time‚ a much better percentage of literacy. Literacy is a reasonably good indicator of development in a society. Illiteracy has been the bane of independent India. It is a shame to note that‚ the country that gave Epics like the Ramayana and the Mahabharata to the world should‚ in the 21st Century turn out to be one among the most illiterate countries of the world. How this has come to be is of course not far to seek. Even in the understanding of a layman‚ it is clear that India has remained so very
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Lit 1023: ancient India‚ where we can find one of the famous Indian epic namely “Shakuntala.” The epic of Shakuntala dated longer than 2000 years. The story of Shakuntala is just one of the many epics written in a compilation of epics called the Mahabharata which was written Sage Vyasa. And was later on made into a play by Kalidasa‚ which is one of the most popular versions of the story of Shakuntala. (Wikipedia.org) The Story Setting Place India Ashram‚ a place for monks‚ hermits and other
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Circuit Tourism A country like India with it’s diversity can best be covered in clusters of tourists spots grouped together so that they are well connected for all travelers‚ especially international travelers and more especially repeat travelers. Circuits can be developed within a state or between two states. Inter-state circuits could be based on various themes or on effective transport connectivity. What we mostly see is intra-state circuit tourism development. For example Goa‚ Rajasthan
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“DISCUSS THE WAYS IN WHICH THE FOUR CHARACTERISTICS OF RELIGION INTERACT TO CREATE A DYNAMIC‚ LIVING FAITH TRADITION” Religion is the belief and worship of an extraordinary and supernaturally controlling power that has developed and become an essential factor in the way humans have ordered and made sense of the world in which we reside in and is defined by its characteristics. To create a dynamic‚ living and breathing religion‚ it must have all of these characteristics that distinguish and separate
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MALA AND THE MANTRA Introduction of Mala Traditionally a “Mala” in the Hindu context denotes a garland; whereas the same when used in a prayer session is called a “Japa Mala”. As in many religions‚ be it Christianity‚ Buddhism‚ Hinduism‚ or Islam the usage of rosary‚ threngwa‚ japa mala or subha are an integral part for keeping a count and following the prescribed procedure of the prayer undertaken by the devotee. In the Hindu context the word “Mala” is loosely used to indicate both a garland
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Shankracharya‚ who is credited with establishing four monasteries in four different corners of the subcontinent but he was perhaps only formalising what the Hindu epics had documented for centuries before his birth. The Hindu epics‚ the Ramayana and the Mahabharata describe a land and people that
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Components: The earliest classical Sanskrit works on Ayurveda describe medicine as being divided into eight components. This characterization of the physicians’ art‚ "the medicine that has eight components is first found in the Sanskrit epic the Mahābhārata‚ ca 4th
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Building the Prose Essay How does the writer make the red-faced American in R.K. Narayan’s ‘A Horse and Two Goats’ particularly memorable? Support your ideas with careful reference to the writer’s words. Plans The writer at work Points and Evidence The Question R.K. Narayan‚ the writer‚ the author‚ the narrator (third person narration): Writes‚ describes‚ says‚ conveys‚ invokes‚ depicts‚ connotes‚ tells us‚ and communicates. We/us/ the reader: Senses‚ feels‚ understands‚ knows‚ invites feelings
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INDIAN CIVILIZATION Also called Indus Valley Civilization; the earliest in South Asia Contemporary with Bronze Age civilizations in pre-dynastic Egypt‚ Mesopotamia Compared to the other Bronze Age civilizations‚ Indus Valley Civilization was unspectacular Early civilizations of the Indian sub-continent were centred on two major river valleys: The Indus River and its tributaries‚ especially the Saraswati River Valley (2600-1500BCE) – associated with Dravidians. Called Harappan Culture The Ganges
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Introduction to Hinduism Hinduism is the religion of the majority of people in India and Nepal. It also exists among significant populations outside of the sub continent and has over 900 million adherents worldwide. In some ways Hinduism is the oldest living religion in the world‚ or at least elements within it stretch back many thousands of years. Yet Hinduism resists easy definition partly because of the vast array of practices and beliefs found within it. It is also closely associated conceptually
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