AJANTA CAVES INTRODUCTION Ajanta Caves (Ajiṇṭhā leni; Marathi) in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra‚ India are about 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 or 650 CE.[1] The caves include paintings and sculptures described by the government Archaeological Survey of India as "the finest surviving examples of Indian art‚ particularly painting"‚[2]which are masterpieces of Buddhist religious art‚ with figures of the Buddha and depictions of the Jataka tales
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Republic. In this story entitled "The Allegory of the Cave‚" he describes a dark underground cave where a group of people are sitting in one long row with their backs to the cave’s entrance. Chained to their chairs from an early age‚ all the humans can see is the distant cave wall in from of them. The shadows of statues held by unseen puppet handlers’ reflect on the walls from the light of a fire that is also out of sight of those in the cave. The theme of the allegory is that their reality is a
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Do clothes make the man? We have always been told that its what`s inside that counts‚ and "the clothes don’t make the man "‚ I totally agree with this statement. In today`s world media influence people a lot about their body image‚ men constantly feel to have a muscular body‚ and wear new brand clothes. Moreover they encounter muscular and well dressed and modish men as example of their ideal body image. Even women see skinny models with fashionable clothes‚ makeup
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In Plato’s “Allegory of a Cave”‚ he depicts an area where prisoners live chained in a cave. All they see are shadows casted on the wall and these shadows shape the prisoner’s reality. One of the prisoners then escapes the cave. Initially‚ he is blinded by the sun and the reality of the new world. He can now see beyond the shadows. Over time‚ he recognizes that his life has been controlled by others and now knows the truth. Nonetheless‚ “Allegory of the Cave” can be perceived in several different
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No witchcraft for sale Doris May Lessing (22.10.1919-17.11.2013.) She was a British writer‚ born in Iran. In 1925 the family moved to a farm in the British colony area of Africa. In the story “No witchcraft for sale” Lessing tells about a relationship between the Farquars‚ a Christian family and their servant Gideon‚ in a colonized Zimbabwe‚ and the native secrets‚ that no power can buy. The story is written with a 3rd person narrator with an omniscient point of view‚ where the happenings are
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idea of the truth of enlightenment is explored in both “Allegory of the Cave” by Plato‚ and The Matrix by the Wachowski sisters. Both works discuss the concepts of ignorance‚ enlightenment‚ and
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Sales Approach Dialogue Script & Role Play JillyBean PART 1: Sales Approach & Discovery Process Step 1: Introduction Setting: This is the first official meeting between the lululemon sales person and General Manager of Good Life Fitness. Prior this meeting the sales person has contacted the General Manager through a cold call to establish the General Manager is in need of lululemon product. As it turns out the Good Life Manager has had troubles with reliable
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happen if people were prisoned in a cave chained their whole life and how a prisoner would act once outside the cave then force back in. Plato believes without having any education‚ one will be blinded to the truth. Blinding people from knowledge can lead them to confusion after realizing the truth. Plato and Socrates talked about an allegory of the cave‚ where people were chained to look straight
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Caselet1 Cool Heads Cool Heads was established in 1985 to manufacture‚ distribute and market pharmaceutical soft drinks. It was purely an Indian company and had to face tough competition from multinational companies during the initial years. The company in last decade‚ with the help of effective market strategies‚ has set up a place for itself‚ amongst leading pharmaceutical companies in the country. In 1995‚ the managing director of the company stressed the need for diversification and
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the cave- summarised in informal essay form. Plato’s "Allegory of the Cave" represents an extended metaphor that is to contrast the way in which we perceive and believe in what is reality. The thesis behind his allegory is that‚ the basic tenets that all we perceive are imperfect "reflections" of the ultimate Forms‚ which subsequently represent truth and reality. In his story‚ Plato establishes a cave in which prisoners are chained down and forced to look upon the front wall of the cave. The
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