Rabindranath Tagore Selected short stories Profit and Loss This narrative briefly describes the short‚ sorrowful life of Nirupama. The name signifies ‘peerless one’ and was given to her by her parents‚ who were gratified with a daughter after having had five sons. Being treasured‚ her father searched long and hard to find a groom he deemed suitable enough for her. He engaged Nirupama to the son of a “grand” Raybahadur who asked for a dowry of 10‚000 rupees. Even though he had no way of paying
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culture. In the beginning of the 20th century‚ different authors wrote on the topic. One example to be quoted is that of the Indian chemist P. C. Ray’s ‘History of Hindu chemistry’ published in 1902 (reprinted by the Indian Chemical Society‚ Calcutta‚ 1956) in History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India. The less known fact is that Ray was the first Indian to be elected as member of the famous journal Isis (USA)‚ which deals with the history of science
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about 2‚000 a year. Most came from North India and left from tine port of Calcutta‚ and about 5‚000 came from South India‚ leaving from the port of Madras. Those from North India came mostly from the plains of the Ganges River‚ in what is now Uttar Pradesh‚ with some from Bihar and Bengal. The name Beharry in Trinidad comes from Bihari‚ meaning a person from Bihar. In 1871‚ to take a year at random‚ those who left from Calcutta to work overseas were 41 per cent from central India‚ Agra and Oudh‚ 29
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Content List of illustrations ………………………………………………………………...………..1 A. B. Introduction………………………………………………………………………..….2 Case Study…………………………………………………………………………….2 1. Essential moral standards and norms …………………………………………….2 2. The practical value of different economic ethics concepts ………………………3 3. The RADAR concept ……..………………………………………………...……5 a) Recognize ………………………………………………………………...5 b) Assess …………………………………………………………………….6 c) Decide …………………………………………………………………….8 4. Preparation for the meeting …………….………………………………………
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INDIA is a vast plural country‚ full of diversities of religions‚ castes‚languages‚ tribes‚ cultures‚ etc. A number of cultural and linguistic groups are concentrated in certain territorial segments‚ to which they are attached‚ emotionally and historically.As has been said that during colonial rule the administration was interested in economic exploitation of the country and not in its development; it encouraged various divisions based on religion‚ region‚ caste and language and did not pursue any
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The revolt of 1857 is regarded by many as the First War of Indian Independence. It was after this that the Nationalistic Movement in the country gathered momentum. Emergence of press‚ development of rapid means of transport and communication‚ and the impact of the contemporary European movement accelerated the growth of this national sentimence. The practice of racial discrimination by the British in all spheres of life also contributed to the unity among different sections of the society to rise
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budget five crores of rupees for the development of tourism in the state of Kashmir during the fifth plan period. The Government of India is also doing its best to develop tourism in our country. In big cities like New Delhi‚ Bombay‚ Madras and Calcutta‚ the Government has established modern high-style hotel with modern amenities for the very rich tourists who may come to India. Te places of tourist-interest are developed in multifarious ways like lighting‚ water-supplying‚ beautifying and so on
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Terrorism In India The attacks on Indian Parliament and on Mumbai has left the people of India in a state of shock and fear for their life. The situation on Kashmir is still haunting the government and to add to the problems of Indian government is the recent attack on hotels in Mumbai killing many people including people from different nations. I think its time that India should follow a zero tolerance policy towards terrorism and the terrorists. The attack on Mumbai is “an attack on the spirit
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prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe. Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (May 21‚ 1921 – December 14‚ 1989) was a Soviet nuclear physicist‚ dissident and human rights activist. Mother Teresa of Calcutta (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997)‚ was an Albanian-born Indian Roman Catholic nun. In late 2003‚ she was beatified‚ the third step toward possible sainthood. A second miracle credited to Mother Teresa is required before she can be recognized as
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“Two Ways to Belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee is about Bharati and her sister Mira who have emigrated from Calcutta‚ India to America. They have lived in the United States for about 35 years however they have completely different ideas about immigrant status. Bharati married an American citizen while Mira has a green card and works in pre-school education. Bharati has embraced her new found American identity whole heartedly while Mira prefers to maintain a green card. Mira feels that while
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