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From Fiction to Facts: Rohinton Mistry‘s Lend me your Light as a literary reflection on emigration from India to Canad

From Fiction to Facts: Rohinton Mistry‘s Lend me your Light as a literary reflection on emigration from India to Canada. Structure. Fiction: short story by Rohinton Mistry Facts: General information about emigration from India to Canada Comparison fiction and facts . Lend me your Light.

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From Fiction to Facts: Rohinton Mistry‘s Lend me your Light as a literary reflection on emigration from India to Canad

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  1. From Fiction to Facts: Rohinton Mistry‘s Lend me your Light as a literary reflection on emigration from India to Canada

  2. Structure • Fiction: short story by Rohinton Mistry • Facts: General information about emigration from India to Canada • Comparison fiction and facts

  3. Lend me your Light • Written by Rohinton Mistry • Indian Kersi emigrates from India to Canada • Problems to adapt to the new culture • Feeling of guilt • Visits Bombay  disappointed • Not able to overcome his problems

  4. Message of the story • Shows how difficult living in a diaspora situation can be • Story is part of the book „Tales from Firozha Baag“

  5. Rohinton Mistry • Emigrated from Bombay to Toronto • won several prices and two of his novels were even shortlisted for the Booker Price

  6. Immigration regulations • 1960s harsh immigration regulations were abolished • new immigration system, based on division of immigrants into 3 categories • The Independent and Economic class • Family class • Refugee class

  7. Indians living in Canada • Canada‘s population 30 million • About 5 Million foreign born • 5.7% Indian • 713.000 people of Indian-origin • 10% of Toronto‘s population is Indian

  8. Integration • Indian culture is present in Canada • Indians suffer from many problems homesickness, stress, have to cope with discrimination • Problems to enter labor market no Canadian work experience, degrees aren't accepted • Jobs don‘t fit to their level of education

  9. But majority economically successful • High level of integration policy of multiculturalism • 1960s discussion started • 1988 policy of multiculturalism part of constitution • Cultural mosaic- unique parts fitting together into a unified whole • Measures dual citizenship, support of cultural works of different ethnic groups, education in language and democratic rights

  10. Comparison fiction and facts • Story reveals problems of emigration • There are many problem, but there are success stories either • Influence of Mistry's personal emigration experience •  just one example, emigration is an individual experience

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