The Power of Superstition in Public Life in India Why are superstitions a part of public life in India? The modern mechanisms for risk-management or “disciplines” ranging from statistics to modern medicine exist side-by-side with superstitions in the country. The answer to why these disciplines have not penetrated into the pores of Indian society lies in the history of political power in India. It is difficult to use the word “superstition” without imagining quotation marks around it. For‚
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This article is about the Republic of India. For other uses‚ see India (disambiguation). Republic of India Bharat Ganrajya Horizontal tricolour flag bearing‚ from top to bottom‚ deep saffron‚ white‚ and green horizontal bands. In the centre of the white band is a navy-blue wheel with 24 spokes. Three lions facing left‚ right‚ and toward viewer‚ atop a frieze containing a galloping horse‚ a 24-spoke wheel‚ and an elephant. Underneath is a motto: "सत्यमेव जयते". Flag Emblem Motto: "Satyameva Jayate"
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|MODERN INDIAN PAINTING | | |Nomenclatures are not always irrelevant‚ for example‚ the term ’modern’. It may mean many things to many persons. So also the term | | |’contemporary’. Even in the field of the fine arts there is confusion and unnecessary controversy among artists‚ art historians‚ and | | |critics. In fact
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References: 1. Bhagawad Gita‚ Chapter18 2. Slok Bhagat Kabir ji‚ Sri Guru Granth Sahib‚ page-1376 3. Getanjali by Rabindranath Tagore 4. Death the Leveller by James Shirley 5. Voices of the Night (A Psalm of Life) By H. W. Longfellow
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1.a) Definition of parallelism The balance between two or more similar words‚ phrases or clauses is called parallelism in grammar. Parallelism is also called parallel structure or parallel construction. Parallel construction prevents awkwardness‚ promotes clarity and improves writing style and readability. Examples: Nancy likes playing the piano‚ the trumpet and play the guitar. Nancy likes the piano‚ the trumpet and the guitar. Nancy likes playing the piano‚ the trumpet and the guitar. She played
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“Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul...” -- Plato Music: Music is an art form whose medium is sound‚ passes through the ears in human body & directly reaches the heart. Common elements of music: 1. pitch : which governs melody and harmony‚ 2. rhythm: associated concepts tempo‚ meter‚ and articulation‚ 3. dynamics‚ 4. The sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek μουσική
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was born on 5 September‚ 1888 in Tirutani‚ a well-known religious center in the Madras State. He was the second son of Veera Samayya‚ a tehsildar in a zamindari. It was a middle-class‚ respectable Hindu Brahmin family. As usual in those days‚ Radhakrishnan was married in 1906‚ at the tender age of 18 and while still a student‚ to Sivakamamma‚ and spent a happy conjugal life with her for half a century before she died in 1956. He graduated
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THE HOME AND THE WORLD The Home and the World 1916 (in the original Bengali‚ ঘরে বাইরে Ghôre Baire‚ lit. "At home [and] outside") is a 1916 novel by Rabindranath Tagore. The book illustrates the battle Tagore had with himself‚ between the ideas of Western culture and revolution against the Western culture. These two ideas are portrayed in two of the main characters‚ Nikhil‚ who is rational and opposes violence‚ and Sandip‚ who will let nothing stand in his way from reaching his goals. These two
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Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Women‚ Frederick Douglass’s Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ and Rabindranath Tagore’s Punishment all serve as pieces of social commentary‚ painting the struggles women and slaves hold as oppressed parties against their oppressors: men and white slaveholders. In each text‚ there are presumed advantages the oppressed groups hold‚ adding complexity to the relationship between oppressor and oppressed as there are times where these advantages
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helped India to gain independence‚ and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is often referred to as Mahatma Gandhi ([məɦaːt̪maː]; Sanskrit: महात्मा mahātmā or "Great Soul"‚ an honorific first applied to him by Rabindranath Tagore)‚[1] and in India also as Bapu (Gujarati: બાપુ‚ bāpu or "Father"). He is officially honoured in India as the Father of the Nation; his birthday‚ 2 October‚ is commemorated there as Gandhi Jayanti‚ a national holiday‚ and worldwide as the International
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