“Mortality is a matter of money. Poor people cannot afford to have money‚ so they have religion.” This quote by Khushwant Singh gives one an idea of Khushwant Singh’s condescending view of religion. Khushwant Singh‚ the insightful writer that he is‚ has a deep understanding of the social problems faced by Indians. His forceful‚ brilliant and passionate writings torment the Indian spirit in contemporary times‚ constantly prodding the society towards positive introspection and betterment. A deep analysis
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GANDHIJI’S EARLY CAREER When Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi called for a nation- wide Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act in March 1919‚ his first attempt at leading an all India struggle‚ he was already in his fiftieth year. To understand the man who was about to take over the reins of the Indian National Movement and guide its destinies through its most climactic years‚ it is necessary to begin his story at least twenty five years earlier‚ in 1893‚ when as a twenty-four old barrier‚ he
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9/27/2010 Bombay Stock Exchange - Wikipedia‚ th… Coordinates: 18.929681°N 72.833589°E Bombay Stock Exchange From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) (Hindi or Marathi: बबई शे अर बाजार Bombay Śhare Bāzaār) (formerly‚ The Stock Exchange‚ Bombay) is the oldest stock exchange in Asia and largest number of listed companies in the world‚ with 4990 listed as of August 2010.[2][3] It is located at Dalal Street‚ Mumbai‚ India. On Aug‚ 2010‚ the equity market capitalization
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Chapter 5 Outline I. Opening Vignette A. In 2004‚ China celebrated the 2‚555th birthday of Confucius‚ despite Communism. 1. Buddhism and Christianity also growing rapidly in China 2. part of enduring legacy of the classical world B. In the period around 500 b.c.e.‚ there was a great emergence of durable cultural traditions that have shaped the world ever since. 1. China: Kong Fuzi (Confucius) and Laozi 2. India: Upanishads defined Hinduism a. Siddhartha Gautama
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Afghanistan‚ the...valley of the Indus or that area between India and Pakistan‚ andthe southern Ukraine with the lower Danube and Bulgaria. Scholars regard the Scythians as an Iranian nomadic peoples peaking several languages but mostly Iranian (or Parsi which later became Farsi). Scythians have left important ethnological markers such astamgas (brand marks) and kurgans (permanent cemeteries). A2500 year old mummy was recently found in the snow capped mountains of Mongolia with blond hair‚
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found in the poetry of Ramanujan. The modern poets as a group tended to be marginal to traditional Hindu society not only by being alienated by their English language education but also more significantly by coming from such communities as the Parsis‚ Jews and Christians or by being rebels from Hinduism and Islam or by living abroad. Many of the writers came from the families that had already been partly westernized or that moved extensively during their childhood. There are identifiable periods
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sea The Opium Wars‚ 1839-1842 and 1856-1860 ABSTRACT Sea of Poppies is the novel set prior to opium war‚ on the bank of the Ganges and in Calcutta. The author compares the Ganges with the Nile‚ the lifeline of the Egyptian civilization attributing the provenance. He portrays the character as poppy seed is emanating in large numbers from the field to sea‚ where every single seeds uncertain about its future. The main characters in the novel are Deeti‚ a mulatto American sailor‚ Zachary
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NATURAL WORLD DETERMINANTS OF URBAN MORPHOLOGY Urban Morphology is the study of the form of human settlements and the process of their formation as well as transformation. The study seeks to understand the spatial structure and character of a metropolitan area‚ city‚ town or village by examining the patterns of its component parts and the process of its development. Natural world determinants are one of the two broad categories of the determinants‚ the other being man made determinants. The natural
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Salient features of the Hindu Marriage Act‚ 1955 salient-features-of-the-hindu-marriage-act-1955-558-1.html Author : laksheyender@gmail.com Published: September 7‚ 2013‚ 7:32 am Salient features of the Hindu Marriage Act‚ 1955 Hindu Marriage Act‚ 1955 has reformed Hindu law of Marriage. It is a landmark in the history of social legislation. It has not simply codified the Hindu law of marriage but has introduced certain important changes in many respects. The Hindu marriage contemplated by the
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JINNAH-THE FOUNDING FATHER INTRODUCTION 1. Muhammad Ali Jinnah‚ born Mohamed Ali Jinnah bhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a lawyer‚ politician‚ and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until Pakistan’s independence on 14 August 1947‚ and as Pakistan’s first Governor-General from independence until his death. He is revered in Pakistan as Quaid-i-Azam (Great Leader) and Baba-i-Qaum (Father of the Nation).In the early years of his
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