Hinduism is a very complex and intricate henotheistic religion. It is mainly practiced in India and came before all the other religions in India. The most important sacred text of Hinduism is called the Vedas. It consists of four Veda texts in which the other texts of Hinduism are based around. Hindus base their lives around the four goals. Hindus divide their scripture into two categories: Shruti and Smriti. The Shruti is the primary revelation which has no human or divine author but has
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This article is about the U.S. Air Force installation in Nevada. For other uses‚ see Area 51 (disambiguation). Area 51 A satellite image of Area 51 from 2000 shows dryGroom Lake just northeast of the site. IATA: none – ICAO: KXTA Summary Airport type Military Owner U.S. Federal Government Operator United States Air Force Location Southern Nevada‚ U.S. Elevation AMSL 4‚462 ft / 1‚360 m Coordinates 37°14′06″N 115°48′40″WCoordinates: 37°14′06″N 115°48′40″W Map KXTA Location
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JANUARY 30th‚ 1949 - The Mahatma was assassinated by a man called Naturam Godse. After he shot him‚ instead of running away‚ he stood his ground and surrounded. He said‚ "No one should think that Gandhi was killed by a madman" One of the best speeches of All time‚ which is compared to Socrates’s speech in his trial. The Judge was astonished by his speech and commented that if India had followed the Jury system of giving judgments‚ Godse would have been adjudicated as "Not Guilty" by the Jury‚ cause
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R. K. Narayan: The Guide: A Study Guide (1958) [pic] [pic] R[asipuram] K[rishnaswamy] Narayan (1906-2001) is unusual among Indian authors writing in English in that he has stayed contentedly in his home country‚ venturing abroad only rarely. He rarely addresses political issues or tries to explore the cutting edge of fiction. He is a traditional teller of tales‚ a creator of realist fiction which is often gentle‚ humorous‚ and warm rather than hard-hitting or profound. Almost all of his writings
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Representation of Partition of India in Sunlight on a Broken Column‚ Ice-Candy Man‚ and 1947 Earth. Partition of India‚ which is almost overlooked in traditional historiography with India’s Independence and Birth of Pakistan‚ led to one of the largest and bloodiest migrations in the history of the world. Sunlight on a Broken Column‚ Ice-Candy Man and 1947 Earth are all set in the same time span and portray Partition in quite different ways. Different as in not only different from each other
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Women in the Vedas and the Puranas: Empowered or Not? Dr. S.R.Ivaturi Reader in Sanskrit SRR & CVR Govt. College Vijayawada There has been a divided opinion regarding the position of women in the Vedic and Puranic ages. According to many scholars the Vedas accord a position of importance to women. There was considerable freedom enjoyed by them in matters of marriage‚ education etc. William Durant sums up the position of the Vedic woman thus: "Women enjoyed far greater freedom in the
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THE MAHABHARATA A Chapter by Chapter summary of the great Indian epic‚ as an aid to finding passages within the original 18 Volumes. Written by Duncan Watson. 14-Dec-92 THE MAHABHARATA Translations by Kisari Mohan Ganguli and Pratap Chandra Roy. The Pratap Chandra Roy version published by Munshiram Monoharlal‚ New Delhi‚ India (Post Box 5715‚ 54 Rani Jhansi Road‚ New Delhi-55): Third edition‚ September 1972. Mahabharata was written down by the great sage Krishna Dvaipayana (Vyasa) about
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Introduction to the country: "Bangladesh" is a combination of the Bengali words‚ Bangla and Desh‚ meaning the country or land where the Bangla language is spoken. The country formerly was known as East Pakistan. What is Culture: o The set of shared attitudes‚ values‚ goals‚ and practices that characterizes an institution‚ organization or group. o The sum of attitudes‚ customs‚ and beliefs that distinguishes one group of people from another. o Culture has been taken as constituting
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VOL. 2‚ NO. 4‚ May 2012 ISSN 2225-7217 ARPN Journal of Science and Technology ©2011-2012. All rights reserved. http://www.ejournalofscience.org Location Based Reminder Using GPS For Mobile (Android) 1 Priyanka Shah‚ 2 Ruta Gadgil‚ 3 Neha Tamhankar Department of Computer Engg‚ Smt. Kashibai Navale‚ College of Engineering Pune‚ Maharashtra India 1 priyanka27.in@gmail.com‚ 2 ruta.gadgil@gmail.com‚ 3 nehatamhankar.1311@gmail.com ABSTRACT Although location-based reminder applications
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The NatyaShastra describes nine rasas or NavaRasas that are the basis of all human emotion. It is useful to keep in mind that a rasa encompasses not just the emotion‚ but also the various things that cause that emotion. These two things go hand in hand and are impossible to treat separately. This duality is part of every rasa to varying degrees. Today we try to bring to you a flavour of each of these nine rasas‚ explaining what each one means and presenting it to you through some Indian art form
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