Gandhi is a 1982 epic biographical film which dramatizes the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi‚ an Indian lawyer and activist who was a leader of the nation ’s non-violent‚ non-cooperative independence movement against the United Kingdom ’s rule of the country during the 20th century. Gandhi was a collaboration of British and Indian production companies[3] and was written by John Briley and produced and directed by Sir Richard Attenborough. It stars Ben Kingsley in the titular role. The film dramatizes
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| Kalpana Chawla ’Kalpana Chawla’ ( July 1 ‚ 1961 - February 1 ‚ 2003 ) was an Indian-American astronaut and space shuttle mission specialist of STS-107 ( Columbia ) who was killed when the craft disintegrated after reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere . Early Life Chawla was born in Karnal ‚ Haryana ‚ India . Her interest in flight was inspired by J. R. D. Tata ‚ India’s first pilot. Education Chawla studied aeronautical engineering at the Punjab Engineering College in 1982 where she earned
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shiv shankar anand nagar‚ raiseen road‚ cist college bhopal- 462022 G spectrum scam involved politicians and government officials in India illegally undercharging mobile telephony companies for frequency allocation licenses‚ which they would then use to create 2G subscriptions for cell phones. The shortfall between the money collected and the money that the law mandated to be collected is estimated to be INR1766.45 billion (US$27 billion)‚ as valued by the Comptroller and Auditor General of
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Arun Jaitley has turned out to be the most important person in the new government after Prime Minister Narendra Modi‚ with three heavy portfolios of finance‚ defence and corporate affairs‚ it was announced Tuesday. The Rashtrapati Bhavan released the portfolio allocation of 46 ministers‚ including 24 cabinet ministers‚ of the government sworn in Monday evening. Sushma Swaraj is the new foreign minister and Rajnath Singh will head the home ministry. Modi has kept with him‚ like some of his predecessors
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On August 1‚ 1972‚in Madison Square Garden‚ ex-Beatle‚ George Harrison‚ organized "The Concert for Bangladesh‚" with all proceeds destined for Bangladesh‚ a suffering area of India. It was a difficult time in the United States‚ the war in Vietnam was still raging‚ and people had grown hardened by the years of blood and violence. Those of us who had grown up watching the daily war horror scenes on the evening news were a touch bunch. After all‚ our people‚ most of them only a few years older that
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Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) Delhi Section Convention Delhi Technological University‚ Delhi September 5-6‚ 2013 Technical Sessions Schedule Day 1-5th September 2013‚ Technical Session I-2.15pm to 4.15 pm TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN THE NEW MILLENIUM Session Chair- Prof S. K. Garg‚ Professor and Head‚ Training and Placement Dept‚ DTU‚ Delhi Session Co-Chair-Dr. Narendra Kumar‚Director‚ Krishna Institute of Engg. and Technology‚ Ghaziabad‚ U.P ISTE 113 Towards an Educational
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Years Of Indian Cinema Sant Tukaram Sant Tukaram 1936-35 mm-130-Marathi-Black And White-India Director: Vishnupant Govind Damle‚ Sheikh Fattelal Cast: Vishnupant Pagnis‚ Gouri‚ Pandit Damle‚ Kusum Bhagwat‚ Bhagwat‚ Master Chhotu‚ B. Nandrekar‚ Shankar Kulkarni‚ Shanta Mujumdar Screenplay: Shivaram Washikar Cinematographer: V. Avadhoot Editor: A.R. Shaikh Sound Designer: S. Damle Music Composer: Keshavrao Bhole Production Company: Prabhat Film Co. Festival / Awards: Special Recommendation - 5th
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DANCE ELEMENTS RELATED WITH MYTHOLOGICAL STORIES INTRODUCTION OF KATHAK The word ‘Kathak’ comes from the root katha‚ which means story- telling. Literal meaning of the word kathak is related to katha‚ the art of story-telling‚ “Katha Kahe So Kathaka Kahave”‚ which means “one who tells a story is a story-teller”. According to M. Monier Williams‚ Katha denotes conversation‚ story‚ speech‚ tale or fable. Katha also means to ‘ sing in praise’‚ ‘to say or inform something’. Thus‚ kathakars were originally
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J Weidman Singing the Classical‚ Voicing the Modern: The Postcolonial politics of Music in South India Duke University Press 2. Janaki Bakhle Two Men and Music: Nationalism in the Making of an Indian Classical Tradition Permanent Black 2008 3. Ravi Shankar and Peter Lavezzoli The Dawn of Indian Music in the West Continuum 4. Matthew Harp Allen and Tanjore Vishwanathan Music in South India: The Karnatak Concert Tradition and Beyond: Experiencing Music Expressing Culture Oxford University Press 5.
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VARANASI Varanasi‚ or Benaras‚ (also known as Kashi) is one of the oldest living cities in the world. Varanasi`s Prominence in Hindu mythology is virtually unrevealed. Varanasi was variously known as Avimuktaka‚ Anandakanana‚ Mahasmasana‚ Surandhana‚ Brahma Vardha‚ Sudarsana‚Ramya‚ and Kasi.Mark Twain‚ the English author and literature‚ who was enthralled by the legend and sanctity of Benaras‚ once wrote : "Benaras is older than history‚ older than tradition‚ older even than legend and looks twice
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