January 14‚ 2013 Singer’s Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality In the Peter Singer’s article “Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality”‚ he discusses the way that people should take moral in their help toward the support of the Bengal famine crisis. Singer states three obligations that would help the Bengal region through the means of a wealthy person‚ and those individuals living life on a day to day basis. In this paper I will expound on Singer’s goal for each obligation‚ explain the three counter-arguments with
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The question as to what would be the state language of Pakistan was raised immediately after its creation. Muslim scholars and leaders logically believed that Urdu‚ only spoken by 7%‚ should be the lingua franca because it had gained a reputation as the cultural symbol of subcontinental Muslims. However‚ eastern Pakistanis regarded Urdu as the language of the elite‚ not the language of the people in the eastern province - who made up 56% of Pakistan’s population - where Bangla was the mother tongue
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The Royal Bengal Tiger is the largest animal in the cat family. They have a reddish yellow coat with black stripes. The underside of their abdomen is white and their ears are black on the outside with a prominent white spot on it. The scientific name of tiger is ’Panthera Tigris ’. The origin of the Bengal Tiger is most likely Siberia. From there‚ they migrated down south as the climate became colder. The only place where you can find The Royal Bengal Tiger now is in the land of its natural heritage
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Royal Bengal Tiger Royal Bengal Tiger is without doubt the most fascinating wild animal today. It is the national animal of Bangladesh. It has ruled the roost of major felid species for most part of the current century. Royal Bengal Tiger is reddish orange with narrow black‚ gray or brown stripes‚ generally in a vertical direction. The underside is creamy or white; a rare variant has a chalky white coat with darker stripes and icy blue eyes. The weight is‚ male 225 kg ‚ female 135 kg. It is the
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Bentinck.‚ governor general of all of British-ruled India. In 1817‚ Mritunjaya Vidyalamkara‚ chief pundit of the Supreme Court in Calcutta announced that sati had no sanction in the ancient texts and‚ in 1818‚ Lord William Bentinck‚ the governor of Bengal‚ banned the practice. The Prevention of Sati Act makes it illegal to abet‚ glorify or attempt to commit Sati. Abetment of Sati‚ including coercing or forcing someone to commit Sati can be punished by death sentence or life imprisonment‚ while glorifying
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because they were valued. The magdelanians valued many things including‚ animals‚ fertility‚ and even death its self. The paintings found of aurochs‚ deer‚ and bison. One of the major paintings were of an auroch. Aurochs 18 is the largest figure in prehistoric art that has been discovered so far. This figure was almost like a shaman to these people‚ the way this picture was painted on a larger scale than anything else shows that this is what they had valued the most.Everyday animals were not depicted
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* 6 See also * 7 References * 8 External links | ------------------------------------------------- [edit]Early life Khudiram Bose was born on 3 December 1889 in the village Habibpur near the town of Midnapur in the Midnapore district of West Bengal. His father Trailokyanath Basu was the revenue agent of the town of the Nadazol province. His mother was Lakshmipriya Devi. He was the fourth child after 3 daughters — Aparupa‚ Sarojini and Nanibala (two previous sons had died in infancy). taken over
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concerning the partition of Bengal‚ a decision that was made by Curzon. The partition of Bengal had increased tensions among the Indian people and had resulted in the Muslim and the Hindu communities both wanting changing. This resulted in the establishment of two separate parties‚ which were congress and the Muslim league. Source 1 is a contemporary source written by Nehru in 1909 in a private letter to his son. The source was written at the time of the partition of Bengal and the publishing of the
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Do you agree with the view that in the period 1900-19 the British only made concessions to India in order to strengthen their hold on the sub-continent? India‚ throughout history‚ has been subject to numerous cases of persecution‚ subjugation‚ conquest and oppression. Successful conquest of India is a difficult yet lucrative investment and can easily help supplement and revitalise an economy through the trade of its bountiful natural resources. Despite India’s monetary value‚ the Official British
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HY1101E Article: Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859): On Empire and Education http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1833macaulay-india.asp In the early 19th century‚ India was colonised by the British and many social and political reforms were made during this period. These reforms brought about both positive and negative effects. One of the greatest reforms during this period was the implementation of the western education system in 1835. On the surface it seems like the western education system
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