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Non-Fiction: Informative and Factual / History Of International Women...
Last post by NKP250522 - Mar 08, 2024, 02:47 PMThe Inspiring History Of International Women's Day
International Women's Day serves as an important reminder of how much work is left to be done.
As International Women's day is coming up, Sunday, March 8th, I started to wonder about the history of the holiday and how it came about.
International Women's Day is one of my favorite days of the year. It's a chance to recognize all of the incredible and strong women in our lives who inspire and motivate us. It's a time to reflect on the significant progress that has been made for women's rights over the years and an opportunity to pay tribute to all of the remarkable women who have paved the way. But most importantly, it's a day to think about all of the women and girls around the world who still face adversity every single day. For me, International Women's Day serves as an important reminder of how much work is left to be done in the fight for gender equality.
This is what I learned:
The holiday first emerged from the labor movements in North America and Europe at the turn of the twentieth century. Since then, International Women's Day has become a global celebration for women all around the world.
In 1909 the first National Women's Day was celebrated. By 1910, the holiday became more international in nature as the fight for universal suffrage for women expanded across the globe. Throughout the years, International Women's Day has served as a platform for women (and men!) to rally together and advocate for women's rights. Whether it was protesting for the right to vote or ending discrimination in the workforce, International Women's Day has fostered unity and activism.
In 1975, the United Nations decided to switch things up and celebrate the holiday on March 8th. Two years later it became an official UN recognized holiday. Over the years, different events have expanded the vision for International Women's day, and it continues to evolve.
In 1995 a historic roadmap for gender equality was established in Beijing and The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was introduced. 189 governments from around the world came together and agreed on critical areas for empowering women. The roadmap called for "a world where each woman and girl can exercise her choices, such as participating in politics, getting an education, having an income, and living in societies free from violence and discrimination."
This year, thousands of events, rallies and conferences will be held throughout the world to inspire women and to celebrate their achievements. The 2015 theme of International Women's Day is "Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!". Governments and activists will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and women and men all over the world will celebrate all that has been done in the movement for women's rights.
From day one, International Women's Day has been about the fight for gender equality. I think Emma Watson beautifully captured how essential gender equality is in her last speech at Davos when she said this:
"There is a greater understanding right now than ever that women need to be equal participants in our homes, our societies, our governments, and our workplaces. And that we know the world is being held back in every way because they are not. Women share this planet 50/50 and they are unrepresented, their potential astonishingly untapped."
I couldn't agree more. This Sunday, let's take the time to recognize the important women in our lives, and challenge ourselves to be advocates for gender equality.
International Women's Day is one of my favorite days of the year. It's a chance to recognize all of the incredible and strong women in our lives who inspire and motivate us. It's a time to reflect on the significant progress that has been made for women's rights over the years and an opportunity to pay tribute to all of the remarkable women who have paved the way. But most importantly, it's a day to think about all of the women and girls around the world who still face adversity every single day. For me, International Women's Day serves as an important reminder of how much work is left to be done in the fight for gender equality.
This is what I learned:
The holiday first emerged from the labor movements in North America and Europe at the turn of the twentieth century. Since then, International Women's Day has become a global celebration for women all around the world.
In 1909 the first National Women's Day was celebrated. By 1910, the holiday became more international in nature as the fight for universal suffrage for women expanded across the globe. Throughout the years, International Women's Day has served as a platform for women (and men!) to rally together and advocate for women's rights. Whether it was protesting for the right to vote or ending discrimination in the workforce, International Women's Day has fostered unity and activism.
In 1975, the United Nations decided to switch things up and celebrate the holiday on March 8th. Two years later it became an official UN recognized holiday. Over the years, different events have expanded the vision for International Women's day, and it continues to evolve.
In 1995 a historic roadmap for gender equality was established in Beijing and The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was introduced. 189 governments from around the world came together and agreed on critical areas for empowering women. The roadmap called for "a world where each woman and girl can exercise her choices, such as participating in politics, getting an education, having an income, and living in societies free from violence and discrimination."
This year, thousands of events, rallies and conferences will be held throughout the world to inspire women and to celebrate their achievements. The 2015 theme of International Women's Day is "Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!". Governments and activists will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and women and men all over the world will celebrate all that has been done in the movement for women's rights.
From day one, International Women's Day has been about the fight for gender equality. I think Emma Watson beautifully captured how essential gender equality is in her last speech at Davos when she said this:
"There is a greater understanding right now than ever that women need to be equal participants in our homes, our societies, our governments, and our workplaces. And that we know the world is being held back in every way because they are not. Women share this planet 50/50 and they are unrepresented, their potential astonishingly untapped."
I couldn't agree more. This Sunday, let's take the time to recognize the important women in our lives, and challenge ourselves to be advocates for gender equality.
By Por Natalie Prolman
8 de marzo de 2015
8 de marzo de 2015
#92
Special Occasion and Celebration / Happy International Women’s Da...
