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    “If we were to look over the whole world to fine out the country most richly endowed with all the wealth‚ power and beauty that nature can bestow-in some parts a very paradise on earth-I should point to India”. ~ Max Mueller What Max Mueller said is indeed true. Crowned by the Himalayas on top and vast seas surrounding its peninsula‚ India is quite distinct on the world map. The Himalayas enveloped all the beauty with in itself‚ giving rise to the mighty rivers-Indus‚ Ganga and Yamuna and their

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    How far do you agree with the view that The Kite Runner is a celebration of the bond of brotherhood? Brotherhood is a strong theme throughout the book and there is evidence supporting that it is a celebration of the bond of brotherhood but also that it isn’t. I think that The Kite Runner could be seen as a celebration of the bond of the brotherhood because of the relationship between Amir and Hassan. Although there are signs of disloyalty by Amir there are also signs of brotherly love between

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    Finally‚ after 61 years of ‘successful’ democratic form of government‚ every thing has boiled down to the Shoe… when an Indian slammed the India world looks up to- the largest democracy (irony intended). The shoe has definitely ignited lot of debate over the issue of the Anti-sikh riots in 1984 leading to cancellation of candidature of the candidates in question. But it has left lots of questions‚ unspoken and unanswered. Biggest of them is would any other way of registering anguish would have attracted

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    autobiographies of British and Indian WWII veterans‚ there were important commonalities in the backgrounds of the soldiers and commonalities along with some differences for motivations to enlist. There were commonalities in their background in the selections because both British and Indians had many different classes in their society enlist. The commonalties in motivations to enlist stem from the less wealthy British and Indian soldiers mostly joining for a steady job and money. Unlike the British upper class

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    way out to stop thinking of the hard ships but rise up and play against the upper classes and play them as equals and many cases beat them which bought pride to the people. By them having cricket it was a bit of a stress reliever and a barrier to hold off fighting. This game gave people something to look up to and be happy about. From cricket players and experts of the game you hear different opinions. In a petition to governor of India by Indian cricket players they show angry and an upset attitude

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    How far do you agree that instability in the Gulf Region in the period 1979-2001 was primarily caused by the actions of the Iraqi Government? The Iraqi government in the period from 1979 to 2001 was under the control of the Ba’ath Party and lead by Saddam Hussein‚ a Sunni Muslim whereas most of Iraq is Shiite Muslim. Hussein took control-as in became President of Iraq-in 1979‚ following the resignation of his predecessor‚ under claims of poor health. The main countries in this Gulf region may be

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    Source one is implying that men and women are different and it’s due to God’s decision. He made the decision to have them in separate spheres. What makes the difference bigger and more significant was that women weren’t educated unlike males and their manners were vastly different. From the source it says‚ "They are designed to move in separate spheres but occasionally to unite together‚ in order to soften each other." This is suggesting that God wanted men and women to be different and have almost

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    Do you agree with the view that Conservative economic policy was a success in the years 1979-1983? The Conservative government saw its high and lows from the year 1979 to 1983 however overall it was a success‚ however this success was only due to the fact that the Conservatives brought about some extreme changes in relation to their economic policy. One of these extreme changes was Thatcher’s adoption of the monetarism. Sources 7 and 9 take into consideration the view that the Conservatives economic

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    How far do you agree that the failure of Italian revolutionaries in the years 1820–49 was primarily due to a lack of popular support? I agree that the revolutions that occurred in the years 1820-49 were due to a lack of popular support. Other factors could be the strength of the Austria army‚ how there was no leader‚ a lack of unity and no foreign support. The revolutions failed due to the lack of popular/mass support. The revolutions in Modena‚ Parma and the Papal States had all been unsuccessful

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    The Lee Shore Chapter 23 of Moby Dick This chapter is a stoneless grave of Bulkington; this is sort of Herman Melville’s way of telling us that he killed off Bulkington. Bulkington fell off the edge of the boat on one stormy night. His shipmates tried‚ but failed‚ to save him and he disappeared in the abyss of the storms locked seas. The ocean is his stoneless grave meaning he died in the ocean‚ he was never found‚ and given a proper burial so the ocean is his grave and the ocean is filled with

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