Trip to India Peering out of the international terminal window‚ I gaped at the colossal Boeing-747 plane standing in front of me‚ with not just one floor but two floors of seats. All buzzed up in excitement‚ I bombarded my father with questions about my first real trip to India. I say my first real trip because the first time I had been there was when I was an infant‚ probably being passed around and adored by countless relatives. "When are we leaving? When will we get there? Where are we staying
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unemployed and poverty-stricken located just on the outskirts of the city‚ generally where the slums reside. The government of Mexico City’s distribution of wealth and land has created spatial inequality which furthermore has created diversity in the neighborhoods of the city and the countryside. Located in the center of the city and up north you have the richer communities while on the outskirts and in the slums you have row after row of unstable‚ makeshift cardboard shacks. Many of the residents
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social economic cohesion is likely to be weak. This disparity in a society due to income levels leads to different social classes as in the case with Brazil city leading to the rise of informal settlements. What is a favela? A favela in Brazil is a slum that is within the countrys large cities especially Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. A favela sprouts when homeless people occupy empty land and set up makeshift structures out of old materials. Favelas are part of Brazilian sociocultural practices. (Perlman
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Impact of Demographic Trends to Indian Economy: An Excerpt INTRODUCTION India has made incredible progress with its economy ever since its independence‚ whereby after the economic tsunami in 2009‚ it has been frequently quoted as a likely contender of economic superpower even to the extent of overtaking China. This paper serves to understand the importance of demographic trends of India in shaping Indian economy‚ as well as the part that the unique caste system and religion have to play in the
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into salvation while at the same time helping him to acknowledge his hometown culture and understand how pivotal childhood memory is when he reaches adulthood. In A Long Way Home‚ Saroo’s upbringing in India is cemented to utter penury of Indian slums’ culture‚ which is not entirely brought on when forgetting to mention the conspicuous train running boisterously day and night. It is common to catch
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room housing units for the slums – delivering families of Medellin. This project was called the “Barrio Pablo Escobar” (Lee 96). The people of Medellin saw Escobar as a God‚ and glorified him for his works in Colombia. “People put up altars with his picture and lit candles to him in the slums of Medellin. It was believed he could perform miracle” (Marquez 181). Although Escobar help the less fortunate‚ and share his wealth to help build homes for the people in the slums of Medellin‚ it was still
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History Study Guide Industrial Revolution Industrial Revolution during the 19th century • Industrial Revolution o Reason: Natural resources • Coal o Used to develop the steam engine. o Needed for the constructions of machines and steam engines. • Iron ore o New methods of producing iron: 1709- Abraham Darby used coal to smelt iron (separated iron from its ore) When he discovered coal gave off impurities that damaged the iron‚ he found a way to remove the impurities from coal
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and the old were left behind. As well as building new towns the council began building flats. The first were built in 1948. At first they were low rise but from 1964 high rise flats‚ up to 24 storeys high‚ were built to replace slums. Unfortunately rehousing slum tenants in high rise flats broke up communities. Then in 1968 came the Ronan Point disaster when a gas
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Towns and cities are being expanded. Forests are being cleared off. These spaces are being utilised for setting up of factories‚ and making buildings and houses. But there is a wide gap between demand and supply. It has led to spread of slums in cities and towns. The slums do not have basic amenities for the inmates. These people live in unhygienic conditions. They go for natural call in the open. This contributes to the pollution problem. Environmental pollution is contributing to global warming. It
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by Aravind Adiga‚ we learn that although India may have gained independence in the 1940s from the British‚ many still live in servitude and poverty today. We also learn about the conditions that many of India ’s working class live in‚ including the slums‚ the lack of running water‚ electricity and a working sewage system. We learn that the majority of people work servant jobs or jobs that in first world countries don ’t even exist. In the novel‚ Balram‚ the main character starts with the story of how
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