Rabindranath Thakur Rabindranath Thakur‚ anglicized to Tagore pronunciation (help info) (Bengali: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর) (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941)‚γ[›] sobriquet Gurudev‚δ[›] was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region’s literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive‚ fresh and beautiful verse"‚[2] he became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913.[3] In translation his poetry was viewed as spiritual and mercurial; however‚ his "elegant prose
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various different reasons. The most detailed cases described by the author are of cases in which the plaintiff is accusing the so-called cult of brainwashing the person into joining; seen in cases such as George v. ISKCON (International Society of Krishna Conciousness) as well as Molko and Leal v. The Unification Church [Richardson (1990): 3‚ 8]. The foremost problem that this presents is whether or not brainwashing is a successful practice that members of sects or “cults” use to bring in new members
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Yamuna The Yamuna (Sanskrit: यमुना)‚ sometimes called Jamuna (Bengali: যমুনা‚ Hindi: जमुना‚ Urdu: جمنا) or Jumna‚ is the largest tributary river of theGanges (Ganga) in northern India. Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of 6‚387 metres on the south western slopes of Banderpooch peaks in the Lower Himalayas in Uttarakhand‚ it travels a total length of 1‚376 kilometers (855 mi) and has a drainage system of 366‚223 square kilometres (141‚399 sq mi)‚ 40.2% of the entire Ganges Basin
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Hindustani Music Music is a fact of life that we take for granted. A child starts crooning tunes long before learning to speak. From the beginning to the end of our life‚ we come across‚ appreciate and listen attentively to the form of music that appeals to us most. And unless one has an extremely inquisitive disposition‚ one naturally ignores investigation into something that permeates our daily routine from start to finish. I am attempting here to explore the North Indian music (Hindustani music)
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explore his idiosyncrasies with the help of witty language is both engaging and entertaining. Once swami’s father dictates arithmetic problem. Rama has ten mangoes with which he wants to earn fifteen annas. Krishna wants only four mangoes. How much will Krishna have to pay? Now read description of swami’s state of mind swaminathan gazed and gazed at this sum‚ and every time he read it‚ it seemed to acquire a new meaning. He had the feeling of having stepped into
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Supply Chain Management SUPPLY CHAIN ASSIGNMENT ON SUBMITTED TO- MS HARLEEN SAHNI SUBMTTED BY- ANKKIT RAJ McDonald’s Corporation is the world’s largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants‚ serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States‚ the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald and in 1948 they reorganized their business as a hamburger stand using production
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Introduction “The emotional‚ sexual‚ and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says‚ “It’s a girl”. ” – Shirley Chisholm Shirley Chisholm was an American politician‚ educator and author. She was the first black woman to be elected to Congress and she was also the first major-party black woman candidate for President of the United States. In 1982 Chisholm told the Associated Press: "I’ve always met more discrimination being a woman than being black. When I ran for the
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named Arjuna on the brink of war. He seeks counsel on how to approach this situation since he does not know what his best course of action is and fears that the wrong action will affect his karma and ultimately his reincarnation. His counsel‚ Lord Krishna‚ is actually the god of the Hindu religion and tells Arjuna the Hindu approach to this situation. Like the Torah‚ the Gita maps out a method of moral conduct for a follower to live by. However these methods are different in that the Torah enforces
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There are three paths in Hinduism - the path of knowledge‚ the path of devotion and the path of action. The topic to be discussed in this paper is the path of devotion‚ or ’bhakti’ in Sanskrit. Devotion is defined as‚ "love‚ loyalty‚ or enthusiasm for a person‚ activity‚ or cause" (Google Definitions). In the case of any religion‚ specifically Hinduism‚ this devotion is towards a God or number of gods and realizing that they are not just there to be worshipped but will also protect you and help you
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there have been a few examples of true friendship in this Lord Krishna and Susana were class-fellows. They had studied under same Guru. When they grew up‚ Lord Krishna became a king‚ but became a pauper. Once Sudama went to Lord Krishna to seek his help‚ Krishna welcomed his old friend with open arms. He sent out his men to a palatial house for Sudama and gave liberal financial assistance to his ft to overcome their poverty. Lord Krishna thus proved to be a real friend of’ Sudama. Another classical
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