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    She was traveling to the Himalayan Foothills when she heard God talking to her‚ saying that she should abandon her life of teaching and work in the slums of Calcutta aiding the sickest and poorest. She believed that even though she was leaving the convent‚ her vocation got stronger. It was putting what they had always been taught into action. Teresa thought that in the eyes of some it would be considered a failure

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    Rhetorical Analysis of Born into Brothels In Calcutta’s red light district‚ several children are trying to get by in brothels. Their mothers are prostitutes and their fathers are gone‚ unreliable or unknown. Zana Briski journeys to Calcutta to photograph the lives of the prostitutes‚ and she ends up teaching their children about cameras and photography. Briski finds that the kids have true potential‚ not only in their photography but in their lives. She tries as hard as she can to find better futures

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    Naxalism

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    History The term Naxalites comes from Naxalbari‚ a small village in West Bengal‚ where a section of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) led by Charu Majumdar‚ Kanu Sanyal and Jangal Santhal initiated a violent uprising in 1967. On May 18‚ 1967‚ the Siliguri Kishan Sabha‚ of which Jangal was the president‚ declared their readiness to adopt armed struggle to redistribute land to the landless.[11] The following week‚ a sharecropper near Naxalbari village was attacked by the landlord’s men

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    On the 18‚ July 1947 India declared it’s independence from the British Empire after almost 200 years of being rule over the country. But independence was short lived after a day; the country was split up into 2 different countries which became Pakistan. Later the Pakistani province of East Pakistan will declare it’s independence from Pakistan which became the country Bangladesh. India was split up on the bases of religion which has created bitter relations between the populations of these three countries

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    Working Paper No. 18 Struggle to Acculturate in the Namesake: A Comment on Jhumpa Lahiri ’s Work as Diaspora Literature! Mahesh Bharatkumar Bhatt GJ!jarat Arts &Science College‚ Ellisbridge‚ Ahmedabad Abstract The aim of the paper is to bringforth the wqy in which Jhllmpa Lahiri‚ a Plllitzer prize winner novelist explores the dilemma of name and immigrant ’s sense of identity and belongingness in the novel The Namesake. The paper discllsses the term ’diaspora: and their role in the present

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    Mother Teresa is known across the globe as the brave and selfless servant of the poor and sick of Calcutta’s slums. She was also much more: a bold social advocagte‚ and even a thoughtful theologian. In 1994‚ just three years before she would pass away‚ Mother Teresa spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington‚ D.C. The focus of her presentation was a condemnation of abortion‚ given in the presence of the pro-choice administration of President Bill Clinton (First Lady Hilary Clinton was also

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    id=Vj5VO8YK9uAC&dq=mother+teresa+personality&source=gbs_navlinks_s Spink‚ K. (2012). Mother Teresa: An Authorized Biography. Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books?id=4WVz59ZgYeoC&dq=mother+teresa+biography&source+gbs_navlinks_s The Holy See. (2014‚ November). Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997). Retrieved from http://w2.vatica.va/content/vatican/en.html Wallace‚ P. M.‚ & Godstein‚ J. H. (1997). An Introduction to Psychology (4th ed.). Boston‚ MA: MCGrawHill.

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    Jury system And Its relevance in India. ------------------------------------------------- Abstract ------------------------------------------------- This research article attempts to explain what exactly is jury system and the objective behind having jury trials. Also‚ we talk about its relevance in India and Indian judiciary. Tracing right from the period after independence when jury system prevailed in India‚ later when it was abolished and the present times where it is nowhere to be seen in

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    India - Article 226Cases Referred: Empire Industries Ltd. and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. MANU/SC/0186/1985; Ujagar Prints and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.MANU/SC/0305/1986Prior History:  From the Judgment and Order dated 2.2.1988 of the Calcutta High Court in Original Order Tender No. (F.M.A.T.) No. 181 of 1987Case Note: Excise - duty - Sections 2‚ 3 and 4 of Central Excise and Salt Act‚ 1944 - whether excise duty under Sections 3 and 4 to be charged on invoice-value of wagon or on value

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    INDIAN ETHOS & VALUES BIOGRAPHICAL STUDY – SISTER NIVEDITA Sister Nivedita Personal Life: Margaret Elizabeth Nobel who is familiarly known as “Sister Nivedita” was born on October‚ 1867 in Ireland. Her parents are Samuel Richmond Noble and Mary Isabel Noble. Her grandfather‚ Mr. John Noble‚ was a priest in a church had brought her up by providing her the feelings of bravery and patriotism since Ireland was fighting for its freedom at that time since she lost her father when

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