Nanak’s mother was Mata Tripta‚ and he had one older sister‚ Bibi Nanki. From an early age Guru Nanak seemed to have acquired a questioning and enquiring mind and refused as a child to wear the ritualistic “sacred” thread called a Janeu and instead said that he would wear the true name of God in his heart as protection‚ as the thread which could be broken‚ be soiled‚ burnt or lost could not offer any security at all. From early childhood‚ Bibi Nanki saw in her brother the Light of God but she did not
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. Hunza in Transition: Now and Then... and Then Again JULIE FLOWERDAY mile Durkheim‚ a significant social theorist of the last century‚ observed that in the process of a society informing itself of its environment‚ it produces environment as an image of itself.1 That is all well and good‚ but what happens when a society’s image of the environment shifts so much that the earlier and later versions are irreconcilable? Such was the case I faced in Central Hunza during my dissertation research (-)
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compromise for organising any task‚ despite of a lot of conflicts and contradictions in the outlooks regarding religion and believe‚ exhibits in the seventh story ‘This Blessed House.’ The eighth story ‘The Treatment of Bibi Haldar’ is based on an unwanted child conceived by Bibi Haldar after getting sexually assaulted. The infant child leads the protagonist from neurotic‚ spinster‚ and overwrought state of mind to normality. ‘The Third and Final Continent’‚ last and ninth story of the book‚ explores
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FOLK ART‚ HERITAGE AND TRADITIONAL PROFESSIONS 7. Pottery Faces Extinction From the very beginning of our Banglee culture‚ pottery has represented our identity and lifestyle. The artisans’ works include making clay-pots‚ earthen ware‚ toys of clay and different idols of gods and goddesses have been the tradition of our culture. But it is now regrettable that in recent times‚ especially in the last decade potters have been in distress. Because of these unavoidable factors like clay‚ lack of capital
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However‚ a famous writer‚ Kate Chopin rubbed and rubbed the gold from the Victorian family’s picture‚ dismantling two Victorian’s principles with her short story‚ “The Storm.” In Chopin’s story‚ there were five characters within the plot. Bobinot and Bibi‚ a father and a son‚ who were kept away from home by the third character‚ a tempest that had a plan; Calixta‚ the good Victorian wife who was sewing and waiting at home for her husband and son‚ and an
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decided to approach John about the issue. The most appropriate conflict style John’s brother should use is the integrating style. This type of conflict style involves‚ “information exchange‚ openness‚ quest for alternatives…cooperating‚” (Anjum‚ Karim‚ & Bibi‚ 2014). This kind of conflict style is when each party is very concerned about the wellbeing of the other person as well as himself or herself. Coming at John calm and collectively and suggesting that he should help the family out more financially
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"The Storm" by Kate Chopin‚ is a tempestuous short story about a ‘fling’ between Calixta and Alcee. The two characters had been involved in a flirtation years before‚ but were now both married to other people. The storm concerns the sexual tensions and restraints experienced in the Victorian era‚ while also "making a statement about human’s natural tendency towards sexual passion" (Bartee‚ unknown). The title itself gives
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"The Storm" by Kate Chopin uses a setting of a storm to mirror the affair between lovers. While Calixta’s husband Bobinôt is stuck in a local shop with their son‚ Bibi‚ she is closing up the house for the storm to come. While doing so‚ Alcée asks to come into Calixta’s home. The storm brings the two together‚ pushing them into each other’s arms. This allows them to get physical before the world outside becomes normal again. Calixta and Alcée once were two lovers‚ in Assumption. "Oh! She remembered;
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Benazir was a woman who had attracted over 40‚000 women to her speech‚ as well as‚ sought to reach out to both men and women concerning the inequality of Islamic women along with other women around the world suffering the same fate. And because of her speech‚ women became determined to demand their rights; to secure better futures for their daughters and to put an end to prejudices that deny them their equal place amongst society. She hopes to with her speech‚ destroy the myth built by social
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shopping with his son while Calixta was at their house doing house chores. 2. What circumstances introduced in Part I turn out to have a profound effect on events in the story? Bobinot decides to wait out a storm at the general store with his son‚ Bibi. 3. What details in "The Storm" emphasize the fact that Bobinot loves his wife? what details reveal how imperfectly he comprehends her nature? He scraped the mud off Bibi’s bare legs and feet with a stick and carefully removed all traces from
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