Last post by NKP250522 - Mar 08, 2024, 02:01 PMHappy International Women's Day
International Women's Day is observed on March 8, every year to remember and celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women around the world. Every year, this day is observed with a special theme that celebrates the achievements of women and paves the way for their development in the future. This year's theme for International Women's Day is "Invest in women: Accelerate progress".
"Empowerment of women leads to the empowerment of society."- Vandana Shiva
#93
Tamil / Re: Favourite Tamil Songs
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#98
Drama and Folktales / What Is Drama?
Last post by NKP250522 - Feb 27, 2024, 01:01 AMWhat Is Drama?
Literary Definition and Examples
In literature, a drama is the portrayal of fictional or non-fictional events through the performance of written dialog (either prose or poetry). Dramas can be performed on stage, on film, or the radio. Dramas are typically called plays, and their creators are known as "playwrights" or "dramatists."
Performed since the days of Aristotle (c. 335 BCE), the term "drama" comes from the Greek words δρᾶμα (an act, a play) and δράω (to act, to take action). The two iconic masks of drama—the laughing face and the crying face—are the symbols of two of the ancient Greek Muses: Thalia, the Muse of comedy and Melpomene, the Muse of tragedy.
What Makes Drama so Dramatic?
To make their plays dramatic, playwrights strive to progressively build the audience's feelings of tension and anticipation as the story develops. Dramatic tension builds as the audience keeps wondering "What happens next?" and anticipating the outcomes of those events. In a mystery, for example, dramatic tension builds throughout the plot until an exciting or unanticipated climax is revealed.
Dramatic tension is all about keeping the audience guessing. In the ancient Greek tragedy Oedipus the King, will Oedipus ever figure out that by killing his father and sleeping with his mother he had caused the plague that destroyed his city, and what will he do about it if he does? In Shakespeare's Hamlet, will Prince Hamlet ever avenge his father's death and get rid of his pesky ghost and visions of floating daggers by murdering the play's antagonist Claudius?
Dramas depend heavily on spoken dialogue to keep the audience informed about the characters' feelings, personalities, motivations, and plans. Since the audience sees characters in a drama living out their experiences without any explanatory comments from the author, playwrights often create dramatic tension by having their characters deliver soliloquies and asides.
Types of Drama
Dramatic performances are generally classified into specific categories according to the mood, tone, and actions depicted in the plot. Some popular types of drama include:
Comedy: Lighter in tone, comedies are intended to make the audience laugh and usually come to a happy ending. Comedies place offbeat characters in unusual situations causing them to do and say funny things. Comedy can also be sarcastic in nature, poking fun at serious topics. There are also several sub-genres of comedy, including romantic comedy, sentimental comedy, a comedy of manners, and tragic comedy—plays in which the characters take on tragedy with humor in bringing serious situations to happy endings.
Tragedy: Based on darker themes, tragedies portray serious subjects like death, disaster, and human suffering in a dignified and thought-provoking way. Rarely enjoying happy endings, characters in tragedies, like Shakespeare's Hamlet, are often burdened by tragic character flaws that ultimately lead to their demise.
Farce: Featuring exaggerated or absurd forms of comedy, a farce is a nonsensical genre of drama in which characters intentionally overact and engage in slapstick or physical humor. Examples of farce include the play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett and the hit 1980 movie Airplane!, written by Jim Abrahams.
Melodrama: An exaggerated form of drama, melodramas depict classic one-dimensional characters such as heroes, heroines, and villains dealing with sensational, romantic, and often perilous situations. Sometimes called "tearjerkers," examples of melodramas include the play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and the classic movie of love during the Civil War, Gone With the Wind, based on Margaret Mitchell's novel.
Opera: This versatile genre of drama combines theater, dialogue, music, and dance to tell grand stories of tragedy or comedy. Since characters express their feelings and intentions through song rather than dialogue, performers must be both skilled actors and singers. The decidedly tragic La Bohème, by Giacomo Puccini, and the bawdy comedy Falstaff, by Giuseppe Verdi are classic examples of opera.
Docudrama: A relatively new genre, docudramas are dramatic portrayals of historic events or non-fictional situations. More often presented in movies and television than in live theater, popular examples of docudramas include the movies Apollo 13 and 12 Years a Slave, based on the autobiography written by Solomon Northup.
Classic Example of Comedy and Tragedy
Perhaps no two plays better illustrate the juxtaposition of the masks of drama—comedy and tragedy—than these two William Shakespeare classics.
Comedy: A Midsummer Night's Dream
In his romantic comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare explores one of his favorite themes—"love conquers all"—with a humorous twist. Due to a series of comical and unpredictable situations, young couples keep falling in and out of love. As they struggle with the foibles of love, their equally amusing real-world problems are magically resolved by a mischievous sprite named Puck. In the very Shakespearian happy ending, old enemies become fast friends and the true lovers are united to live happily ever after.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is cited as an example of how playwrights utilize the ageless conflict between love and social convention as a source of humor.
