Pete and Donald are brothers who have little in common. Stable and successful Pete is a real estate agent in Santa Cruz. He has two daughters‚ a sailboat‚ and a great deal of money. Donald is something of a drifter‚ never keeping a job for long‚ often migrating from one religious commune to another. While Pete is at home in the world and looks healthy and comfortable‚ Donald is gaunt and obsessed with the fate of his soul. Pete seems to have taken after their parents‚ who are both dead. Like them
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DOES NOBEL GROW ON TREES? While broadcasting a speech‚ the Prime Minister addressed the nation that money does not grow on trees. It appears that this is a favourite phrase used by our Prime Minister. In fact‚ on an earlier occasion‚ he said in the same language when a delegation from Odisha approached him for more grants. Now perhaps the Prime Minister has got a unique opportunity to pose a question in a similar vein‚ “Does Nobel Grow on trees?” The centenary session of the Science Congress
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BEAMING FACETS OF SANSKRIT “This (i.e. Panini’s) grammar‚ which dates from somewhere round 350 to 250 BC‚ is one of the greatest monuments of human intelligence. It describes with the minutest detail‚ every inflection‚ derivation and composition‚ and every syntactic usage of its author’s speech. No other language‚ to this day‚ has been so perfectly described. L. Bloomfield‚ Language : p.11 “The Romans……
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John Lennon was revolutionary for music. He was the lead singer of the Beatles. He was also very influential in the hippie revolution. He had huge success in his career. From forming the Beatles to his death in 1980‚ he was one of the most influential musicians in history. He was born on October 8‚ 1940‚ in Liverpool England. His mother bought him his first guitar when he was 15. When he turned sixteen‚ John formed a group called the Quarry Men. They performed rhythmic prison songs of the American
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Italy she announces that she is out of her depression and not surprisingly back to her original weight. Then traveling she travels to India to do exactly what the book says pray. She sits for hours a day in silent meditation at here guru’s ashram. She claims after many hours of silent meditation she has “seen” God and has learned that God is found within herself. She talks about finding inner peace is the most important thing any human can do. This is my favorite part of the book‚ because
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Compare how the poets present workmanship and their journey of life and composing ‘to a friend ‘Praveen shakir and ‘on top’ Gary Snyder. Introduction: ‘All you have to do then is wait and watch. New life will sprout’. I will explore the major theme relating it to liberation and the journey of life and demonstrate this by comparing style‚ language and the importance in both poems by Praveen shakir and Gary Snyder and determine if this was expected or intended. ‘On top’ by Gary Snyder is
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Brandon Walton Becich‚ 4 English 10 10 February 2014 The Great Soul “Whenever I despair‚ I remember that the way of truth and love has always won. There may be tyrants and murderers‚ and for a time‚ they may seem invincible‚ but in the end‚ they always fail. Think of it: always.” – Mohandas Gandhi. Aroused by the massacre of Amritsar in 1919‚ Gandhi put all his life’s effort into breaking free from the clutches of Great Britain. As the principal figure used his influential philosophy of non-violent
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GuruRabindranathTagore ♪♫ Shantiniketan ♫♪ *Home of Rabindranath* ♣Tagore ♣ Shantiniketan (Bangla: Shantiniketôn) is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal‚ India‚ approximately 180 kilometres north of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). It was made famous by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore‚ whose vision became what is now a university town (Visva-Bharati University) that attracts thousands of visitors each year. Shantiniketan is also a tourist attraction because Rabindranath
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The Theme of Continuity in the novel Heat and Dust Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s novel Heat and Dust tells the story of a young British woman Anne tracing the footsteps of her step grandmother Olivia in India. In this closing passage‚ Anne reflects upon their similar lives in India‚ inspiring the continuation of her journey in India. By drawing parallels between Anne and Olivia‚ inducing a change in setting‚ portraying the fading of time and environment and depicting Anne’s wish for ascension‚ Jhabvala
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ancient India. The other duo was that of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru who were instrumental in laying the base of a modern Indian state and giving shape to ideas in the realm of education‚ culture and democracy.1 Gandhi founded the Satyagraha Ashram after returning from South Africa and successfully employed the principles of Satyagraha in uniting the peasants of Kheda and Champaran against the government. After this victory Gandhi was bestowed the title of Bapu and Mahatma and his fame spread
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