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    tinka tinka such has benefited all listeners of our village‚ specially the women ... listeners of our village now actively oppose the practice of dowry – they neither give nor receive dowry.” This unusual letter was forwarded to the present authors by Usha Bhasin‚ the programme’s executive producer at AIR. Just prior to the writing of this letter‚ a tragic dowry death had occurred in an episode of tinka tinka sukh. We were immediately intrigued by the postal letter. We visited village Lutsan in August

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    The Lady of Shalott

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    A Blessing and a Curse: The Poetics of Privacy in Tennyson’s "The Lady of Shalott" Author(s): Joseph Chadwick Reviewed work(s): Source: Victorian Poetry‚ Vol. 24‚ No. 1 (Spring‚ 1986)‚ pp. 13-30 Published by: West Virginia University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40002181 . Accessed: 22/01/2012 02:08 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit

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    1- Referring to your notes on the film‚ Imitation of Life‚ explain how having the ability to pass is a blessing and a curse. Make sure to be specific and provide one blessing and one curse. In the film‚ “Imitation of Life‚” Sara Jane is a black young woman with the skin color of a white person. No one really knows that she is black except Susie‚ Laura and Steve. The people at her school thinks she is white and they don’t expect her to have a black mother‚ until she shows up there to bring

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    Knowledge itself is a blessing which gives you the ability to create however with lack of responsibility one’s plans can derail. Having knowledge is overall an advantage‚ yet determining its use is the defining moment which will lead to a blessing or a curse. Victor or Dr. Frankenstein’s misuse of his knowledge leads to an uprise of a never ending curse. His curse begins to unveil when his creature is animated and becomes a murderer. As a result‚ this causes Victor to become distant from humanity

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    shouldn’t lose hope in desperate times. On the other hand‚ Ashok‚ the corrupt son was an atrocious figure in society. He snatched a large chunk of all the Rickshaw wala’s Dey 2 income. In Hinduism‚ one is believed to achieve good only with the blessings of others. Following this interpretation‚ Ashok received hatred from all the Rickshaw walas. The evil outweighed the good and thus he was killed at the end. The movie highlights how the

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    Female Infanticide

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    Female Infanticide and Foeticide-A crime against god’s will P. Nagesh‚ K. Venkatesh‚ G.V.S. Kishore ‚ D. Mohan kalyan. Abstract— One of the most developed in the 3rd world countries is republic of India. Even as India has witnessed unprecedented economic growth in the last decade the conditions of millions of Indian women and girl children continue to be deplorable .The unbelievable fact is that India stood in 2nd place in female infanticide( very after china)

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    had never met before. He did not know the Irishmen‚ yet he judged them based on the fact that they was white. If Douglass accepted the Irishmen’s offer to run away and escape‚ perhaps he would have been free sooner and this shows that knowledge is a curse. By virtue of Douglass’s fear‚ he also asserts that: “I was afraid that these seemingly good men might use me” (Douglass 149). His fear got in the way of opportunities for him. It is disclosed that knowledge brought the negative factor of fear into

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    and write like Douglass did‚ many of them do face challenges everyday and it’s up to them to make an effort to persevere through any struggles or challenges that they may face just as Frederick Douglass did because there perseverance will ended up blessing them in the long

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    The rules of marriage during the fourteen century were really different to the rules of marriage today. The play Romeo and Juliet took place in the fourteenth century which meant that the marriage rules applied to them. . Obedience‚ blessings and Finances from both sets of parents were needed for someone to get married during the fourteenth century. During the fourteenth century the parents had to choose a husband for their daughter’s. Girls couldn’t choose their own husband. Romeo and

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    The internet

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    While some consider it as a blessing others regard it as a curse‚ because the internet like everything else in the world has a good and a bad side to it. The one of the main reasons that many people blame is that there is no sense of censorship in the world of the internet. Without censorship many things spin out of control. People start using the internet as a method of spying rather than a manner of communication they abuse this blessing by placing information or data that is unacceptable such

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