[Context - interoperability of schemes]

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8. Answer all of the following : 15+20+15=50 (a) "Indians can write in English, but they 'cannot write like the English' — rather, Indian English must become a 'distinctive and colourful' dialect of the language, which 'time alone will justify'." Analyse Kanthapura as an Indian English novel in the context of Raja Rao's statement. 15 (b) "Realities such as poverty and degradation are made to seem grotesque: their social and ideological contexts are quite removed." Discuss A House for Mr Biswas in the context of Naipaul's failure to deal with 'social and ideological contexts.' 20 (c) "Life is not a series of gig-lamps symmetrically arranged, but a luminous halo, a formless, shapeless something ... ." Elucidate the statement with textual references from the novel Mrs Dalloway. 15