anti-clockwise direction in the Northern Hemisphere and in clockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere. The word "Cyclone" is derived from the Greek‚ word "Cyclos" meaning the coils of a snake. To Henri Peddington‚ the tropical storms in the Bay of Bengal and in the Arabian Sea appeared like the coiled serpents of the sea and he named these storms as "Cyclones". Cyclones are intense low pressure areas - from the centre of which pressure increases outwards- The amount of the pressure drop in the centre
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suffering from obtaining their basic necessities. In relaying this to his audience‚ Singer used East Bengal’s current state of suffering as an example. Right now‚ people who reside in East Bengal are currently suffering because of lack food ‚ shelter‚ and medical care. While referring to the current situation in Bengal‚ Singer argues that relatively affluent countries react to situations like Bengal’s in improper manner and it can not be justified. What Singer wants his audience to understand is that
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centers of India. Some of the more important centers being (Karnataka)‚ Chennai (Tamil Nadu)‚ Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)‚ Jaipur (Rajasthan)‚ Gandhinagar (Gujarat)‚ Mumbai and Pune (Maharashtra)‚ Bangalore‚ Bhubaneswar (Orissa)‚ Kolkata (West Bengal) and Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh). The Golden quadrilateral project was a cherished dream of the former Prime Minister
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England. Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was the youngest son of Debendranath Tagore‚ a leader of the Brahmo Samaj‚ which was a new religious sect in nineteenth-century Bengal and which attempted a revival of the ultimate monistic basis of Hinduism as laid down in the Upanishads. Tagore had early success as a writer in his native Bengal. With his translations of some of his poems he became rapidly
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Wildlife Conservation Efforts in India Introduction The Indian subcontinent boasts of serving as the natural habitat of a large and varied wildlife. The sub-continent with it’s varied geographical spread from the Himalayas in the north to the Cauvery basin in the south and the Kutch region in the west to the plains of Assam in East present a diverse range of environmental conditions for some of the most magnificent as well as the rarest wildlife species of the world in India to exist. The beauty
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RAMANAND Ramananda (1299–1410)‚ also referred to as Saint Ramanand or Swami Ramanand‚ was a Vaishnava sant. He is considered to be the reviver of the Ramanandi sect. Ramananda for the most part of his life lived in the holy city of Varanasi‚ and was a pioneer of the Bhakti movement‚ as well as a social reformer in Northern India. He was known for communicating in
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In Peter Singer’s "Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality"‚ he argues that the way people in relative affluent countries react to a situation like that in Bengal cannot be justified. His reason for saying this is due to his belief in his principle "if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening‚ without sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance‚ we ought‚ morally to do it". I disagree with his point of view and I will provide explanations as well as bring in my own arguments to
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The highest Barna is the Brahmins‚ or priests. Next comes the ‘Kshatriyas’‚ the warriors‚ and then the ‘Baishyas’‚ the merchants. The lowest Barna is the ‘Sudras’‚ consisting of labourers‚ artisans and servants. In practice‚ the caste system of Bengal consists of thousands of casts‚ generally of a local or regional nature. Each has its own history‚ customs‚ and claimed descent from one of the four Barnas. Members of a particular cast may undertake different professions‚ although commonly they will
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and Morality" Peter Singer main goal is to let people know how people are living in East Bengal. They are dying from lack of food‚ shelter‚ and medical care and all the deaths that are occurring in East Bengal‚ Peter’s goal is to try and get help for these people in East Bengal. We know that suffering is bad. Therefore‚ according to his principle‚ we must do our best to prevent situations such as this in Bengal where people are dying from lack of food‚ shelter and medical care‚ from happening (by
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