South Asia contains seven nations: India‚ Pakistan‚ Nepal‚ Bhutan‚ Bangladesh‚ Sri Lanka‚ and Maldives. The combined area of these seven nations is approximately 1.7 million square miles‚ and it contains 1.3 billion people. South Asia has five times the population of the United States in an area that is only one-half the size of the United States . South Asia is made up of three topographic regions. The Himalaya‚ Karakorum‚ and Hindu Kush mountain ranges and their southern slopes ‚the Indo-Gangetic
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Introduction South Asia is a volatile region. In particular‚ India and Pakistan have‚ since the end of the Cold War‚ been widely regarded as the two countries most likely to become involved in a nuclear war. The cultural‚ religious‚ and ideological tensions that underlie the state-tostate antagonism are very deep-seated. The long and contested border‚ frequent armed conflict and mutual distrust result in an inherently unstable situation between the two nuclear armed rivals. This study will summarize
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The Geopolitics of South Asia From Early Empires to the Nuclear Age Graham P. Chapman Centre for Advanced Study‚ Oslo‚ Norway Professor Emeritus of Geography‚ Lancaster University‚ UK From Chapter 14 The Greater Game The New Security Agenda The United Nations Development Programme in 1997 outlined the seven areas of new security; economic‚ nutritional‚ health‚ environmental‚ personal‚ community and political. Since then the more crystallised term ‘New Security Agenda’ has been pushing
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Tourism in south Asia: This world contains a facet of nations‚ peoples‚ scenario etc. critically visualizing everyone in this world is racing infinitesimally with the needs and challenges emerging in their general life in response to their daily work. So as a means to get relief and refreshment from the daily work ‚ most of the people visit abroad for recreational ‚ business‚ educational purposes etc. And this is known as tourism. From the definition point of view; theobald in 1994 suggested
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VOICES FROM MARGINAL WOMEN: GENDER IN SOUTH-ASIAN LITERATURE. “ Na Stri Swatantra Marhati” – [ Shloka ( verse ) from Mahabharat ] “My life is my own……My will is my own. My wishes are my own. No one can kill those - no one ! I will do what I like with my self and my life ! I will decide ……” [Tendulkar‚Vijay. Silence! The Court Is In Session. Trans. Priya Adarkar. India: Oxford University Press‚ 2004.] These two contradictory comments are about women – the first one is the rigid
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ASSIGNMENT NO.1 IMPACTS OF ISLAM ON INDIAN SOCIETY Group-1: Junaid-ur-Rahman (ME-123052) Muhammad Zaid (ME-123051) Shamoon Tariq (ME-123053) Section: ME (09) Submitted On: 08-10-2012 Submitted To: Sir Aijaz Athar IMPACT OF ISLAM ON INDIAN SOCIETY ARRIVAL OF ISLAM IN INDIA Muhammad bin Qasim in A.D. 712. After the foundation of Muslim rule in India‚ Islam spread far and wide and brought about a great change in the social a religious outlook
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Subject: Islam in Central Asia Essay topic: 1. “Jadidism was a movement for cultural and social renewal in Central Asia in the early 20th century. For all their belief in progress as embodied by modern Europe‚ the Jadids never wavered in their commitment to seeing themselves and their audience as Muslims.” What were the main elements of the Jadids’ project‚ and how did they synthesise Western modernity and Islam? Introduction: Islam reached the Central Asian region in the 8th century
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Islam Spreads in Asia and Africa 1. Most Arabs are Nomads • The Arabian Peninsula is mainly a dry‚ rocky plateau. • Most of the peoples in Arabia were nomads called Bedouin. • There was no written law among the tribes. • Some towns became centers of trade. 2. Arabs Follow Different Religions • Kaaba • Tribal gods • Judaism and Christianity 3. Mohammed Established a New Faith • He received his first revelation from God • He rejected the many deities of the tribal religions • He offered
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Economic Development in South Asia and the Impact of Globalization1 ISHRAT HUSAIN I would like to address three questions pertaining to the topic assigned to me this morning. The first question is: How have the South Asian economies fared in the last decade and what are their prospects for the future. The second question is: How well they have done compared to other competitor developing regions particularly East Asia? Finally‚ how have these countries positioned themselves to meet the challenges
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South Asia‚ also known as Southern Asia‚ is the southern region of the Asian continent‚ which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and‚ for some authorities (see below)‚ also includes the adjoining countries to the west and the east. Topographically‚ it is dominated by the Indian Plate‚ which rises above sea level as the Indian subcontinent south of the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush. South Asia is surrounded (clockwise‚ from west) by Western Asia‚ Central Asia‚ Eastern Asia‚ Southeastern Asia and
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