These facts are enough to give rise to a sense of insecurity and confusion for many who still loves to think that “Mother India” loves all her children equally. But the sense of pessimism has been encouraged again and again. Sometimes through the Sikh riots and sometimes through the incidents like Babri Masjid. And horribly enough even with India stepping in the 21st century with a never before economic growth rate elections in India can be easily won by playing the “hindutva” card. Narendra Modi
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Hindus form close to 80 percent of the population‚ the country also has large Muslim‚ Sikh‚ Christian and Zoroastrian populations. Islam is the largest minority religion in India‚ and the Indian Muslims form the third largest Muslim population in the world‚ accounting for over 12 percent of the nation’s population. India has a Hindu President (Pranab Mukherjee)‚ Muslim vice-president (M. Hamid Ansari)‚ a Sikh Prime Minister (Manmohan Singh) and an Atheist Defence Minister A. K. Antony. The leader
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Geography and climate Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe near Ladakh‚ India Jammu and Kashmir is home to several valleys such as the Kashmir Valley‚ Tawi Valley‚ Chenab Valley‚ Poonch Valley‚ Sindh Valley and Lidder Valley. The main Kashmir valley is 100 km (62 mi) wide and 15‚520.3 km2 (5‚992.4 sq mi) in area. The Himalayas divide the Kashmir valley from Ladakh while the Pir Panjal range‚ which encloses the valley from the west and the south‚ separates it from the Great Plains of northern
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Loot. Murder. Stampede. Dacoity. Rape. Abduction. Corpse. Bloodshed. Abandonment. Turmoil. These are all terms that bring to our minds a grotesque‚ dark and gory picture associated with any conflict in the history of mankind. Conflicts‚ whether arising out of deliberative or instinctive reasons‚ lead to the same end of loss‚ grief and many questions to which no one has ever had answers to. Why does a conflict take place? How can you resolve it? Can you resolve it at all? Can you evade from it? Conflicts
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Table of content Introduction 01 Chronology of major incidents 04 • Western india 04 • Jammu and kashmir 05 • Northern and Northwestern India 06 • Northeastern india 10 • South india 13 • Challenges before India’s Internal Security 14 Internal strategy 16 Introduction Internal terrorism has been an ugly scene in India probably for as long as we have known. The independence war saw the
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are also a part of Indian pride.[3] Akbar the Great was a powerful Mughal emperor who sought to resolve religious differences‚ and was known to have a good relationship with the Roman Catholic Church as well as with his subjects - Hindus‚ Buddhists‚ Sikhs and Jains. He forged familial and political bonds with Hindu Rajput kings. Although previous Sultans had been more or less tolerant‚ Akbar took religious intermingling to new level of
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Field Experience A feedback on the movie “Bend it like Beckham” -------From the perspective of Cross-cultural communication 专业：英语语言文学 姓名：胡金庆 学号：201120327 日期：2011年10月11日 A feedback on the movie “Bend it like Beckham” -------From the perspective of Cross-cultural communication Abstract： Based on the English
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The history of India begins with evidence of human activity of Homo sapiens as long as 75‚000 years ago‚ or with earlier hominids including Homo erectusfrom about 500‚000 years ago. The Indus Valley Civilisation‚ which spread and flourished in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent from c. 3300 to 1300 BCE in present-day Pakistan and northwest India‚ was the first major civilisation in South Asia. A sophisticated and technologically advanced urban culture developed in the Mature Harappan period
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Ben Patzeck‚ Jennifer Dean‚ Briana Pepilascov‚ Juleanna Vore Sociology 1101 Professor Johnson Since the beginning of mankind‚ people have always believed in a higher power. Ancient societies created religion as a way to express faith and have something to personally hold onto. Even though religion has purely good intentions‚ it has become the cause of conflict and struggle for thousands of years. Today religion has stirred much controversy in America. Some of the biggest struggles with religion
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Hindutva SwatantryaVeer V.D. Savarkar Essentials of Hindutva Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883 – 1966) What is in a name? We hope that the fair Maid of Verona who made the impassioned appeal to her lover to change ’a name that was ’nor hand‚ nor foot‚ nor arm‚ nor face‚ nor any other part belonging to a man’ would forgive us for this our idolatrous attachment to it when we make bold to assert that‚ ’Hindus we are and love to remain so!’ We too would‚ had we been in
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