The leaders of our freedom movement‚ under the stewardship of Mahatma Gandhi‚ had dreamt of an independent and prosperous India. On this day in 1947‚ Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru took the first step towards the realization of that dream by hoisting the Tricolour at the Red Fort. The journey we began on 15 August‚ 1947 is now 65 years old. We have achieved much in these 65 years. Today is certainly a day to celebrate the success of our democracy. However‚ on this occasion we should also introspect about
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They have been waiting a very long time to have their say. And amidst a sea of red eyes‚ numerous handkerchiefs and emotional‚ shaky voices‚ they finally got it on Monday. The surviving family members of the Air India bombing in 1985 got their chance to speak their piece in Ottawa‚ as the official inquiry into the worst terror attack in Canadian history got under way. Grief and anger were both in evidence‚ as more than twenty years of pain emerged before former Supreme Court judge and inquiry
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The Sacred Romance‚ by Brent Curtis and John Eldredge‚ took me on a journey that teought me more about what God is doing behind the scenes of our lives to woo us to Him and only Him. God truly wants us all to join in a Sacred Romance with Him. The truth is‚ we all have the longing to form such a relationship with God Himself. Our hearts tell us that we need this relationship‚ but we continuously subdue the need and any desire‚ choosing instead to do life on our own. They “hope to help you discover
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The Prolonging of The Sacred Balance People may not realize it but instead of helping and protecting the environment‚ we are destroying it. As the human population increases‚ it seems like chances of helping the environment is decreasing. David Suzuki‚ author of "The Sacred Balance‚" emphasis how humans are more so laid back especially with new advanced technologies coming out every year. He mentions in the book‚ "We are the most numerous mammalian species on the planet‚ but unlike all the others
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Government Official country name: India Government System: Constitutional Federal (federation) Republic Head of State: Pranab Mukherjee Official Languages: Hindi‚ English Region: Asia Allies/blocs: Russia‚ Singapore‚ South Korea People Population: 1‚220‚800‚358 Growth Rate: 1.51% Major religions/cultures: Hinduism‚ Islam‚ Christianity‚ Sikhism‚ Buddhism Standard of living: Overall life expectancy rate: 65 infant mortality rate: 72 per 1‚00 live births literacy rate:
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Many alcoholics were sent to alcohol addiction centers and alcohol asylums. These places often didn’t make a difference in the patients drinking habits. Soon though‚ in the 1940’s Alcoholics Anonymous support groups began popping up in major U.S. Cities. Soon these groups began diffusing around America‚ and many lives were saved because of these groups. Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are still one way that alcoholics receive treatment
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Business Failure Analysis LDR 531/Organizational Leadership Business Failure Analysis Businesses are created with the intention to be successful‚ achieve goals‚ and create profits. The continuity of business success depends on the capability to forecast changes on markets and economies‚ and create a plan to adapt to change‚ if management failure to forecast changes‚ the business welfare will be unstable. Blockbuster was a leader on the movies rental business‚ and failure to reinvent as company‚ leading
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because the monsoons which fed the rivers that supported the civilisation‚ migrated to the east. With the rivers drying out as a result‚ the civilisation collapsed some 4000 years ago. The study was conducted by a team of scientists from the US‚ the UK‚ India‚ Pakistan and Romania between 2003 and 2008.[29] While the new finding puts to rest‚ at least for the moment‚ other theories of the civilisation’s demise‚ such as the shifting course of rivers due to tectonic changes or a fatal foreign invasion‚ it
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Witness Recount In his "Brer Rabbit Stories"‚ nineteenth- century author Joel Chandler Harris offers a collection of colorful folkloric tales where he portrays vividly his childhood south. To paint a more accurate image of his stories‚ Chandler uses stereotypical characters of the region in his narrative; there is intrinsically no real plot but an old man entertaining a young boy. The author also exploits the vernacular of the region to convey his message and insist on their traditional and cultural
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The Politics of Representation in A Passage to India The discussion on A Passage to India as a political fiction has for long been dominated by the followers of a mimetic theory of literature‚ whose quest for empiricism tied to didacticism is achieved when they find the narrative content to be an authentic portrayal of India and a humanist critique of British-Indian relations during the last decades of the Empire. Since the accession of critical methods concerned with representation as an ideological
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