Himalayas as a pair of head streams. It begins in an ice cave in the mountains about 10‚300 feet above sea level. The river flows across the northern corner of India. The Ganges flows across India and Bangladesh until it empties out into the Bay of Bengal. The great river provides water to many places‚ and many places rely on it. Sizes The river known as the Ganges is officially and popularly known by its Hindu name‚ Ganga. The river has its source in the Himalayas‚ at Gaumakh in the southern
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Cultural Heritage of Bangladesh 1. Introduction: Bangladesh is a melting pot of races. She‚ therefore‚ has a mixed culture. Her deep rooted heritage is amply reflected in her architecture‚ literature‚ dance‚ drama‚ music and painting. Bangladeshi culture is influenced by three great religions- Hinduism‚ Buddhism and Islam in successive order‚ with Islam having the most pervading and lasting impact. Like a colorful montage‚ the cultural tradition of the country is a happy blending of many variants
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WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IS GETTING A REALITY!!!! India‚ which is a conglomerate of diverse ethnic‚ linguistic and geographical features‚ today is at the cusp of a paradigm change in its growth and its position in the world. However‚ India is even known for its sobriquet ’male-chauvinistic nation’. Indian myths describe our country as ‘Mother India’ who is a woman that serves as the mother of every Indian. Famous American novelist of 19th century‚ Louisa May Alcott correctly opines- "When women are the
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Land Resources in India envelop approximately 1.3 million sq miles and is a cape protruding into the Indian Ocean in between the Bay of Bengal on the east and Arabian Sea on the west. In spite of sufficient accessibility of landed topography‚ population pressure in the country is excessive and that makes space for both food production and the real estate market. However‚ land resources in India are both essential and at shortage in present days. Land resources in India are considered as non-renewable
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People’s Resistance against Land Acquisition at Nandigram Nandigram Village Nandigram is a cluster of villages in the east Midnapur district of West Bengal. It is situated on the banks of river Haldi. On the opposite bank lies the well-known industrial city –Haldia‚ which is under the administration of the Haldia Development Authority of West Bengal Government. Although it is in such proximity to an industrial city‚ the village is unaffected by development and primitive in its living standards. The
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independent thinker. He advocated the study of English‚ Science‚ Western Medicine and Technology. He was given the title ’Raja’ by the Mughal Emperor. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born on May 22‚ 1772 in village Radhanagar in the District of Hooghly in Bengal. His father Ramkanto Roy was a Vaishnavite‚ while his mother‚ Tarini‚ was from a Shakta background. Raja Ram Mohun Roy was sent to Patna for higher studies. By the age of fifteen‚ Raja Rammohun Roy had learnt Bangla‚ Persian‚ Arabic and Sanskrit.
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Introduction: The term ‘Utopia’ was coined by Thomas More‚ meaning a perfect environment. Francis Bacon‚ in his book New Atlantis‚ advocated a scientific approach. He thought of a research-institute-like society where inhabitants studied science in an effort to create a harmonious environment through their accumulation of knowledge. There were 40 utopian-themed novels written between 1700 and 1850 because of many social injustices prevalent at those times‚ like slavery and oppression. The idea
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who will assure you that some chemical property in this holy water does not allow germs to survive. And it is a fact that although all the great cholera epidemics of India‚ which have sometimes spread to Europe and North America‚ have started i n Bengal and been borne up
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Pranab Kumar Mukherjee; born 11 December 1935) is the 13th and current President of India. Mukherjee was born to a Bengali Kulin Brahmin family at Mirati in the Bengal province of British India now in West Bengal. His father was kamada kinkar Mukherjee and his mother was rajlakshmi Mukherjee. Mukherjee attended the Suri Vidyasagar College in Suri (Birbhum)‚ and then affiliated with the University of Calcutta. His hobbies are reading‚ gardening and music. He is Master of Arts degree in Political
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name comes from the village of Naxalbari in the Indian state of West Bengal where the movement originated. The Naxals are considered far-left radical communists‚ supportive of Maoist political sentiment and ideology. Their origin can be traced to the split in 1967 of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)‚ leading to the formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist). Initially the movement had its centre in West Bengal. In later years‚ it spread into less developed areas of rural central
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