Poverty Amidst Plenty “India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people”- Manmohan Singh‚ Prime Minister For the past few decades‚ India has been categorized as a developing country. In spite of significant landmarks and rapid advancements in various sectors‚ India has failed to become a developed country. While the nation has been making headlines for economic boom‚ multitudes of billionaires‚ construction of skyscrapers‚ million dollar investments and achievements in technology;
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Andrew J Potter looks at the emerging relationship between the newly independent Republic of Indian and superpower that was the United States during the Cold War era in his book‚ Comrades at Arms: The United States and India‚ 1947-1964. It is‚ however‚ the angle from which he decides to look at this relationship that is most interesting. Rotter decides to look at this budding complicated relationship from a culture angle as‚ in his own words‚ “Like the rest of us‚ policymakers and diplomats do not
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America is considered the land of the free and the home of the brave. Citizens here are allowed to exercise their rights freely in their day to day lives. The United States is also known around the world as one of the largest Superpowers. Behind this large superpower is a small‚ but ever important document known as The United States Constitution. The Constitution of the United States of America is a document created by the original founders in 1787 and is the fundamental principles that establishes
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largest economies)‚ many people would argue that the BRICS (Brazil‚ Russia‚ India‚ China and South Africa) are now the main focus of development and the potential superpowers of the future global economy‚ with all of these economies being within the top 25 largest economies. While all of them have the potential to be global economic superpowers‚ with some arguing that China with is current rates of 7% growth and a budget surplus of 10% already is‚ people must remember that these economies are still developing
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others to be able to take care of it’s people economically through development. “In the years after World War II‚ the United States quickly became the world’s largest supplier of foreign aid. In fact‚ the United States assumed the position of a world superpower‚ and the government sought to implement a foreign policy that would maintain that status. By providing assistance to other countries‚ the United States hoped to strengthen a liberal‚ international economic order and promote stable‚ democratic governments
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The unity of the two great nations in World War 2 had brought hope and eventually victory to the allies‚ and the suffering people of the world. However‚ surely the ‘unnatural alliance’ between the USSR and the USA couldn’t last? The vast ideological gap‚ a difference in the leading figures contributed to the breakdown of friendship after the defeat of a common foe. Not only this‚ but it seems that the difference and change of the leading political figures‚ as well as the fear of spreading communism
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as a result of events in Cuba between 1959 and 1962 and how the Cuban missile Crisis affected relations between the USA and the USSR. The USA and the USSR never really got on after WW2 ended‚ it was always a competition to see who the greatest superpower was. The Cuban Missile Crisis was the nearest that both sides came to an actual nuclear war. The tensions were intense for both sides‚ for both USA and USSR could have started a war if they wanted to because of their opponents. And in this essay
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aid‚ by all accounts should have doomed the country whose very right to exist has become one of the greatest international relations dilemmas of modern history. The question is why the United States‚ the beacon of hope and new economic‚ military superpower would stand by and do nothing for what would become its greatest ally in the Middle East during its most perilous time‚ how
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APJ ABDUL KALAM Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam born October 15‚ 1931‚ at Rameswaram‚ in Tamil Nadu ‚ Abdul Kalam was born in a middle-class family ‚ His mother tongue is Tamil. His father‚ a devout Muslim‚ owned boats which he rented out to local fishermen. His father‚ Jainulabdeen‚ possessed neither much formal education nor much wealth; despite these disadvantages‚ he possessed great innate wisdom and a true generosity of spirit. He had an ideal helpmate‚ his mother Ashiamma & three
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‘Détente was a failure’ How far do you agree with this assessment? In the period of the 1970s‚ the policy of Détente is often viewed as a failure because the main themes of the Cold War remained present‚ for instance Soviet Expansionism continued and new advances for nuclear production came about despite laws capping old types of nuclear weapons. In addition‚ not all agreements were taken seriously‚ such as Helsinki which was deemed by Soviets as ‘just a piece of paper’. However‚ the term Détente
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