Censorship on the Internet Five years after the first world wide web was launched at the end of 1991‚ The Internet has become very popular in the United States. Although President Clinton already signed the 1996 Telecommunication ActI on Thursday Feb 8‚ 1996‚ the censorship issue on the net still remains unresolved. In fact‚ censorship in cyberspace is unconscionable and impossible. Trying to censor the Internet its problematic because the net is an international issue‚ there is no standard for
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Boundary issues‚ left unresolved by the British‚ have caused two wars and continuing strife between India and Pakistan. The partition of India and its freedom from colonial rule set a precedent for nations such as Israel‚ which demanded a separate homeland because of the irreconcilable differences between the Arabs and the Jews. The British left Israel in May 1948‚ handing the question of division over to the UN. Un-enforced UN Resolutions to map out boundaries between Israel and Palestine has led
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COMPETITIVE EDUCATION SYSTEM (For the motion) - Sumiho Aye In my opinion‚ Education is a holistic process of learning and development in an individual’s lifetime. While competitiveness‚ is the result of the basic survival instinct already inherent in an individual‚ or for that matter all living organisms which co-exist in the same environment. For this reason‚ I believe education as a system shouldn’t undermine the importance of “competition” as a valuable tool employed to enhance the learning
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theme and a shared body of knowledge embibes history and nation. These come together to shape Ghosh’s Sea of Poppies (2008). The novel broadens the definition of what it is to have a history‚ crafting the space of diaspora as a third space‚ neither homeland nor metropole‚ but a place where a history of its own is unfolding. “If history forgets‚ fiction can remind us of many things.” Amitav Ghosh Amitav Ghosh‚ one of the chief fiction writers of contemporary Indian English writing has mingled history
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69 Indian English Children’s Literature: The Context of Salman Rushdie‚ Ruskin Bond and Arup Kumar Dutta Rizia Begum Laskar M.D.K. Girls’ College‚ Assam‚ India Abstract: Indian English children’s literature as a distinct branch of literature struggled to find its footing in India. The struggle is interconnected to the problem of the English language itself and the dominance of western children’s literature in India. At the same time‚ the publishing scenario plays a significant role
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Sarojini Naidu among others. The post independence decades were largely dormant with only few names such as Nirad C Chaudhuri and R K Narayan inciting curiosity if any. It was as late as early eighties that the new breed of writers such as Salman Rushdie‚ Vikram Seth‚ Amitabh Ghosh and Anita Desai started popping upon the international literary map. The new breed of authors and writers who emerged in post reform era carried the initiative forward. These writers have created a niche for themselves
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“Good advice is rarer than rubies” – an analysis “Good advice is rarer than rubies” is a short story by renowned author Salman Rushdie. It tells the story of Miss Rehana who comes to the British embassy in an unnamed town in India‚ to apply for a permit to go to London. At first it seems like she’s there out of free will to see her fiancé‚ but later it is revealed that she actually doesn’t want to go‚ rather that she’s forced to go because she has to marry the man waiting for her in England. A man
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Footwear International – Case Study R. William Blake John Carlson frowned as he studied the translation of the front-page story from the afternoon ’s edition of the Meillat‚ a fundamentalist newspaper with close ties to an opposition political party. The story‚ titled "Footwear ’s Unpardonable Audacity‚" suggested that the company was knowingly insulting Islam by including the name of Allah in a design used on the insoles of sandals it was manufacturing. To compound the problem‚ the paper had
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IS PRONOGRAPHY WITHIN OUR CONSITUTIONAL RIGHT? When we think of pornography we usually think of videos that are explicit and graphic in a sexual nature and magazines such as Hustler and Playboy. It also can be found in paintings‚ sculptures‚ photos‚ drawings and the Internet. It can even be performed in a live venue‚ in front of a live audience. Pornography is a very controversial topic and there are many other factors that contribute to this. The First Amendment prohibits laws being made that
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Diamond Fuller Roberts LAL 121 5 May 2015 The Prophet’s Hair ‘The Prophet’s Hair’ by Salman Rushdie is based on a story of religious practice and worship as a number of people cross paths with a sacred relic that has been stolen from their mosque. early Victorian period has been named as the “Time of Troubles” because of the severe social conflicts and economic downfall linked with England’s exploring into the Industrial Revolution. Conditions in the new industrial and coal-mining areas were harsh
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