Nathuram Godse’s Answer to Charge Sheet (Excerpts from Para. 26‚ 27) Below is an excerpt of Godse’s answer to the charge sheet filed against him on Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination. As I grew up I developed a tendency to free thinking unfettered by any superstitious allegiance to any isms‚ political or religious. That is why I worked actively for the eradication of untouchability and the caste system based on birth alone. I openly joined anti-caste movements and maintained that all Hindus are of
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Males in Charge: Fact or Fiction Stereotypes are all around us. In today’s world stereotypes are frowned upon and seem to have no bearing on the limitations one can surpass‚ but they did not come out of nowhere. Something had to have happened for these stereotypes to arise. Gender stereotypes are some of the most controversial stereotypes‚ one being that males should be in charge instead of women. Since the founding of America took place in 1776‚ a male has been in charge of this country
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Looking at Tennyson’s ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ and ‘If’ by Kipling‚ power is presented in various and conflicting ways within each poem. One thing is clear in both poems however; the speaker or narrator in each poem has the power over the subject of the poem. In Tennyson‚ the speaker merely commentates on the event itself with hindsight and takes it upon himself to decide what honour is and distributes it to the soldiers. Kipling’s speaker‚ in similar fashion‚ dictates what honour is and
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How is inner and outer conflict represented in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘the charge of the light Brigade’? Whereas ‘Romeo and Juliet’ contains a lot of inner conflict as well as outer conflict‚ Lord Tennyson’s ‘Charge of the light Brigade’ contains many techniques to enhance the conflict as well as glamorise the ‘light Brigade’ in various ways. Tennyson presents the cavalry men of the Crimean war (1854- 1856) as great victors and a powerful army. This glorious army is bragged about in the form of
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Once a king is dead another shall take his place‚ as has been repeated throughout history. No different was the succession of the great King Darius after his death‚ his son Xerxes comes to power‚ to take his father’s place and rule the vast empire of Persia. What makes the rise to prominence of Xerxes so controversial is that Xerxes is the third born son of Darius which would normally name him third in line in competition with his two older brothers. So why was the third born son Xerxes chosen over
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The Beasts in Charge Equality among citizens. Everyone wants to be equal‚ and that equality has to be possible‚ right? Wrong. There is no possible way for every being‚ human or animal‚ to be equal. There will always be someone or something that will take power and upset the balance of equality‚ even if it isn’t obvious at first. Animal Farm was destined for failure from the beginning because if the pigs had not taken charge‚ someone else just as inadequate would have‚ the pigs were already considering
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were rubbed against each other‚ they were able to attract each other light objects. He called this strange behavior electricity‚ from the Greek word elektron‚ meaning amber. II. WHAT IS STATIC ELECTRICITY? How is electricity produced? Have you ever noticed how your hair stands straight and stiff when you comb it vigorously on a dry‚ cold day? Or how difficult it is to remove dust particles from your comb? Your hair and the comb become charged by rubbing. This stationary electric charge is described
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guidance. Rather‚ Kant tests these moral concerns in practice and in doing so we discover that the charge of empty-formalism does not withstand careful scrutiny. Secondly‚ through this process I intend on being able to analyze where possible ways of addressing this critique may exist‚ and‚ drawing from the secondary literature‚ discuss ways that approaches to this critique may be useful in addressing the emptiness critique comprehensively. The formalist interpretation holds that moral law is a formal
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Socrates: Was He Guilty or Innocent of the Crimes He Was Charged With? Most of the information that we learn about Socrates comes from the work and writings of one of his students‚ Plato. It has been alleged that the great Philosopher wrote nothing down for others to read‚ and as such‚ the knowledge and the teachings from Socrates that is relied upon to convey his philosophy and the epic story of his life comes not from himself‚ but his students who attempt to provide and accurate picture
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boys won’t forget the men that fought and lost their lives in battle. Repetition is used as a way of showing comradeship between the men “Play up! play up! and play the game!” is the school moto which will see them though life. In Tennyson’s The Charge of the Light Brigade‚ the use of the repetitious line “Rode the six hundred” at the end of each verse‚ also gives a feel of pride and comradeship. The poem that had the most impact on me was A Wife In London. One of the main reasons for this was
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