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    Chief Justice of India: Mr. Altamas Kabir Governer of Reserve Bank of India: Mr. D. Subbarao Deputy Chairman Planning Commission of India: Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia Chairman of IRDA: Mr. T.S. Vijayan Chairman of GIC: Mr. D. Ashok Kumar Roy Speaker of Lok Sabha: Ms. Meira Kumar Chief Election Commissioner: Mr.V.S. Sampath Prime Minister of Pakistan: Mr. Raja Pervez Ashraf Head quarter of IRDA: Hyderabad Head quarter of National Insurance Co. Ltd: Calcutta Biggest private General Insurance

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    Henry David Thoreau once wrote‚ “If a man does not keep pace with his companions‚ perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears‚ however measured and far away” (Thoreau). Both Esther Greenwood of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar and Christopher McClandless of John Kraukaer’s Into the Wild had their own “music” different than societies. This “music” lead to Esther’s suicide attempts and Christopher’s journey to Alaska. While media influences both Esther Greenwood’s

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    Russian literature: History Overview Russian literature has long been a cultural focus of the entire world. It’s not surprising that the formation of Russia’s first literary traditions goes back to the first century. The adoption of Christianity boosted the development of literacy‚ philosophy and theological literature. The earliest literary works were not written in the Russian language but in Old Church Slavonic which was developed in the 9th century by Greek missionaries Cyril and Methodius

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    “Dance to the beat of your own drummer:” A piece of advice that I have been told my whole life‚ and have tried my hardest to follow. The words were taken from Thoreau’s quote‚ “If a man does not keep pace with his companions‚ perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.” Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau changed our lives. How? Well‚ the answer is not so simple as the statement. To understand fully how they affected our lives‚ we have to understand

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    It’s astonishing how the world is becoming more associated with media through recent years. People can’t deny that one of the components of media which are TV series have a huge effect on our lives. It’s obvious that mass media plays a considerable role in our daily lives and it influences people’s world perspective and knowledge about moral aspects. Mass media is also known as broadcasting media‚ such as magazines‚ newspapers‚ radio‚ the internet‚ TV and they have changed people’s world view‚ their

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    William possesses a great deal of knowledge that it takes to produce a masterpiece‚ because he is familiar with old‚ recognized history literature. He mentions the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. He fantasises

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    opposition‚ combined with extensive repression‚ led to the silencing of the opposition‚ and hence Tsar Nicholas’ survival. Furthermore‚ the Russification helped increase the loyalty of some of Russia’s minorities to the Tsar. Firstly‚ according to Leo Tolstoy‚ “One third of Russia is under a regime of reinforced surveillance…The censorship has attained a level of oppressiveness unknown even in the abominable period of the 1840s…Troops with weapons loaded ready to fire on the people have been sent

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    Is There a Meaning of Life? There are many different views as to what makes life meaningful. Philosopher‚ Thomas Nagel‚ presents a good argument as to why a “Sisyphisian” existence is meaningless. This does not necessarily mean that all lives are meaningless‚ because Richard Taylor and Raymond Martin provide strong evidence that prove otherwise. According to Greek mythology‚ “The Myth of Sisyphus”‚ by Albert Camus‚ condemns Sisyphus to forever roll the same rock up a hill; only to see it roll

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    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was‚ and still is‚ a remarkable and influential person in our world today. Gandhi was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the India independence movement. Gandhi developed a model to fight for civil rights through nonviolent protest. Through this he achieved political and social progress through total nonviolence for which he is internationally known for. Gandhi led India to its independence and inspired movements

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    conflict and disharmony with the world around them. The ‘superfluous man’ paradigm is best depicted in the following three characters: Pechorin (Mikhail Lermontov’s A Hero of Our Time)‚ Bazarov (Ivan Turgenev’s Fathers and Children)‚ and Ivan Ilych (Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilych). This paper will explore the idea of the superfluous man in the preceding three characters

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