" or simply "Lines") is a poem by William Wordsworth.Tintern Abbey is an abbey abandoned in 1536 and located in the southern Welsh county of Monmouthshire. The poem is of particular interest in that Wordsworth's descriptions of the Banks of Wye outline his general philosophies on nature.

It also has significance as the terminal poem of the 1798 edition of Lyrical Ballads, although it does not fit well into the titular category, being more protracted and elaborate than its predecessors.

Contents  [hide] 1 Themes and context 2 Style and structure 2.1 Lines 1–24 2.2 Line 37 2.3 Lines 35–49 2.4 Lines 88–111 2.5 Lines 114–160 3 References 4 Bibliography 5 External links

[edit]Themes and context

Tintern Abbey

"I cannot paint/ What then I was," Wordsworth writes, reflecting and almost puzzling over his "boyish days" when the natural world of Tintern Abbey was to him an unmixed "passion" and a "feeling" that had no need of "any interest/ Unborrowed from the eye." Yet the poet insists that age compensates for this loss of thoughtless passion by giving him instead a sense of the sublimity of nature, of "something far more deeply interfused," and here the poem seems in a sense to grope for God, invoking a "spirit" that "rolls through all things."

The poem has its roots in history. Accompanied by his sister Dorothy (whom he addresses warmly in the final paragraph as "thou my dearest Friend, / My dear, dear Friend"^[2]), Wordsworth did indeed revisit the abbey on the date stipulated after half a decade's absence. His previous visit had been on a solitary walking tour as a twenty-three-year-old in August 1793. His life had since taken a considerable turn: he had split with his French lover and their illegitimate daughter, while on a broader note Anglo-French tensions had escalated to such an extent that Britain would declare war later that year. The Wye, on the other hand, had remained much the same, according the poet opportunity for contrast. A large portion of the poem explores the impact of preterition, contrasting the obviousness of it in the visitor with its seamlessness in the visited. This theme is emphasized from the start in the line "Five years have passed..."^[3]

Although written in 1798, the poem is in large part a recollection of Wordsworth's visit of 1793. It also harks back in the imagination to a time when the abbey was not in ruins, and dwells occasionally on the present and the future as well. The speaker admits to having reminisced about the place many times in the past five years. Notably, the abbey itself is nowhere described.

Wordsworth claimed to have composed the poem entirely in his head, beginning it upon leaving Tintern and crossing the Wye, and not jotting so much as a line until he reached Bristol, by which time it had just reached mental completion. In all, it took him four to five days' rambling about with his sister.^[4] Although Lyrical Ballads was by then already in publication, he was so pleased with this offering that he had it inserted at the eleventh hour, as the concluding poem. It is unknown whether this placement was intentional, but scholars generally agree that it is apt, for the poem represents the climax of Wordsworth's first great period of creative output and prefigures much of the distinctively Wordsworthian verse that followed.

Although never overt, the poem is riddled with religion, most of it pantheistic. Wordsworth styles himself as a "worshipper of Nature" with a "far deeper zeal / Of holier love",^[5] seeming to hold that mental images of nature can engender a mys

A Song From The Depth of the Heart

Melodoius songs make our hearts vibrated
with feelings sprouting from the heart
To make us awakened and refreshed
with a note of solace and comfort

Those who are stricken with sufferings
Are delighted with new hope and serenity
To imbibe the glory of life
And to reach the height of glory

HSE(+1) ENGLISH EXAM Question paper-- An Evaluation and some solved questions16/03/2011 Friday..

