The Individual and Society

Introduction

This anthology of essays, short stories and poems has been designed to be relevant, up-to date and interesting for first-year students. The texts have been chosen under the broad rubric of ‘The Individual and Society,’ that is, we have taken texts that raise questions of caste, class, gender, race and war, and how they affect the individual. As modern society moves towards globalization, colonial exploitation takes new forms, and people settle in new places to find work, with the result that cross-cultural encounters become a daily part of life. These issues have been reflected in the final section, ‘Living in a Globalized World.’ Since such themes are likely to appear in other courses the student is taking, such as Psychology, ...