patriotism strives for: of national unity and moral justice and equality. Building her arguments mainly from the stances of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy (first and foremost‚ Stoics)‚ and drawing examples from the deeds of Indian philosopher Rabindranath Tagore‚ Nussbaum speaks of the “old ideal of the cosmopolitan‚ the person whose primary allegiance is to the community of human beings in the entire world” (110). On the opposite‚ she thinks that “we undercut the very case for multicultural respect
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BENGALI LANGUAGE AND CULTURE A Resource Guide for Public School Teachers in New York City 1 Section 1 The World of Bengali 2 The Bengali Language • Bengali or Bangla is an Indo-Aryan language d i d from derived f Sanskrit S ki • It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal‚ which comprises present day Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal • With nearly 230 million native speakers‚ Bengali p y spoken p languages g g in is one of the most ppopularly the world 3 The
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STUDYING DR. A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM‚ THE MISSILE MAN AND PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT OF INDIA IN HIS POETIC ORBIT Siddhartha Sankar Ghosh M.A. (Eng)‚ B. Ed.‚ UGC NET (Eng)‚ Ph. D. Scholar (MU) Email- siddharthasankarghosh@hotmail.com Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) is better known as a scientist all over the world. He was a student of physics and aerospace engineering and dreamt to be a part of the Indian Air Force as a pilot of fighter jet. Unfortunately
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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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When a person goes wingsuit diving and first jumps off the area‚ they immediately come in contact with some of the most surreal feelings in life: the sensation of the wind blowing through their face and each strand of hair‚ the images of nature they fly by‚ and the pleasure of personal achievement. Despite having this example of an extreme sport‚ most people will still view extreme sports‚ like wingsuit diving‚ as reckless and an action that only brings adrenaline‚ injuries‚ and death. Contrary to
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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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India The music of India includes multiple varieties of folk‚ popular‚ pop‚ classical music andR&B. India’s classical music tradition‚ including Carnatic and Hindustani music‚ has a history spanning millennia and developed over several eras. It remains fundamental to the lives of Indians today as sources of spiritual inspiration‚ cultural expression and pure entertainment. India is made up of several dozen ethnic groups‚ speaking their ownlanguages and dialects‚ having distinct cultural traditions
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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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