A Different History

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A Different History: What is the poet’s political view? In “A different history” by Sujata Bhatt, the poet shows us how rich the Indian culture was, and how she feels about the loss of Indian culture identity under the conqueror’s force. In the first stanza of the poem, she expounds upon the rich culture of India, which attached the Great Pan to “emigrate” from Europe to India; the second stanza shows and the poet’s concern with historical irony of which complete love of the cultural history in the present day India. The poem starts with a mythological alluvium of “Great Pan”, a Greek god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, which is a symbol of European culture identity. The fact that “He simply emigrated to India” shows that the Greek god has abandoned real his place going for where he can enjoy more nepeel. The poet’s proud that statement, “Here, the gods roam freely” shows that India is a better environment for Gods, who can be “disguised as snakes or monkeys” shows that Gods exist everywhere on the nature land of India. On the magnificent land of India, souls roam freely and being well nourished. Bhatt foes on another symbolized “tree” to show how rich the Indian culture was. In the poem, “tree” does not only mean that “plant tree”, but also a symbol of knowledge and advanced culture. People use trees to make books and paper, which are the symbols of knowledge nowadays as well. That’s why “It is a sin to be rude to a book”, “It is a sin to shove a book aside with your foot”, “It is a sin to slam books down hard on a table” and “It is a sin to toss one carelessly across a room”. She also uses “You must learn how to turn a page gently without disturbing Sarasvati, without offending the tree from whose wood the paper was made” to show that books are sacred, and knowledge, represented by Sarasvati, was highly respected. Languages are the vehicles of

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