Relevance of Gandhi in the Global Economic Meltdown “An economics that inculcates Mammon worship‚ and enables the strong to amass wealth at the expense of the weak‚ is a false and dismal science. It spells death. True economics‚ on the other hand‚ stands for social justice; it promotes the good of all equally including the weakest‚ and is indispensable for decent life”. (Harijan‚ 9-10-1937‚ p.292) Early this year‚ on 7th January‚ 2009‚ Indians the world over‚ woke up to the shocking headlines
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi The man who led India ’s struggle for independence against Great Britain was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born on 2nd October 1869 at Porbandar‚ in Gujarat. Gandhi studied law in London and became a barrister. He went to South Africa to work as a lawyer. The white people in South Africa treated the natives and the Indians settled there badly. He was distressed to see it. He fought for their cause for more than 20 years. He was a man of great courage and determination
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Budda and Gandhi Siddhartha Gautama was a devoted spiritual teacher and is considered as the founder of the Buddhism faith. Within the Buddhist faith‚ Siddhartha Gautama is the Supreme “Buddha” meaning “awakened one" or "the enlightened one" and is often considered within the religion of Hinduism as a deity. Historians are not sure of the exact years of his birth and death. For the most part‚ it is believed that he lived around 563 BCE to 483 BCE‚ while other historians think his passing
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In Dandelion Wine‚ Ray Bradbury uses a vast variety of rhetorical devices to emphasize Douglas imagination. The author describes his living area and the wonders he see’s. In lines 18-19 the writer highlights the "swarming seas of oak and maple." In the quote Bradbury imply that these trees resembles the swooshing;whirl wind sound that emits from rapid seas. The author states that when he said "swarming is being used to insinuate that the seas are vigorous‚ viscous and violent. Halfway to the passage
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Brent Staples uses vivid language and rhetorical devices to express and convey the elements of fear‚ anger‚ and violence. We all make many decisions based on past experiences. That’s how we learn to avoid touching a hot stove burner for example. It’s also about how we learn to do things that bring us pleasure. So we all develop discriminating behavior‚ but when that discrimination is based purely on the color on that person’s skin‚ or his ethnicity‚ without knowing anything else about that person
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learning segment include poems written by Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman‚ transcendentalist poets from the nineteenth century who made everlasting contributions to the literary field through their usage of authentic writing techniques and rhetorical devices. Emily Dickinson’s usage of traditional verse to compose her poetry with highly structured form and meter will be examined in the second lesson through the poems “I’m Nobody‚” “If I Can Stop‚” “The Brain‚” “Hope is the Thing with Feathers‚”
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this by using a antithesis “You are looked from your moorings‚ and are free; I am fast in my chains‚ and am a slave!” (33-34) this is when he starts to shift how is talking. He is talking to the ships‚ getting deeper into his feelings. While in paragraph one and two he uses longer sentences‚ this is because he wants to be more narrative in the first paragraphs. By using longer sentences he is being more in depth and descriptive whereas in paragraph three he gets straight to the point by using shorter
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TO WHAT EXTENT WAS MAHATMA GANDHI THE REASON THE BRITISH EMPIRE GAVE UP IMPERIAL CONTROL? On 15th August 1947‚ India finally escaped away from the rule of the British. Mahatma Gandhi‚ 1869-1948‚ was the leader of Indian Nationalism in British-ruled India. Before Gandhi was born‚ British started ruling India at 1858. They took control of the cotton industry and traded it as their own and used violence to control the 500 million Indians. When Gandhi was about 45 years old‚ he started to protest as
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As one of the only powerful female monarchs in English history‚ Queen Elizabeth must have been wary of her words. In this specific speech‚ she attempts to bolster the military morale by providing a profound speech to ensure the success of repelling the Spanish Armada. Her use of various sentences‚ pathos‚ and parallelism itself‚ convinces the listener that victory is inevitable. Queen Elizabeth successfully reinforced the military morale through the variety of sentences applied while providing
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