Obedience Some of the darkest times in history have resulted from passive obedience‚ not from large acts of violence. Howard Zinn‚ a social activist‚ once stated “Historically‚ the most terrible things – war‚ genocide‚ and slavery – have resulted not from disobedience‚ but from obedience.” In many instances‚ leaders or dictators have taken over a specific group of people and caused them to obey their commands by frightening them with authority. Obedience appears as the main cause of war‚ genocide
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programmes at the government’s discretion‚ but the present day scenario brings with it legislation and rights-based approach for implementing pro-people development policies on the country. Therefore‚ the world’s biggest employment guarantee scheme‚ Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) comes into force in India from February 2005. The main objective of MGNREGA is to enhance livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a
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Dr. Rajendra Prasad | Date of Birth | : | Dec 3‚ 1884 | Date of Death | : | Feb 28‚ 1963 | Place of Birth | : | Zeradei‚ Bihar | Tenure Order | : | 1st President | Took Office | : | Jan 26‚ 1950 | Left Office | : | May 13‚ 1962 | Successor | : | Dr.S Radhakrishnan | | | | Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first President of India. Rajendra Prasad was a great freedom-fighter‚ and the architect of the Indian Constitution‚ having served as President of the Constituent Assembly that
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Independence of India ¤ Sailing of San Gabriel To India When the San Gabriel sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to finally dock at Calicut‚ a prosperous port and an independent principality on the Malabar Coast in May‚ 1498‚ half a century of the Portuguese tentative to find a sea route to India was finally crowned with success. The man behind the quest was Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) – a devout Roman Catholic whose nightlong vigil in a Lisbon chapel before commending himself to the unsure
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Mahatma Gandhi used the term “Satyagraha” to refer to a kind of active but absolutely non-violent resistance to oppression. In his words: “Truth (satya) implies love‚ and firmness (agraha) engenders and therefore serves as a synonym for force. I thus began to call the Indian movement Satyagraha‚ that is to say‚ the Force which is born of Truth and Love or non-violence‚ and gave up the use of the phrase “passive resistance”‚ in connection with it‚ so much so that even in English writing we often
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"INR" redirects here. For other uses‚ see INR (disambiguation). For the Malayalam film‚ see Indian Rupee (film). Indian rupee ₹ | रुपया (Hindi) | | ISO 4217 code | INR | Central bank | Reserve Bank of India | Website | www.rbi.org.in | Official user(s) | India | Unofficial user(s) | Bhutan (alongside theBhutanese ngultrum) Nepal (alongside theNepalese rupee) | Inflation | 5.96%‚ March 2013 | Source | Economic Adviser | Method | WPI | Pegged by | Bhutanese ngultrum (at
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Bhagat Singh Bhagat Singh was born on September 28‚ 1907. Bhagat Singh was an Indian socialist considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement. He is often referred to as "Shaheed Bhagat Singh"‚ the word "Shaheed" meaning "martyr" in a number of Indian languages.(The Phenomenon of Bhagat Singh). Bhagat Singh was born into a Sikh family. I myself am also Sikh. Our religion is very unique we are not allowed to cut our hair and we follow the Guru Granth
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the sinners‚ some of whom were acquaintances of Dante in his actual life. Some modern sinners who would fit into Dante ’s depiction of Hell are Kurt Cobain‚ David Koresh‚ and Marilyn Monroe. A modern figure comparable to Dante ’s guide Vergil is Mahatma Ghandi. Dante would consider these people sinners because they acted unethically‚ or defied moral absolute during their lifetime‚ these moral standards Dante used to judge people have not changed since the 14th century. Dante designated the 7th
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SHAMBHALA VALLEY OF THE IMMORTALS SHAMBHALA VALLEY OF THE IMMORTALS www.vatileaks.com SHAMBHALA VALLEY OF THE IMMORTALS Table of Contents: The Jade Tower!3 The Secret Entrance to the "Valley of the Immortals"!5 Mysterious Mountain People!8 A Lost Oasis of Advanced Spiritual Culture!11 Eyewitness Reports of Shambhala!12 Trans-Himalayan Stonehenge!14 More Strange Phenomena in Tibet !16 The Mystery of the Magical Sceptre!18 The Shambhala Triangle!21 Journey to the Sacred Kingdom!22 Subterranean
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those unattended aspirations and tasks. I start with thoughts from Mahatma Gandhi who said‚ and I quote‚ “politics without principles‚ wealth without work‚ pleasure without conscience‚ knowledge without character‚ commerce without morality‚ science without humanity‚ and worship without sacrifice”‚ (unquote)- these are to be avoided. Today’s India appears to have lost sight of the wisdom echoed in these words of the Mahatma. Therefore all my efforts and purposes will be built on the foundation
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