The Power of Superstition in Public Life in India Why are superstitions a part of public life in India? The modern mechanisms for risk-management or “disciplines” ranging from statistics to modern medicine exist side-by-side with superstitions in the country. The answer to why these disciplines have not penetrated into the pores of Indian society lies in the history of political power in India. It is difficult to use the word “superstition” without imagining quotation marks around it. For‚
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Abridged Autobiography Abridged by: Bharatan Kumarappa Rs. 15/- Printed & Published by: Navajivan Publishing House Ahmedabad 380 014 (INDIA) Phone: 079 – 27540635 E-mail: jitnavjivanlO@gmail.com Website: www.navajivantrust.org Abridged Autobiography EDITOR’S NOTE Gandhiji’s Autobiography in English as originally published and his History of Satyagraha in South Africa together run into almost 1000 printed pages. An attempt has been made here for the first time to condense the
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Mahatma Gandhi. Being in profession as a school teacher he completed his Bachelor of Arts degree. Premchand was married at fourteen years to a girl from a neighboring village‚ but the marriage was a failure‚ and when he left the village in 1899 the girl returned to her village. Several years later‚ in 1909‚ he married a young widow named Shivrani Devi. This step was considered to be revolutionary at that time‚ and Premchand had to face a lot of opposition.[4] On February 8‚ 1921 Mahatma Gandhi in a
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Fighting for peace Can one man make a difference in the World By: Zlatko Georgiev I’ve never understood the war. I do not understand the reasons for starting it and I definitely do not understand why people engage in it with such enthusiasm. I do not understand why people believe the crap that other people are shoving that war begins in order to achieve peace. Wars are started for money and power‚ for power and money. These are the only reasons for starting the insane killing of thousands‚
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(ISBN 81-85586-81-0) Non-Fiction * Changing India: An Anthology (edited with Iqbal Singh)‚ 1939 * Whither India? (edited with Iqbal Singh)‚ 1948 * The Meaning of India essays‚ 1996 (ISBN 81-7094-257-8) * The Great Indian Way: A Life of Mahatma Gandhi biography‚ 1998 (ISBN 81-7094-308-6) * Tomorrow‚ co-edited with Ahmed Ali‚ Bombay‚ 1943-44.
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working in the freedom movement. Few took on Sardar Patel as she did and survived in the political arena. She even challenged Gandhi whom she revered. Kamaladevi took Gandhiji’s teaching of pursuit of Truth to heart even if it meant challenging him. Gandhi‚ Nehru‚ Sardar Patel accepted her independence and respected her for it while some other people did not. Indira Gandhi was jealous of her father’s friendship with Kamaladevi and her antipathy towards Kamaladevi for writing to Nehru to ask his daughter
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HUMAN RESOURCE WELFARE FROM THE EMPLOYEES POINT OF VIEW WITH REFERENCE TO THE POLICIES IN NAGARJUNA HERBAL CONCENTRATES LTD . KSDFSKJSKDJGJSGGTJSJJ THODUPUZHA The project work is submitted to THE MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY‚ KOTTAYAM In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of degree of BACHELOR OF COMMERCE Submitted By ‚ ALBIN JOSE (REG.NO‚SCAA10195846) Under the guidance of ‚
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like to explain what is bilingualism? It is the ability to use 2 languages in equal /nearly equal fluency. Since time immemorial‚ bilingual intellectuals have left their remarkable footprints in the history. to name a few- gautam Buddha‚ mahatma Gandhi‚ karl marx‚ c. rajagopalchari‚ mother Teresa‚ b. r. ambedkar and ramchandra guha (whose articles we r discussing now) are all bilinguals. Had they been rigid and parochial and skeptical in using other languages then their greatness and popularity
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years of research by playwright Partap Sharma. It is directed by Lillette Dubey‚ and aided by a competent cast. Everyone besides the main protagonists reappears in several roles. Throughout the play‚ we encounter the conflict between Gandhi the ordinary man‚ and Gandhi‚ the Mahatma in the making. This is effectively portrayed by the voice of his conscience that goads him on in his weakest moments‚ that brings him down a couple of pegs when he is veering from his ideals‚ and provides him with inspiring
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was exterminated due to the incessant rebellion of our fighters who were persuaded by Mahatma Gandhi‚ Bala Gangadhar Tilak‚ Subash Chandra Bose and many other patriots. This resulted in ’The Independence’ of our country and also laid the foundation for a civilisation which would stand by its own interests. And Gandhi was one who dreamt of a ’CORRUPTION FREE INDIA’. Its quite unnatural to think if Gandhi had got no notion of the cancerous disease of corruption which would become the very threat
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