grids broke down. A similar breakdown hit nine states in northern India on Monday. There are now worries that the power crisis may stifle India’s growth. "Energy is like blood in your veins. It is as vital as that to the economic growth‚" Rajiv Kumar‚ secretary general of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)‚ tells the BBC. "If there is a shortage of blood‚ you can’t function - similarly if there is a shortage of energy‚ the economy can’t work." ’Hide behind
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India declared its independence from the British rule; the man behind this victory was Mahatma Gandhi a lawyer who experienced discrimination at a barbershop and a train due to his skin color‚ a man’s philosophy that inspired great leaders like Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr. His activism of nonviolence impacted India encouraging important movements in other parts of the world. Mahatma Gandhi was able to accomplish India´s independence but it was not easy‚ he struggled and faced many obstacles
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Said President Barack Obama during his interaction with 9th Graders of Wakefield High School‚ Arlington‚ Virginia on September 8‚ 2009. Today is ’Gandhi Jayanti’ - the 144th birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2‚ 1869 – January 30‚ 1948) popularly known as ‘Mahatma Gandhi’ or better still as ‘Father of the Nation’. In 2007‚ the United Nations declared 2nd October as the International Day of Non-Violence‚ as a mark of respectful tribute to a person who dedicated his life practicing
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he was the only Indian cricketer included in an all-time Test World XI named to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.[14][15][16] Tendulkar received the Arjuna Award in 1994 for his outstanding sporting achievement‚ the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1997‚ India’s highest sporting honour‚ and the Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan awards in 1999 and 2008‚ respectively‚ India’s fourth and second highest civilian awards. After a few hours of his final match on 16 November 2013
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path of non-violence or Ahimsa. His tactic of passive resistance or Satyagraha was his weapon to fight against the British rule. Swaraj for Gandhi meant self-rule‚ as much a moral and personal ethic‚ the self-rule of an individual over his own impulses and weaknesses‚ as the political objective of a people struggling rightfully to be free - an ambiguity which Gandhi was repeatedly to exploit during his Non-cooperation and Civil Disobedience Movements. Gandhiji and his ideologies were quite successful
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In each selection Henry David Thoreau‚ Mohandas K. Gandhi‚ and Nelson Mandela reflect the spirit of optimism and individualism which led each of these men to contribute towards social reforms within their countries. In Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience”‚ he begins to speak of the Mexican-American war and how he feels paying taxes that support the war is unjust‚ therefore‚ he protests the payment and is placed in jail. Author Thoreau discusses that taking action to bring about social change is seen through
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi‚ also known as Mahatma‚ “The great-souled one”‚ was an Indian nationalist leader and architect of one of the most famous forms of civil disobedience‚ Satyagraha or more commonly known as non-violent passive resistance. Satyagraha had a large impact on the world and still remains as one of the most potent philosophies in freedom struggles throughout the world today. Gandhi spent some time as an Indian immigrant in South Africa and eventually moved back to India in the early
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Mohandas K. Gandhi - His Greatest Success “Mahatma Gandhiji is revered in India as the Father of the Nation” (Singh‚ Para: 1‚ 2004). Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was the leader of the Indian Nationalist movement against British rule. Gandhi was the father of nonviolent resistance and India’s greatest political leader and social reformer. His dream was that of a free India‚ where there was unity regardless of religious believes or political views. Gandhi accomplished his goal of a free
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2013‚ he was the only Indian cricketer included in an all-time Test World XI named to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.[16][17][18] Tendulkar received the Arjuna Award in 1994 for outstanding sporting achievement‚ the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1997‚ India’s highest sporting honour‚ and the Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan awards in 1999 and 2008‚
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