Ilayda Ozsan Enka Schools Candidate ID: 002546 - 029 TOK PRESENTATION PLANNING DOCUMENT My presentation dealt with the notions of mental illness‚ mental stability and psychiatry and their relations to norms. My principal question was the presupposition of a reasonable justification for the distinction between mental health and mental illness. The objective of the presentation was to make my classmates more aware of the volatile foundation of mental illness‚ which is supposedly mental health; yet
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Eoin Fitzsimons Humanities 1 Double Entry Journal 12/3/2014 “In 1947 the British left‚ but only a moron would think that we became free then.” (Adiga 18). The above quote is from White Tiger by Aravind Adiga. The speaker‚ Balram Halwai aka White Tiger is a self made man out of the so called darkness of India. He goes from working in a tea shop to working as a driver and after a few bad decisions becomes a self proclaimed entrepreneur. In his time period‚ India’s government is corrupt. Officials
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BALARM’S QUEST FOR FREEDOM AND NEW IDENTITY IN ADIGA’S THE WHITE TIGER G. Siva Ranjani M.Phil. scholar‚ St. Joseph’s college of Arts and Science‚ (Autonomous)‚ Cuddalore‚ Tamilnadu. Abstract Aravind Adiga in his booker Prize winning novel‚ The White Tiger‚ deals with a process of social structure and relationships and various ills affecting our society. This Paper
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Save the Tigers From around 1‚00‚000 a century ago the number of tigers in the wild has been reduced to just about 3200 in 2010. With such an alarming decline in the number of tigers‚ the governments of the tiger range countries have joined hands along with the World Bank to save the majestic big cat of the Asian Jungle. St. Petersburg in Russia played host to an unprecedented event - the first ever high-level summit meeting to save an endangered species- The Tiger. The International Tiger Conservation
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His debut novel‚ The White Tiger‚ won the 2008 Man Booker Prize. He was born in Madras on 23rd October 1974. He is the fourth Indian-born author to win the prize‚ after Salaman Rushdie‚ Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai.He began his journalistic career as a financial journalist‚ interning at the Financial Times. He was subsequently hired by TIME‚ where he remained a South Asia correspondent for three years before going freelance. During his freelance period he wrote The White Tiger. Adiga’s second book
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versus The White Tiger We have read a book called The White Tiger and seen a movie named Slumdog millionaire. These two stories take place in India‚ a place where the difference between rich and poor is extremely clear. We have learned that a successful life doesn’t come cheap‚ it often comes with a lot of baggage which reveals in both stories. Slumdog Millionaire and The White Tiger have many things in common‚ so we are now to compare the similarities between them. In the White tiger
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Two birds and fish •The peacocks appear to be fighting over a fish. The peacock is symbolic of eternity. Lakshmi and Sarawati •Both can be viewed as symbolizing complementary positive values‚ prosperity and worldly well being. Snake Goddess •The snake goddess is worshipped during the summer festival of Nag Panchami. If weather has been good‚ the monsoon rains will come. Married couple joined as one •Honored by others‚ the couple unites in marriage •The BRIDE is carried by chair-car
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CORRUPTION IN INDIA : AN EMPIRICAL STUDY Over five thousand citizens of India were interviewed in the house to house survey carried out to assess the citizens perceptions on corruption prevalent in ten sectors‚ Education‚ Health‚ Police (Law & Order)‚ Power‚ Telephone (Communication)‚ Railways (Transport)‚ Land & Building Administration‚ Judiciary‚ Taxation and Ration (Public distribution system). An estimated sum of Rupees (Rs.) 26‚768 crores are extracted from citizens who interact with
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Throughout The White Tiger‚ the Stork and the Mongoose repeatedly remind Mr. Ashok that “This is not America” (Adiga 61). They do so because Mr. Ashok is constantly bringing up American habits and culture‚ which is the upbringing that Pinky Madam has. Even though Pinky Madam lives in India with Mr. Ashok‚ she never lives an “Indian” lifestyle; instead‚ she lives an American lifestyle in India protected by the wealth of Mr. Ashok and by the knowledge of her return to America. While living in India‚ Pinky
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here: Home>Collections>Common Man RELATED KEYWORDS: * Common Man * * * * * Five steps to combat corruption TNN‚ Apr 12‚ 2003‚ 11.06pm IST How can the common man combat corruption in government offices? 1. Common man needs to reform: The common man is himself immoral‚ unjust and corrupt and wants shortcuts to everything. He wants things done out of turn and breeds corruption. Sadly‚ some sections of society end up bearing the brunt of this menace. Ads by Google * SEC Whistleblower
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