Ganges Canal and the Lower Ganges Canal. Some of the foods items grown here include rice‚ sugarcane‚ lentils‚ potatoes‚ wheat‚ etc. The Ganga has an important position in Hindu culture. It is mentioned in the Vedas‚ the Purans‚ the Ramayan and the Mahabharata. Ganga is the daughter of the mountain god Himavan or Himalaya. We also believe that bathing in the river is said to wash away one’s sins‚ and water from the river is used extensively in rituals. It is auspicious to drink from the Ganga in the
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forestation - the need of today In the early periods of civilizations‚ large parts of our country were covered with forests. The increase of the population of our country has led to the shrinking of forest area. The forests which purify air have been cut down and new cities and industries have been established in their place. The cutting of the forests causes what is called "The Green House Effect". It results in the heating of the earth’s surface or global warming which has serious consequences
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Krishna as a Transformational Leader James MacGregor Burns (1978) first introduced the concepts of transformational and transactional leadership in his treatment of political leadership. According to Burns‚ transformational leaders offer a purpose that transcends short-term goals and focuses on higher order intrinsic needs. Working for a Transformational Leader can be a wonderful and uplifting experience. They put passion and energy into everything. They care about you and want you to succeed
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| Top ======= Understanding Hinduism =======Mind Power- AffirmationsClick on underlined words to open paragraphAffirmationsThe Prosperity Secret of the AgesTithing___________________AffirmationsAffirmations are one of the simplest and most powerful things we can do to change the quality of our lives‚ and to create the things we want.The power of affirmationsAffirmations are the force of creation.“Every thought has a counterpart in a word or sound; the word and the thought are inseparable
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Reasons for devotion to Hindu goddesses Hinduism portrays feminine divinity in a more exalted way than most other religions do. Though Hindu goddesses are usually depicted as consorts‚ wives or companions to a Hindu god‚ cases exist in which they are worshipped independently; Tantrism for example‚ where it is believed that women posses more spiritual power than men‚ thus men can achieve divinity through union with a woman (“Tantrism”). Most villages reinforce the mother aspect of goddesses and
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India has gone from eminent past to degeneration; from profound authority to shared conflicts; from imprisonment to freedom; from agrarian upset to digital innovation. More than 380 novelists are there in our India. Indian English Fiction is classified into 2 extensive categories such as pre-Independence groups of novelists and post-Independence groups of novelists. The Indo-English literature has introduced the social‚ cultural and political emergencies in India. Social hypocrisies‚ revolting social
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ANCIENT INDIAN CIVILIZATION INTRODUCTION In the 1920s‚ a huge discovery in South Asia proved that Egypt and Mesopotamia were not the only "early civilizations." In the vast Indus River plains (located in what is today Pakistan and western India)‚ under layers of land and mounds of dirt‚ archaeologists discovered the remains of a 4‚600 year-old city. A thriving‚ urban civilization had existed at the same time as Egyptian and Mesopotamian states — in an area twice each of their sizes. The Indian
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Thar Desert From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Thar The Great Indian Desert Desert Thar desert Rajasthan‚ India Countries India‚ Pakistan State India: Rajasthan Haryana Punjab Gujarat Pakistan: Sindh Punjab Biome Desert A NASA satellite image of the Thar Desert‚ with the India–Pakistan border superimposed. View of the Thar desert The Thar Desert (Rajasthani: थार मरुधर‚ Hindi: थार मरुस्थल‚ Urdu: صحراےَ تھر also known as the Great Indian Desert) is a large‚ arid
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third largest religion in the world with a following of about a billion people. The name Hinduism is derived simply from the word India and is not found in any religious texts concerning Hinduism‚ not even the Bhagavad Gita‚ which is part of the Mahabharata and is Hinduism’s most sacred writing. It is important to note though‚ that the word Hinduism is sometimes translated as ‘river’ usually referring to the Indus River which is a reference to the Indus River Valley where Hinduism is believed to have
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*****Books and Authors***** Books by Award Winning Authors Books by Nobel Laureates Rabindranath Tagore Gitanjali Gora Gardner The Post Office Hungry Stones The King of Dark Chamber The Home and the World Chandalika VS Naipaul In a Free State A Bend in the River An Area of Darkness The Mystic Masseur India: A Million Mutinies Now Amartya Sen The Argumentative Indian Growth Economics The Idea of Justice On Economic Inequality Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny
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