Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie (A Study On Postcolonial Innovations) A Thesis Presented to the Department of Literature College of Nursing In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement in Literature 101 World Literatures Tan‚ John Ryan N. March 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication………………………………………………………………………………………..2 Acknowledgement………………………………………………………………………………3 CHAPTER 1 The Problem and its background A: Introduction………………………………………………………………………
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sacred texts. These texts also have great and sacred meanings‚ traditions‚ and reason for many of the Buddhist beliefs. These traditions are sacred because they have deep meaning and meaning. In the Hindu religion we have a Murti (statue) of Lord Shiva where he is blue. He looks blue because there
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around comes around”. Dharma: this is divine law‚ which requires people to do their duty. It’s a person’s responsibility to find your purpose or your duty in life. There are many important gods within this religion. There is Brahma‚ Vishnu and Shiva. They can be considered as the “Holy Trinity” of Hinduism. Brahma the Creator: traditionally depicted with four heads‚ four faces‚ and four arms. He is originally shown with a white beard to symbolize the eternal nature of existence. Vishnu the Preserver:
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In the state of Telengana‚ India‚ about five hours away from any city and public transportation‚ is a small village called Gonga Devi Guppa. Accompanied by my translator‚ Hymavathi‚ I lived among the people for three weeks. The American culture I was raised in gifted me several prejudices against Hinduism that I was not aware of until I experienced for myself the truth about the religion. Prior to India‚ I viewed Hinduism barbarically despite not knowing much about it. Ironically‚ I experienced Hinduism
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any ways‚ one of the major distinctions between the two was the fact that Hinduism is a polytheistic religion and Buddhism is an atheistic religion. While Hinduists believed in three gods: Brahma‚ the creator god‚ Vishnu‚ the preserver god and Shiva‚ the destroyer god‚ Buddhists thought that belief in a god was not necessary and that it was an unneeded attachment. This resulted in different beliefs of life after death. Although they both believed in some sort of reincarnation process‚ the two process’ were slightly altered
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Rave parties- the den for all vices INTRODUCTION In the late 1950s in London the term "Rave" was used to describe the "wild bohemian parties" of the Soho beatnik set. People who attend these parties are called “ravers”. The genres of electronic dance music played include house‚ trance‚ psytrance‚ techno‚ dubstep‚ jungle‚ jungle techno‚ drum and bass‚ UK hardcore‚ hardcore techno‚ happy hardcore‚ breakbeat‚ hardstyle and many others with the accompaniment of shows‚ projected‚ paint‚ glow sticks and smoke
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THE SEVEN WONDERS [pic] PYRAMIDS OF GIZA [pic] HANGING GARDENS [pic] TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS [pic] STATUE OF ZEUS [pic] COLOSSUS [pic] LIGHTHOUSE OF ALEXANDRIA [pic] THE MAUSOLEUM AT HALICARNASSUS [pic] The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was the tomb of king Mausolus. Halicarnassus (Modern Bodrum‚ Turkey) was the capital of a small Mediterranean kingdom. In 377 B.C.‚ Hecatomnus of Mylasa‚ the ruler of this land‚ died and left control of the kingdom to his son‚ Mausolus. Mausolus’
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New Delhi‚ India: Rajkamal Prakashan Pvt Ltd. ISBN 9788171197361. * Singh‚ Uday Bhanu (2008). तुलसी काव्य मीमांसा [Investigation into the poetry of Tulsidas] (in Hindi). New Delhi‚ India: Rajkamal Prakashan Pvt Ltd. ISBN 9788171196869. * Tripathi‚ Shiva Kumar (2004). "Who and What was Tulsidas?". A Garden of Deeds: Ramacharitmanas‚ a Message of Human Ethics. Bloomington‚ Indiana‚ United States of America: iUniverse. ISBN 9780595307920.
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Cited: Barash‚ David P.‚ and Charles Webel. Peace and Conflict Studies. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications‚ 2002. Print Shiva‚ Vandana. Earth Democracy: Justice‚ Sustainability‚ and Peace. Cambridge‚ MA: South End‚ 2005. Print.
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least this is the key behind all God-believing religions. In a part of the Hindu faith‚ there is a God called Shiva. He is believed to be the "restorer and destroyer of worlds." Shiva is one of the most temperamental gods of any faith‚ he’ll destroy the world on a simple whim. At one time‚ he even cut off his son’s head and turned it into an Elephant face. One example of the type of faith Shiva requires is found in the story of a man who desired power more than anything. In order to
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