| The United Nations | | | 2/14/2013 | A paper tiger? | | | The United Nations A paper tiger? The United Nations (U.N.) represents almost every nation in the world‚ with close to 200 member nations. Formed by world leaders a few months after the end of World War II‚ in 1945‚ the United Nations set world peace as its primary objective. While international tensions continued to run high throughout the Cold War‚ the U.N. helped world leaders negotiate differences and avoid another
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Representation of Partition of India in Sunlight on a Broken Column‚ Ice-Candy Man‚ and 1947 Earth. Partition of India‚ which is almost overlooked in traditional historiography with India’s Independence and Birth of Pakistan‚ led to one of the largest and bloodiest migrations in the history of the world. Sunlight on a Broken Column‚ Ice-Candy Man and 1947 Earth are all set in the same time span and portray Partition in quite different ways. Different as in not only different from each other
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The Land of the Morning Calm A Short History of the Korean War James Stokesbury 1. Describe the location‚ dimensions and shape of the Korean peninsula. • The Korean peninsula stretches for almost 600 miles long. While the width varies‚ it ranges from about 90-200 miles. The total area is about 85‚000 square miles. The shape of the peninsula resembles an elongated New Jersey. 2. What two rivers form the northern‚ land boundary of Korea? • Yalu River (between North Korea and
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KRISHNA KANTA HANDIQUI STATE OPEN UNIVERSITY SUBJECT: POLITICAL SCIENCE Paper I: Recent Political Theory (MPS-01) Home Assignment (MA –First Semester)‚ 2012 (June) Total Marks = 50 A. Answer the following three questions: 2 x 3= 6 marks 1. Write briefly about the Structural-Functional Approach to the study of political theory. 2. What do you understand by the concept of Initial Acquisition as given by Robert Nozick. 3. Mention the five variables determining a class
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King Jr. He had earlier become a pastor in a Baptist church and earned a college degree from a Negro institution in Atlanta. While he was a student‚ he was introduced to Henry Thoreau’s Essay “Civil Disobedience” and the idea of nonviolence – the Gandhian method. Therefore‚ when he became the leader of MIA‚ there was no question how they were going to fight the authority. MIA arranged a meeting‚ led by Jo Ann Robinson and E. D. Nixon‚ at King Jr.’s church where they launched plans for a boycott
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The religion was reformed and modernized to make it a part of the morality of Indian nation state. Now‚ how to imbibe the philosophy‚ symbolism and theology of tolerance intrinsic in the various faiths within the ambit of modern secular state? The Gandhian “moral maturation” based on Sarvadharma Sambhav may be an integrative process of assimilation which can also smudge the demarcation between the traditionalist‚ religious and the
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Bhagat Singh‚ Indian Freedom Fighter Bhagat Singh‚ the epitome of heroism‚ was a revolutionist during the Colonial Period in India. Bhagat Singh was well known for his admiration of martyrdom. Bhagat Singh was one of the most well known Indian freedom fighters and Indian revolutionaries and who contributed significantly in the Indian Freedom Struggle against the British. Singh was born in a family that was actively involved in revolutionary activities against the
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Dr Murlidhar Devidas Amte popularly known as Baba Amte‚ was an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for his work for the rehabilitation and empowerment of poor people suffering from leprosy.[2] He is the only non-medical person in the world who has received maximum medicine related awards Early life Baba Amte was born to Devidas and Laxmibai Amte in the city of Hinganghat in Wardha District of Maharashtra. It was a wealthy family. His father was a British official with responsibilities
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Social Integration and Communal Harmony in India In India from time immemorial‚ people belonging to various religious faiths lived in harmony and peace. There are fundamental values and traditions in our culture that promote integration among different communities. This was helpful for the growth of a great civilization in the Indian sub-continent. It will be our endeavour as the citizens of this country to preserve the rich tradition of Social Harmony among diverse religious and ethnic groups and
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option=com_content&view=article&show=archive&id=163083 &catid=42&year=2006&month=5&day=28&Itemid=66 Subramanian‚ A. 2008. India’s Turn: Understanding the Economic Transformation. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. Whitehead‚ J. 2007. ‘Sunken Voices: Adivasis‚ Neo-Gandhian Environmentalism and State-Civil Society Relations in the Narmada Valley 1998-2001.” Anthropologica. 44(2): 231-243. 26
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