Dear Plus One friends.....I hope you did your English exam well....It was just like the Model question paper and almost all types of questions were so easily written even by an average student..... But I understand some didnt get time....but it was the lack of planning well in the cool off time.... Let me try to solve some questions.........so as to make you relaxed........
1)First question was to prepare two catchy slogans for a week-long"Clean the Campus" campaign......One example was there in the question paper.....If you have written very shortly with clarity you will get two score itself very easily... The answer can be a) Avoid wastes from the surroundings to lead a healthy life.....b)Be hygienic and be healthy
2)The second question was to choose the suitable traits of character from the brackets and prepare a character sketch of Lakshmi...... The suitable traits concerning Lakshmi are illiterate, obese(fatty),talkative and stylish.....
Lakshmi was the wife of Sri.Mohanlal. She was a country woman. She was illiterate too and had no sense to behave well. She was also fatty in appearance and always wore dirty saree and had the habit of chewing betel leaves.She was stylish in the sense that her dressing style was different from others. She wore a diamond nose ring. She wore it as a symbol of prosperity and beauty. She wore white coloured saree. But she was not bothered to dress neatly.
3) The third question was to oppose the arguments in a debate which you conducted in your class.....It is very easy for you to score 4. What you have to do is to oppose the arguments.....If you simply make those statements into negative( add not) you will get half score Eg. Hire-Purchase system doesn't help to improve the status of the middle class.But if you write a newly idea you will get one for each new points....Eg. Higher purchase system promotes mental agony in the people. It increases the mental strugglr and leads to increase the blood pressure of the people....Though it enables people to purchase costly items, it even costs their life......So many people commit suicide without re-paying the payment in instalments......(Conti......

SECOND YEAR -MARCH 2011 ENGLISH QUESTION PAPER...AN EVALUATIONN

Dears......I hope u did ur exam well........When I saw the question paper I felt it was quite easy one and the pattern was almost same as in the English Manual........
1.The first question was to give suggestions to make India a developed one..The answer can be written in two different sentences and it will enable you to score 2 very easily....a) As students we should be responsible to study well and contribute our maximum for the development of India b)We should be very determined to fight against all the evil forces

2 a). Dear Rose, you need not be afraid of  Michael since the Carrols care him well.
b) The value of sacrifice
3)The rubber- nosed man smells danger
8) The mistakes passage was quite an easy one and can score 5 very easily....
1) A woman was admitted in hospital       Her son and relatives were around her......she died within an hour.......He returned home the next day and when he opened his cupboard he found........Take these tablets thrice a day dear, I know you will catch cold easily after crying. God be with you......

Some tips for English exam(plus2)

First of all i wish u all a nice exam
1)Sleep well today night.....Don't be too late in going to bed today..... and get up early morning by 5.30 am and refresh yourself and take a warm bath before going to exam.
2)Dont forget to take your Hall Ticket....... and other writing materials......
3)Dress neatly and pray well if possible by going to church
4)Write your Reg No first when you get the Main sheet and write your name and Reg. No in the question paper also
5)Check the code number of the question paper
6) Write page number in all pages
7)Attempt the easy questions first
8)When you write Press release do it in the proper format.
9)For articles. report, graph, editorial and profile dont forget to have a title in the beginning.
10)Manage the time and plan well
11)For a question carrying 4 score do write only half page but if it has 8 score write one and halfpages
12.Don't make any scratchings in the answer paper.
13) At the end of exam leave 5minutes free to read the answers on all a sudden
14) Once more check your Register No and Page numbers and calculate the total number of pages and total number of additional sheets you bought and write it in the proper column..
15) wish u a good easy exam and try to achieve maximum..... 

Wishing you all a nice public exam(Plus 2)

Hai Dears..... wish u all a nice exam ahead.......

A Poem for Women

What a wonderful world we have
To glorify  the Almighty God
For all His creations are so wonderful
With the creation of  Adam

It's so pathetic for us to consider women
As different entities to quench our thirst
How selfish men become to enjoy the world
For his selfish life on earth

Whom can we be blamed for this terrible condition
Can't we live thanking God and giving our love
To all people in this world glorifying God
For all the beauties in this world

It's so pathetic to see women hiding their true self
To places where they are bound to go freely
Taking their children in their arms
With veils over their faces to hide their identity