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    The Syrian Bride

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    Review 2: "The Syrian Bride" International Film As Americans‚ our instinct is to close ourselves off to cultures. Instead‚ we transplant our culture and lifestyle into other countries; for example‚ the presence of the mega food chains McDonalds and Starbucks in almost every nation across the globe. But if we were to open ourselves up‚ even slightly‚ we would see that some cultures have much of their beautiful history and traditions to offer. In our modernized and technically advanced society‚ there

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    The Princess Bride

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    "The Princess Bride‚" also a novel written by William Goldman‚ is the wonderful tale of Buttercup‚ a beautiful young woman of Florin and Westley‚ her beloved farmboy‚ whose true love guides them through many struggles and leads them to a "happily ever-after ending." It is a classic example of the romantic mode‚ with its great deeds‚ pageantry‚ and courtly love. The hero‚ Westley‚ is on a quest to rescue his beloved Buttercup‚ but many obstacles stand in his way. "The Princess Bride" illustrates the

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    Marriage and Bride

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    Pakistani and American Wedding A Pakistani and American wedding is a traditional ceremony with a lots of fun on wedding of bride and groom. It brings all the family members together of the bride and groom. A lots of cultures have different ways of celebrating wedding traditions. In Pakistani wedding it has only 4 steps but in American wedding it has only 1 step. In Pakistani wedding it held for only three days event while American marriages does not take too much time. A Pakistani wedding

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    Female Foeticide

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    Female Foeticide In India India is a country of incredible ironies. It is a land where people worship myriad forms of female Shakti in quest of wealth‚ wisdom and power. In this country it is a common sight to see thousands of couples making arduous journeys every year to shrines of goddesses in order to be blessed with a child. But strangely enough‚ in this country‚ a couple is said to be ‘blessed’ only when it has a male child; for a girl is never considered a blessing in our society. Her birth

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    The Farmer's Bride

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    because‚ after the wedding when his bride become very shy and scared of men if made the farmer sad‚ The farmer wants to protect his bride and keep her away from him‚ and the bride only speaks and is happy with her animals around her but when men get close to her she tells them to back away and not get any closer to show how scared she is. So‚ let’s explore more about the farmer and what he thinks about his situation with his bride. First‚ After the wedding his bride becomes very shy and scared of men

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    Picture Bride

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    Picture Bride Picture Bride‚ released in 1995 and directed by Kayo Hatta‚ tells the story of many women living in Japan who were chosen to be brides by Japanese farm laborers living in Hawaii. The choice of the bride was based on their pictures. In this movie‚ Riyo wanted to leave Japan because her parents were killed by tuberculosis. She had heard great things about the paradise in Hawaii‚ and she agreed to be a picture bride. Riyo’s new husband was Matsuji‚ and based on his picture he seemed

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    Dowry “The dreadful disease of Deccan” In my leisure time I try to write Articles for the benefit of mankind and social awareness. This time the thing which is pinching my mind from some days is the rising issue of Dowry in United Andra Pradesh. Since I got impressed with the development‚cuisines‚hospitality and literacy rate of Andra Pradesh but one thing really annoyed me and it was really heart-broken:”Dowry”.I have been here in Andra Pradesh from last one year and I do observe the

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    Female infanticide

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    Diffrnce in female infanticide and foeticide Oct 2012 article http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-loses-3-million-girls-in-infanticide/article3981575.ece Latest : june 2013 http://digitaljournal.com/article/353738 Rural/urban : http://lawquestinternational.com/alarming-sex-ratio-and-problem-female-foeticide-and-infanticide-india India and china http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/abortion/medical/infanticide_1.shtml Website on infanticide >> https://sites.google.com/a/mtholyoke.edu/female-foeticide/artifact-3

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    The Bride of Lammermoor

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    The Bride of Lammermoor is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott‚ set in Scotland in the reign of Queen Anne. The novel tells of a tragic love affair between Lucy Ashton and her family’s enemy Edgar Ravenswood. Scott indicated the plot was based on an actual incident. The Bride of Lammermoor was published in 1819; it helps form the third series of Scott’s Tales of My Landlord. In addition to the social implications and the political elements in this novel‚ the pathetic outcome‚ involving madness

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    Female Foeticide

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    FEMALE FOETICIDE INTRODUCTION: Contemporary Indian society professes a profound faith in every individual’s “right to life and dignity”. The rights relating to the weaker & vulnerable sections of Indian society especially women‚ and more specially the girl child were violated. The twin social evils of female foeticide & female infanticide were the main causes.Violence against women exists in various forms‚ in all societies‚ the world over. In 1996 the world health assembly endorsed the fact that

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