INTRODUCTION We record our homage and deep admiration for the Womanhood of India who in the hour of peril for the motherland forsook the shelter of their homes and with unfailing courage and endurance stood shoulder to shoulder with their menfolk‚ in the frontline of India’s national army to share with them the sacrifices and triumphs of the struggle”. From a Resolution passed on January 26‚ 1931. When the history of India’s fight for Independence comes to be written‚ the sacrifice made by the
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own specificity. Within the public sector‚ tertiary education revolves around the University of Mauritius (UoM)‚ the University of Technology‚ Mauritius (UTM)‚ the Mauritius Institute of Education (MIE)‚ the Mahatma Gandhi Institute (MGI)‚ the Rabindranath Tagore Institute (RTI)‚ the Mauritius College of the Air (MCA) and the Fashion and Design Institute (FDI). Overseeing these seven tertiary education institutions (TEIs) is the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) which‚ inter alia‚ has responsibility
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eventful life among his people‚ who were attempting to liberate themselves from moral decadence‚ economic exploitation‚ and cultural subordination‚ Gandhi wrote‚ day and night‚ in and out of prisons‚ for his two journals‚ Young India and Harijan. Rabindranath Tagore: The national awakening in Asia found its expression first in the Indian literature‚ and its foremost representative writer was Tagore
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Places to Visit St Paul’s cathedral‚ close to BBD‚ beyond Park Street‚ Kolkata‚ was built in 1847‚ in Gothic Revival style with stained glass windows and two frescoes in Florentine Renaissance style‚ partly rebuilt after the 1934 Calcutta Earthquake. The building itself stands on the "island of attractions" in Kolkata - beside the Victoria Memorial‚ Nandan‚ Rabindra Sadan theatre complex‚ and the Birla Planetarium. Victoria memorial‚ BBD‚ Kolkata‚ was built in 1921‚ memorial building dedicated
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1. What are the main branches of philosophy? Do philosophers have the same answers to the same philosophical questions? Why? Philosophy is a way of thinking about the big questions in life‚ from the existence of men to its morality. It is an activity which sharpens our reason. The word was coined by Greeks ‚ meaning “the love of wisdom”. Philosophy can be divided into six big issues it is interested with. * First‚ the question about the nature of the world and the existence of Men which is
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Stephen Mihalis Prof. Carmelo Tropiano EAC 150 Tuesday December 13‚ 2011 The Demonstration of Self-Sacrifice In the stories "The Gift of the Magi‚" written by O. Henry and "The Cabiluwallah‚" written by Rabindranath Tagore‚ there is an indication of how self sacrifice is used and where people feel that they need to do special things for others. Mr. Henry shows that when people have feelings for another‚ they will do absolutely anything to make that person feel special‚ where Mr. Tagore
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PARTITION OF BENGAL 1905 INTRODUCTION The Partition of Bengal in 1905‚ was made on 16 October by then Viceroy of India‚ Lord Curzon. Due to the high level of political unrest generated by the partition‚ the eastern and western parts of Bengal were reunited in 1911. INTRODUCTION The opening years of the twentieth century were stormy The British were beginning to feel a bit uneasy Discontentment was brewing. Political discontent was growing due to the inability of the government to organize
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Indo-Anglian Authors It’s the same Indian Curry – the spices are Indian‚ the flavours remain rural and the colours are still rich and earthy‚ except for the fact that it is savoured with a different spoon. That is Indo-Anglian literature or English literature penned by an Indian author. With the sudden surge of writers in this genre‚ its history is very recent‚ mostly limited to the last two centuries. As a category it owes its roots to the post-colonial era and today with almost three Nobel laureates
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The Nobel Prize is an annual international award. It is bestowed in a number of categories by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel‚ the inventor of dynamite‚ established the prizes in 1895. The prizes in Physics‚ Chemistry‚ Physiology or Medicine‚ Literature‚ and Peace were first awarded in 1901. The Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo‚ Norway‚ while the other prizes are awarded in Stockholm‚ Sweden. The Nobel Prize
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the purest form of art.... therefore true poets‚ they who are seers‚ seek to express the universe in terms of music... the singer has everything within him. The notes come out from his very life. They are not materials gathered from outside.” Rabindranath Tagore. India is country of diversified art forms where Indian classical music is the quintessential form of spiritualism. Apparently Indian classical music is the integral element which crowns India’s rich heritage. India’s music is rooted in
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