to India. Santhal tribes Santhals are the third largest tribe in India. They are mostly found in the states of West Bengal‚ Bihar‚ Orissa‚ Jharkhand and Assam. They belong to the pre- Aryan period and have been the great fighters from the time of Britishers. Munda Munda tribe mainly inhabit in the region of Jharkhand‚ although they are well spread in the states of West Bengal‚ Chhatisgarh‚ Orissa and Bihar. Munda generally means headman of the village. Hunting is the main occupation of the Mundas
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Characters Kanai Dutt: Indian‚ 42 years old; translator; knows 6 languages; at around 10 was sent to Lusibari to be “rusticated” when speaking back to the teacher; unmarried; lives in New Deli; runs a bureau of translators; Piyali Roy: Indian by descent; does not speak Bengali; from Seattle but born in Kolkata‚ left when 1 year old; cetologist; has an uncle in Kolkata (big man in government); late 20s; her mother suffered from cervical cancer; Nilima Bose: Mashima - “aunt”; 76 years old; Kanai’s
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Jhumpa Lahiri ’s The Lowland: A Family Saga with a Political Perspective Sugata Samanta West Bengal‚ India Abstract : Jhumpa Lahiri ’s The Lowland‚ partly set in Calcutta of the 1960 ’s and 70 ’s and partly in Rhode Island of America‚ tells the story of four generations of Mitra family with a sweeping‚ addictive plot. The initial development of the story centers around the Naxalite insurgency in West Bengal in late 1960 ’s and 70 ’s which had taken the country by surprise. In this article I have tried
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development blocks across the State of West Bengal and there is increasing need for inclusion of the remainder blocks as well. The PROFLAL scheme which is running for the last few years at various blocks in Bengal along with Bankura‚ few modifications have been made in order to make client applications more flexible and to make it easily made accessible for web based system the census block‚ census gram panchayats corresponding to each block of west Bengal are being included. Previously the block
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along rivers and across mountains‚ connected Yunnan‚ mainly via Myanmar and Bengal‚ to the Indian Ocean trading system . Over the centuries‚ this ‘Southern Silk Route’ has been cut off‚ and many attempts at reviving it have been made. In the 19th century‚ British businessmen and politicians saw Myanmar as the backdoor to China from their empire in India. The British attempted to build a rail link from the Bay of Bengal to Yunnan province through Myanmar. Construction started in the 1930s‚ but the
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significantly to the making of world history. The Tropic of Cancer (23° 30’N) divides the country into almost two equal parts. To the southeast and southwest of the mainland‚ lie the Andaman and Nicobar islands and the Lakshadweep islands in Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea respectively. Find out the extent of these groups of islands from your atlas. • The southernmost point of the Indian Union– ‘Indira Point’ got submerged under the sea water in 2004 during the Tsunami. LOCATION India is a vast country
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Ganga is the great collector of Himalayan snows. The many sources of the Ganga flow south and east from melting glaciers in these highlands‚ collecting into the great trunk stream that flows due east before bending slightly southward into the Bay of Bengal. Little water comes from the dry lowlands across the western and southern portions of the Ganga drainage basin. As the rivers of the Ganga basin leave the steep topography of the Himalaya and enter the hill country to the south‚ they flow through
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in the lofty heights of the Himalayan and are harnessed for hydroelectric power(currently at levels far below their maximum potential).Before flowing to the vast plains of the Deccan and on to either the Arabian sea to the west or the bay of Bengal to the east. The problem of water resources allocation and sharing ‚primarily for irrigation purposes has made the relations bitter between India and Bangladesh and this has led to a true example of environmental security-where environmental issues
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Himalayas as a pair of head streams. It begins in an ice cave in the mountains about 10‚300 feet above sea level. The river flows across the northern corner of India. The Ganges flows across India and Bangladesh until it empties out into the Bay of Bengal. The great river provides water to many places‚ and many places rely on it. Sizes The river known as the Ganges is officially and popularly known by its Hindu name‚ Ganga. The river has its source in the Himalayas‚ at Gaumakh in the southern
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Cultural Heritage of Bangladesh 1. Introduction: Bangladesh is a melting pot of races. She‚ therefore‚ has a mixed culture. Her deep rooted heritage is amply reflected in her architecture‚ literature‚ dance‚ drama‚ music and painting. Bangladeshi culture is influenced by three great religions- Hinduism‚ Buddhism and Islam in successive order‚ with Islam having the most pervading and lasting impact. Like a colorful montage‚ the cultural tradition of the country is a happy blending of many variants
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