Kisan Baburao Hazare (born 15 June 1937)‚ popularly known as Anna Hazare is an Indian social activist and a prominent leader in the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement‚ using nonviolent methods following the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. Hazare also contributed to the development and structuring of Ralegan Siddhi‚ a village in Parner taluka of Ahmednagar district‚ Maharashtra‚ India. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan—the third-highest civilian award—by the Government of India in 1992 for his efforts
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In “A Quilt of a Country” by Anna Quindlen‚ the author illustrates the notion that American culture is a paradox of our two defining ideals‚ community and individuality. In the passage Quindlen explains how our nation was “founded on a conundrum”(3) as the beliefs of our nation are in constant conflict. Community and individuality are ideals of America‚ but it is difficult to have both. Several believe if you hold onto your culture and background it is challenging to act as a community. The author
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Anna Pavlova And The Dying Swan Drama Essay A couple years ago I used to think that ballet was boring. I did not understand ballet as an art and did not recognize its classical and modern types. Dances like hip-hop‚ samba‚ rumba‚ cha-cha‚ tango‚ and disco appealed to me more. Once I tried ballet myself in the U.S.‚ I realized that most of the great dancers learned ballet for a lengthy amount of time. I decided to take ballet classes and after a year I realized that ballet brings me indescribable
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Making A Difference When an issue arises many people turn away from it and wait for someone else to fix it. There are a very few sum of people who will actually step up and try to bring about a change. Anna Quindlen is one of these few people. In School’s Out For Summer ‚ Anna Quindlen’s purpose for writing this essay was to persuade‚ and inform readers about how their are no programs to help the struggling families with feeding their children in the summer. The evidence behind her reasoning
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16 million soldiers‚ and mutilated the faces of over 37‚000 more (Broken Gargoyles). Anna Coleman Ladd‚ an American sculptor from Boston‚ brought in her artistic skills to help aid these victims. She was classically trained in Paris and Rome‚ and had many well-known art pieces. In 1917‚ she opened up her own studio to put her skills to work in making masks for facially disfigured soldiers (Maker of Masks). Anna Coleman Ladd is a monumental figure in American history for revolutionizing the military-medical
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theme or issue that is explored in Requiem by Anna Akhmatova and City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende. Some examples include: death‚ spirituality‚ challenges‚ suffering‚ religion and persecution (or any combination of these). Both Anna Akhmatova and Isabelle Allende create texts that draw their readers in through the use of interesting themes and relatable messages. The two texts City of the Beasts (2002) by Isabelle Allende and “Requiem” (1940-1957) by Anna Akhamatova explore the issue of religion through
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The love story –sweet and daring for some‚ sordid and offending for others-- between Anna Karenina and Count Vronsky is compelling and tragic. Anna and the Count have an affair‚ causing an uproar in society. Because of the double standards of the time‚ while Vronsky may still hold his head high in society‚ Anna is forced to hold her chin down and hide her shame. Anna turns to Vronsky ─a dashing military man─ as a refuge from her passionless marriage to a pompous‚ despotic bureaucrat; a move that
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author of Anna Madgigine Jia Kingsley‚ African Princess‚ Florida Slave‚ Plantation Slaveowner‚ traveled to Europe‚ the Caribbean‚ and West Africa to research. Shafer gave an account of Anna Kingsley’s life‚ who he explains to be and African “princess”. He shares the struggles that she endured once being an enslaved African American to becoming a free woman and plantation owner. The book was very interesting but I felt lacked first hand evidence of Anna Kingsleys life. Anta Majigeen Ndiaye (Anna Kingsley)
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Anna Letitia Barbauld’s A Summer Evening’s Meditation is a poem that shows the extraordinary power of the imaginative mind. Barbauld’s masterpiece was once neglected from the rest of the Romantic writers that were after her time‚ but her vivid and descriptive voice shone through the poem and into the minds of readers around the world. Imagination‚ one of the characteristics of Romanticism‚ is the key component that made this poem one of the most amazing pieces of literature in the Romantic era. It
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voice—not so I can shout‚ but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back". This quote depicts the audacious voyage of one of the most influential poets‚ with a focus on woman’s empowerment‚ Anna Laetitia Barbarald. Anna Laetitia‚ the author of this extraordinary poem‚ is said to be a notable feminist literary writer that has been cherished since the eighteenth century. Barbauld is a strong willed woman who desires nothing less than woman equality. She
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