Bombay the "City of Dreams"; but there is a lot more than just dreams. It is the city of glamour and glitz‚ but also the city of poverty and squalor. It is the city of "Bollywood" and "pav-bhaji"‚ the city of real-life "Mogambos" and small time "bhais". Bombay is the city of contradictions the city we love to hate and hate to love. Salman Rushdie in his novel "The Moor’s Last Sigh" pays his tribute to the spirit of the city of Bombay and his protagonist Moor’ is perhaps a metaphor for post-independent
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[MACBETH ESSAY] “Security is mortal’s chiefest enemy” - Hecate (III‚ v‚ 32-33)‚ Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare comments through Hecate that the greatest enemy of mankind is seeking security. In this scene‚ Hecate is planning the destruction of Macbeth by building his confidence and in the process; she gives us a hint to our lives. This can also be related to our society when one tries to gain a higher rank that results in becoming his nemesis. An example of this is Tiger
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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE “Education is a companion which no future can depress‚ no crime can destroy‚ no enemy can alienate it and no nepotism can enslave” It is this maxim that urged me to think higher right from my young age. Science has always been a fascination and more of a miracle to me. The wonders that science and technology have unfolded before us are not limited to time and space. My aim in life is
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When life presents us with an opportunity where we can get ahead‚ or allows us a chance to make a past transgression right‚ we are obliged to discern the occasion and take action. We must move forward with confidence‚ and not look back‚ for this may be a once in a life time opportunity. Indecision or hesitation may cause us to miss out on what we really desire in life‚ and what we may end up with instead is a life filled with regret. Unfortunately‚ the latter is the case in the Greek myth of “Orpheus
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Oral myths existed throughout the history of humankind regardless of place‚ culture or language spoken‚ and they don’t obligatorily relate back to an objective reality. The nature of human being always remained the same‚ curious and eager to explore‚ but most of the time they were not able to explain the things surrounding them. That is the time when myths came on the stage‚ incarnating values and interpreting the origins of nature processes into the clear and accessible for everybody language. Myths
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When describing a day with Caesar‚ Cassius explains Caesar proposing a swimming race: “I plunged in/And bade him follow: so indeed he did”(13-14). Here Cassius acts as the leader in the duo‚ therefore giving him leadership status. To become even more courageous than Caesar he compares himself to Aeneas when helping the struggling Caesar out of the water.
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MY FAREWELL SPEECH – 1994/95 Principal Sir‚ my loving teachers‚ and my fellow Tenacians: Words don’t come easy to me when it comes to speaking on an occasion like this. All throughout my school life‚ I’ve seen batches of students being bade farewell by the school and in all those times‚ I’ve feared the day when I’ll be among those stepping out of the doors of this institution for ever. Today‚ the time seems to have come for me too to make a transition from present to history. I don’t know
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India is a land of great diversity. It described as a land of many religions and innumerable languages‚ it might well be described as a land of festivals as well. Indians love celebrating. Every little occasion from the harvesting of crops‚ welcoming the spring or rain‚ to seeing the full moon lends itself to joyous celebrations splashed with colors‚ music‚ folk dances and songs. Even the birthdays of divine beings are celebrated by connecting them with particular festivals. The Indian calendar
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AVALON Consulting Case Study CONFIDENTIAL 2010 © Avalon Consulting. All Rights Reserved A large CV manufacturer in India wanted Avalon Consulting to conceptualize and facilitate implementation of strategies to improve market share in their OEM branded spare parts business Situation Approach Solution Client Our client is a large Commercial Vehicles manufacturer in India and had a OEM branded spare parts business with a turnover of about USD 50 million before the engagement
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resigned by the knock‚ as if he can only exist but not thrive. Thus by running away‚ the individual tinks he can solve the problem‚ I climbed on the sill/And descended outside. The person in the poem even tries to fool the knock‚Back over the sillI bade a Come inTo whoever the knockAt the door may have beenHowever‚ the person only fools himself when he decides to escape his conscience and go back to the real world. Unfortunately‚ when faced with the real world‚ the person once again hides away from
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