*****Books and Authors***** Books by Award Winning Authors Books by Nobel Laureates Rabindranath Tagore Gitanjali Gora Gardner The Post Office Hungry Stones The King of Dark Chamber The Home and the World Chandalika VS Naipaul In a Free State A Bend in the River An Area of Darkness The Mystic Masseur India: A Million Mutinies Now Amartya Sen The Argumentative Indian Growth Economics The Idea of Justice On Economic Inequality Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny
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DOES GANDHI MATTER Mahatma Gandhi ‚as we all know‚ is one of the greatest sons of the Indian soil. He is the father of the nation and the maker of the modern independent republic of India. A lean‚ frail‚ ’half-naked fakir’ – armed with a wooden staff and simple dignity of a human being‚ he fought against the greatest empire‚ the world has known. Albert Einstein has said about him "Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this in flesh and blood walked upon this earth". As a man
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Life is important to us but there are two types of people who want to live peaceful lives full of happiness and joy and other people types of people who like to make their lives full of struggle and worries that make their lives harder than it is. “What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty‚ and every difficulty has an opportunity”. (J. Sidlow Baxter) But‚ According to the IMDb.com biography Robert Thurman was born on
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While living in Europe‚ she decided to quit modeling and become an actress. "So I packed my bags‚ moved back to New York‚ and stood in line to be an extra in a Woody Allen movie‚" she later recalled.[5] Stone was cast for a brief role in Allen’s Stardust Memories (1980)‚[3] and then had a speaking part a year later in the horror film Deadly Blessing (1981). French director Claude Lelouch cast her in Les Uns et les Autres (1982)‚ starring James Caan.[6] She was on screen for two minutes and did not
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Buddhism consists of many conflicting and contradicting ideologies. The idea of suicide is a key issue in Buddhism‚ and can be argued as a violation of buddhist code. Recently there has been incidents where buddhists monks and nuns have been committing suicide to protest Chinese rule. There is much debate on whether these suicides are morally acceptable by Buddhism‚ and the question of what makes a suicide immoral according to Buddhism arises. An example of a nun dying by suicide is referenced in
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How does Huxley associate ideas of happiness with consumption and a society’s well-being? In the twisted era of Brave New World‚ Huxley has created what seems to be a false symbol of universal happiness. In Brave New World it is suggested that the price of universal happiness will be achieved with the sacrifice of major treasured aspects within our culture‚ such as: family‚ freedom‚ love‚ childhood‚ and home. Happiness in this dystopian novel is achieved through the mass consumption of producer goods
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This is something that the XIVth Dalai Lama has emphasized should be the case‚ and he recommends in certain situations amending old religious beliefs on the basis of modern development in a cautious manner. Based on some traditional views‚ replacing these religious aspects with science alone
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American theosophists studied the mysteries of the divine and its relationship to nature and humans‚ embracing Eastern philosophies to gain a deeper spirituality. During this time Hinduism was introduced to the West. Decades later‚ the expulsion of the Dalai Lama from Tibet resulted in Buddhist wisdom and practice spreading to more parts of the world. The 20th century continued to unfold with two world wars‚ harnessing of nuclear power‚ the Viet Nam war‚ ending of apartheid‚ the tearing down of the Berlin
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5 Great Examples of Humanitarianism “Love and compassion are necessities‚ not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” - Dalai Lama If human beings didn’t have the compassion to help one another‚ do you think the human race would still exist now with all the wars‚ diseases‚ poverty‚ and natural catastrophes that exist? Most likely we could have been wiped out. Thankfully‚ we have the ability to feel compassion and show resiliency in the most difficult times. We have the capability of
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Issues in Biological Conservation‚ India Case Study The public image that India has acquired throughout history is rapidly changing. This all began in the 1990s when economic independence was achieved. Industrialism has caused India’s economy to grow at very fast pace. As a result‚ urbanization has sharply increased as well. This and many other changes have impacted both the people and the natural environment of India. The natural environment of India is extremely diverse. Landscapes include
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