novel ‘The life of Pi’‚ the author Yann Martel takes readers on an extraordinary adventure through the protagonist Piscine Molitor “Pi” Patel. He describes the journey of Pi‚ a sixteen year old boy who survived 227 days on a lifeboat with an adult Bengal tiger as a result of their Japanese ship sinking. Pi displays the strengths he gained through his religious beliefs‚ knowledge of animals and zoology. These skills he learnt during his childhood in Pondicherry. Pi’s father demonstrates the importance
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One symbol that helps to illuminate this book‚ Life of Pi‚ is the color orange. This color appears very often throughout the book. Orange is a color of survival and of hope. All the things that would and could help Pi survive were orange. “…the whole inside of the boat and the tarpaulin and the life jackets and the lifebuoy and the oars and most every other significant object aboard was orange” (Martel). Without these things‚ Pi surely would have died. Orange Juice‚ the orangutan was also the
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we must learn to smell farts as in our life our girl frends will say to smell her ass and then she will fart but if you will do yuck! then she will leave you ssssssssFifteenth of August" redirects here. For other uses‚ see August 15. Independence Day The national flag of india‚ on the Red fort in Delhi; a common sight on public and private buildings on national holidays like the 15th of August. Also called The Fifteenth of August स्वतन्त्रता दिवस Observed by India Type National Significance
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movement and neither is it the product of the state funded cross border terrorism. The roots of this problem lie in the Freedom struggle of India. Back in the heydays of the freedom struggle‚ the naaxals were a band of outlaws in and around the West Bengal‚ Bihar and Orissa border. They lived in the jungles and made military style guerrilla attacks on the British sponsored East India Company. They were the cowboys‚ who much like the Robin Hood of fables‚ took from the rich and gave to the poor. Their
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FROM THE SG & CEO’S DESK Dear friends‚ The articles in this publication aim to bring attention to the alarming status of four species of bustards found in India - the Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps)‚ Lesser Florican (Sypheotides indica)‚ Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis) and the Houbara (Chlamydotis undulata). The situation is critical for all‚ the first three of which are resident with the Houbara being a migratory species. I have always marveled at the sight of these incredible
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remarkable and it is bestowed with several wonderful beaches that are famous places of tourist attractions as well. The peninsular India is surrounded by the Bay of Bengal in the east‚ Arabian Sea in the west and Indian Ocean to its south. One should not forget to mention the beautiful coral islands‚ the Andaman and Nicobar islands in the Bay of Bengal and the Lakshadweep islands in the Arabian Sea are those unique groups of islands. The lush rainforests of the North-East India are in contrast to the dry Thar
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The injury occurred in the course of an NFL game between the Denver Broncos and the Cincinnati Bengals played in Denver in 1973. The Broncos’ defensive back‚ Dale Hackbart‚ was injured by the Bengals’ offensive back‚ Charles "Booby" Clark. Charles Clark‚ acting out of anger and frustration‚ struck a blow with his right forearm to the back of the plaintiff’s head and neck with enough force to cause both players to fall to the ground. Clark testified at trial that his frustration was caused by the
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villages of West Bengal‚ a state in the eastern part of India ajr_1287 219..225 Anindita Dutta‚ PhD‚1‚2 and Manas Ranjan Ray‚ PhD2 1 College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering‚ Peking University‚ Beijing‚ China; and Department of Experimental Hematology‚ Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute‚ Kolkata‚ India 2 Abstract Objective: To find out the prevalence of hypertension‚ pre-hypertension and tachycardia among the women in rural areas of West Bengal‚ identify co-factors
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The outcome of this argument is that our traditional moral categories are upset. The traditional distinction between duty and charity cannot be drawn‚ or at least‚ not in the place we normally draw it. Giving money to the Bengal Relief Fund is regarded as an act of charity in our society. The bodies which collect money are known as "charities." These organizations see themselves in this way-if you send them a check‚ you will be thanked for your "generosity." Because giving
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Social Studies Assignment On: India and Her Neighbors Done by: Tatinee Dey 1.The Kargil War • The Kargil War‚ also known as the Kargil conflict was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir. The cause of the war was the infiltration of Pakistani soldiers and Kashmiri militants into positions on the Indian side of the Line of Control‚ which serves as the de facto border between the two nations. Directly after the
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