For nearly six thousand years‚ Ayurvedicmedicine has utilized the benefits of amla‚ a round‚ yellow‚ bitter fruit also known as the Indian gooseberry. Amla is so bitter and so sour that it will literally make your hair stand on end‚ and that makes it wonderfully useful in natural medicine. Because most toxins in the natural world are bitter‚ the human body is fine tuned to detect them. A bitter taste on the tongue usually makes us want to spit food out‚ and the taste receptors we also have in the
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Nectar in a Sieve is a powerful‚ moving narrative highlighting the struggles and prosperity of one woman as she strives to hold tightly on to tradition in her rapidly shifting world. Written by Kamala Markandaya‚ the author was raised in a middle class family which gave her many opportunities for travel and a higher education. It is seen in the first moments of the novel that the author seems thrust herself into the main character‚ Rukmani‚ who leaves her well educated and wealthy upbringing to
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family and friends they are because they‚ like Siddartha‚ are “not a source of joy for [them]selve[s]”. By learning to love himself before attempting to bring everything around him to peace‚ Siddhartha found the ability to keep his love for his son and Kamala strong during difficult
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Nectar in a Sieve Essay Throughout the novel Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya‚ money plays an important part in the lives of the protagonist Rukmani‚ her family‚ and many others. Money is vital for sustaining the constant basic needs of food and water. Typically‚ it is rather the lack of money more than anything else that is a problem in the lives of characters. Money is needed for survival‚ and this is a harsh lesson that is learned by several in the novel. Money provides the foundation
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Annotation for the poems: How do you annotate the poem "The Harp of India" by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio? Why hang’st thou lonely on yon withered bough? Unstrung for ever‚ must thou there remain; Thy music once was sweet - who hears it now? Although the above post gives some interesting suggestions about labeling meter‚ there are other focuses for annotating a poem. For example‚ you can annotate for figurative language and the meaning it grants the poem. The title “The Harp of India”
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in Allahabad‚ India. Her father‚ Jawaharlal‚ was a lawyer‚ member of the Indian National Congress and also leader of the Indian Nationalist movement. Her mother‚ kamala Nehru‚ was a deeply religious woman and differed greatly from Jawaharlal. It has been noted that there were huge differences between the lifestyle of Jawaharlal and Kamala‚ mainly in traditions as the Nehru’s followed a more-western and sophisticated lifestyle. (http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/indira-gandhi-47.php) Indira‚
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Kashmiri Pandit family. The Nehru family - Motilal Nehru is seated in the center‚ and standing (L to R) are Jawaharlal Nehru‚ Vijayalakshmi Pandit‚ Krishna Hutheesing‚ Indira Gandhi‚ and Ranjit Pandit; Seated: Swaroop Rani‚ Motilal Nehru and Kamala Nehru (circa 1927).Nehru was educated in India and Britain. In England‚ he attended the independent boy’s school‚ Harrow and Trinity College‚
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The Importance of the River Hermann Hesse wrote the book Siddhartha in 1922. Hesse influences the main character in the book because Siddhartha and Hermann went through leaving their own family to find truth in what they wanted to do. In the book Siddhartha‚ Siddhartha leaves home and becomes a student‚ learning about many different religions‚ in the end‚ he eventually finds the place where he is most happy. During Siddhartha’s life‚ he visits the river three times; each time Siddhartha visits
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Buddhism: Major global "religion" with complex system of beliefs. -The Four Noble Truths -The Noble Eightfold Path -Karma- if you live a good life‚ good things will happen to you and vise versa. -Cycle of Rebirth Siddhartha Gautama: -Founder of Buddhism - Lived 566 (?) - 480 (?) B.C.E. - Son of Indian warrior/king -Privileged but bored - Wandered in search of understanding Suffering: - Lay at the end of all existence - Based on interaction with an old man‚ an ill man‚ a
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kamala prasai ESL 028 My sister and I-Comparison/contrast essay Most sibling have a lot of things in common she is studying master in katmandu city so i feel a bot alone. my sister and i usually arguing about something‚ but now i reall miss her as well as our argument. however‚ there are many different between me and my older sister in various facts even though many people often mistake us as twins. once people actually get to know us they
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