related by the similar usage of spices and the use of a greater variety of vegetables than many other cuisine. Religious and caste restrictions‚ weather‚ geography and the impact of foreigners have affected the eating habits of Indians. For example‚ Brahmins (one of the highest orders of caste) are strict vegetarians usually‚ but in the coastal states of West Bengal and Kerala‚ they consume a lot of fish. Southern Indians generally speaking‚ have been orthodox in their tastes‚ probably because eating
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Book Review written by Jaya Tripathi Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan Homeless Bird is the story of a young Indian village girl who overcomes adversity and extreme hardship to ultimately live a full and happy life on her own terms. I first heard about this book when a parent expressed his concern about the (in)appropriateness of its selection as required text for 5th graders in a public school in the United States. The book was chosen‚ he was told‚ to educate the students about India. So
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setting out a life of solitude near Walden Pond using carefully crafted rhetorical devices. He uses parallelism to compare his town people to islanders‚ or ‘Brahmins’‚ who were “sitting exposed to four fires and looking in the face of the sun” or “hanging suspended‚ with their heads downwards‚ over flames” (Walden‚ 4). He uses the doings of Brahmins as an equivalent to the things his fellow villagers put themselves through to get by in their society. He also alludes to Hercules to describe his people
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History Chandrashekhar Azad‚ often called‚ Panditji was the founder of Garam Dal. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857‚ he was first among many Indian revolutionaries to use arms in their fight for independence against the British rulers. A devout Brahmin‚ he believed that it was his "dharma" (duty) to fight for others. He also believed that a soldier never relinquishes his weapon. Born to Pandit Sitaram Tiwari and Jagarani Devi‚ Azad spent most of his childhood and received primary education in Bhavra
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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar ([bʱiːmraːw raːmdʑiː aːmbeːɽkər]; 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956)‚ popularly also known as Babasaheb‚ was an Indian jurist‚ political leader‚ philosopher‚ anthropologist‚ historian‚ orator‚ economist‚ teacher‚ editor‚ prolific writer‚ revolutionary and a revivalist for Buddhism in India. He was also the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. In 2012 he was chosen greatest Indian in a nationwide poll held by History TV and CNN-IBN.[3][4] Born into a poor Mahar (considered
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Awards‚ 1 Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award‚ Filmfare Special Award for completing 25 years in the Indian Film Industry. On 17th October 1999‚madhuri was married to Shriram Madhav Nene‚ a UCLA-trained cardiovascular surgeon who belonged to a Brahmin family.after her marriage went to Denver and then had two sons Arin and Raayan nene.in oct 2011 she came back to Mumbai for a little while and acted in aaja nachle for a comeback but it didn’t go well on the screens. Madhuri was a social worker as
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flowed into a reservoir when it reached the outskirts of the city and was stored The water flowed into pipes and was distributed around the city Artha-sastra 3000 C.E. Ancient Indian treatise on government Written by Kautilya‚ a crafty elderly Brahmin Advisor of Chandragupta‚ founder of the Mauryan empire Presents schemes for enforcing and increasing the
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SOCIAL PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF DR. B. R. AMBEDKAR 1. INTRODUCTION Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s philosophical contribution has in the areas of Humanism‚ realism and rationalism. He propounded a philosophy of humanism taking in account both theory and practice. For him philosophy is not purely theoretic matter but has practical potentialities. It has its roots in the problems of life and the theories that are propounded return back as a contribution for the reconstruction of the society
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The age of Harsha was a trubulent one. Yet‚ the general life of people was a prosperous one. In estimating the social life of people during the Harsha‚ We have to keep in view the administration of Harsha‚ for the social life of a people anywhere in olden days‚ to some extent was influenced by its administrative system. Hiuen-Tsang attributes commendable administrative vigilance to Harsha - made tours of inspection throughout his kingdom‚ and promoted benevolent activities like construction and
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Indian presence in the British army was reduced to almost a half of what it had been. Also whereas before Indian regiments had been allowed to exist separately‚ they were now incorporated to be part of larger British regiments. High caste Hindus and Brahmins
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