MALANA Malana is an ancient village to the northeast of Kullu Valley. This solitary village in the Malana Nala‚ a side valley of the Parvati Valley‚ is isolated from the rest of the world. The majestic peaks of Chandrakhani and Deotibba shadow the village. It is situated on a remote plateau by the side of the torrential Malana river at a height of 3029 m above the sea level. Unaffected by the modern civilization‚ Malana has its own lifestyle and social structure. People are strict in following their
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Nationalism‚ like imperialism‚ justified Europeans were superior to non-European people. Thus nationalism and imperialism pertained to racist ideas‚ these two concepts perceived that white Europeans were more superior to non-white Europeans. Rudyard Kipling expressed racism in his poem “The White Man’s Burden” by presenting a point of view centered on Europe’s view of the world. This view proposed that white people subsequently have an obligation to rule over and encourage people of different ethnic
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amid the jungles of tropic islands for the noble purpose of imposing American law and civilization upon the mongrel races‚ half devil half child‚ we shall lose the esteem of European powers now engaged in that task‚ and possibly the esteem of Mr. Kipling also” (220). Here the author argues that Kipling’s reasons that America will lose the respect of its European allies if they do not follow in the Imperialist path. Additionally‚ the author of from the San Francisco Call provides logical reasoning
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Have you ever wondered about European Imperialism in Africa? Well wonder no longer. The three main effects that they hoped to achieve were Economic Value‚ Political Competition‚ and Cultural Attitude. The one key reason European leaders even bothered with Africa is that they knew resources would come and they would earn back money‚ and gain more money‚ while doing so. European leaders went to Africa to get gold. Gold was used in things such as jewelry. They wanted slaves‚ although slavery became
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While looking through a collection of magazines‚ I recently stumbled upon an essay titled Marrakech‚ a text describing the precarious environment‚ to say the least in Marrakech‚ a part of French colony of Morocco. The author‚ George Orwell wrote the essay in 1939. The historical context in which the writer was submerged was brutally ironic for European countries in relations to their African colonies. The outbreak of WWII was fragmenting Europe‚ and indirectly the world. Fear was spreading throughout
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If… I read this poem as part of my school curriculum. It’s been 13 years now and I remember the page where it was written in the book. The course was over‚ the poem was well read. The meaning as taught by teachers was well understood but the application was never taught. Some verses are not to be taught‚ they are there to just to be shown to you. May be that had clicked me sometime in early 2000s when I recalled this poem after someone stated the name of the poem in one of the institute lectures
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issues that are taking place now. The Great Game is the concept used to describe the time of protracted war between Russia and British empire to take supremacy in Central Asia and Afghanistan. The term was coined by Connolly‚ then reused by Kipling in his novel “Kim” and approximately lasted from 1813 to 1907. (Hopkirk 1992) It is stated that the Great Game ended by the Anglo-Russian convention in 1907‚ however‚ I argue that this game had not finished
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FEMALE SERIAL KILLERS Rudyard Kipling once said that the female of the species is far more deadly than the male. Female serial killers more than prove that theory‚ yet they have always been something of an anomaly in criminology and a puzzle for law enforcement. These are the ’quiet killers’‚ every bit as lethal as their male counterparts‚ but we are seldom aware of one in our midst because of their low visibility. Most female crime is hidden. Kelleher & Kelleher (1998) argue that female serial
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During the late 19th and early 20th century‚ the United States emerged as victors of the Spanish American war. As a result‚ they received territorial concession on behalf of the Spanish. These territorial gains were the start of an era of American imperialism and expansion. This expansion was both a continuation and a departure from previous foreign policy and expansion. American imperialism demonstrated the same cultural and social justification of previous expansionism. Manifest destiny emerged
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Free Thinking Essay Each quote stated in the prompt worship their own‚ individual god. The first quote‚ both Christian and Jewish‚ states how no other god can compare to the Lord. The second quote from the Koran‚ states‚ again‚ how no other god can compare to their worshipped god. The third quote‚ from literary piece The Mark of the Beast‚ states that no one can tell which of their gods is stronger; the question will constantly be asked. The way the quotes are written‚ each dialect states that their
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