Tragedy: Romeo and Juliet
Young lovers live anything but happily ever after in Shakespeare's unforgettable tragedy Romeo and Juliet. In what is still one of the most-performed plays in history, the love between Romeo and Juliet is doomed by the raging feud between their families, the Montagues and the Capulets. The night before the star-crossed lovers are secretly married, Romeo kills Juliet's cousin in a duel, and Juliet fakes her own death to avoid being forced by her parents to marry a family friend. Unaware of Juliet's plan, Romeo visits her grave and, believing she is dead, kills himself. When she learns of Romeo's death, Juliet truly does kill herself.
Through the technique of switching moods between hope and despair, Shakespeare creates heartbreaking dramatic tension in Romeo and Juliet.
Drama Key Terms
Drama: The portrayal of fictional or non-fictional events in theater, film, radio, or television.
Thalia: The Greek Muse of comedy, depicted as one of the two masks of drama.
Melpomene: The Greek Muse of tragedy, the other mask of drama.
Dramatic tension: The most basic element of drama used to stir the emotions of the audience.
Comedy: The humorous genre of drama intended to keep the audience laughing on the way to play's happy ending.
Tragedy: The portrayal of darker subjects like death, disaster, betrayal, and human suffering.
Farce: An "over the top" form of purposely over-acted and exaggerated comedy.
Melodrama: The depiction of simple classic characters like heroes and villains dealing with sensational, romantic, and often perilous situations.
Opera: The artful combination of dialogue, music, and dance to tell grand stories of tragedy or comedy.
Docudrama: Historical or non-fictional events portrayed in a dramatic fashion.
#99
Poetry and Prose / The Difference Between Poetry ...
Last post by NKP250522 - Feb 26, 2024, 11:08 PMTHE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POETRY AND PROSE
The Primary Distinction – Poetry vs. Prose
Depending on the language form, literature can be divided into two categories. These two types of writing are called poetry and prose.
Poetry is a type of literature in which the aesthetic and rhythmic characteristics of language are used to convey meaning. The primary distinction between prose and poetry would be that prose is produced freely, whereas poetry is produced with a metrical form.
The prose is the dialect in its original and organic form, such as that seen in newspapers, books, novels, etc.
This essay will explain
1. The poetry? – The structure, style, language used, and so on.
2. The prose? – The structure, style, and language used, for example.
3. Poetry and Prose Comparison and Key Differences
What is poetry?
Poetry is a kind of literature where the aesthetic and rhythmic characteristics of language are used to convey meaning. Poetry is composed using elements such as rhyme, cadence, metric syllables, and so on. Poetry is typically used to convey something artistically and aesthetically.
But poetry's language is not as spontaneous or free as prose's. Poetic language is more ornamental and imaginative than prose language; sound and rhythm are given great emphasis.
A poem is composed of lines, which can be as long as a paragraph or as brief as a single word. A stanza consists of numerous stanzas. Poems are grouped into many forms based on the configuration of the stanzas. These structures include free poetry, blank verse, cinquain, diamante poems, and others.
Poets, as previously stated, employ a restricted amount of words to describe their thoughts in poetry. This is why a single line might be as minimal as a single word. It can be difficult to grasp the meaning of a poem after simply reading it once or twice. Deciphering the full meaning may need much reading and investigation.
What exactly is prose?
The prose is a primary type of literature that includes both fiction and nonfiction. The prose is used in writing novels, novellas, short story collections, biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, articles, travel books, academic essays, glossaries, manuals, and so on.
The vocabulary is syntactic, with a spontaneous flow of speech rather than a metrical structure. It is made up of whole grammatical sentences that are then organized into paragraphs. Non-fiction writing, such as that found in newspapers, textbooks, and travel books, is free of figures of speech, and other ornamentation and concepts are communicated plainly and clearly. Prose is another term for spoken language.
Because spoken language has prose features, many people find writing prose easier than poetry. Another important factor influencing this inclination is the word limitation in poetry; poets frequently employ a restricted number of words to communicate their thoughts.
Difference Between Poetry and Prose:
Definition
Poetry is a type of literature that employs the aesthetic and rhythmic characteristics of language to convey meaning.
Prose is a type of literature in which the language is used in its natural and organic form.
Rhythm and Rhyme
Poetry is concerned with rhyme and rhythm, which are vital elements of a poem.
Prose is not concerned with rhyme or rhythm.
Words
Poets: Poets employ a fixed number of words.
Prose: There is usually no word restriction for the writer.
Structure
Poetry is composed of lines that are organized into stanzas.
Prose: The concepts are written in sentences, which are then organized into paragraphs.
Language
The language is metaphorical and rhythmical in poetry.
Prose: The vocabulary is more grammatical and natural.
Understandability
Poetry: Understanding the content of a poem may require more than one viewing.
Prose: Most prose can be comprehended with only one reading.
#100
Tamil / Re: Favourite Tamil Songs
Last post by NKP250522 - Feb 26, 2024, 10:20 PMNaan indha song ah few times ketruken but recently thaan indha song video watch panna...It's from Saravana Store boss movie, The Legend!
Really surprising! Don't bother what others say...You've done a good job and keep it up sir! All the best!
Really surprising! Don't bother what others say...You've done a good job and keep it up sir! All the best!