Kurseong. All around Kurseong are some of the famous tea plantations‚ growing some of the best varieties of famous Darjeeling tea. Peace‚ serenity and healthy climate of Kurseong had attracted many a great person to this place. Gurudev Rabindra Nath Tagore and the great composer Atul Prasad Sen got inspiration for some of their famous works while staying at Kurseong. Sister Nivedita‚ the great disciple of Swami Vivekananda made Kurseong her home. Even Mark Twain is believed to have spent some time in
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IIIrd Semester Syllabus for Core and Applied Component Courses in English. St. Xavier’s College –Autonomous‚ Mumbai. St. Xavier’s College – Autonomous Mumbai Syllabus For IIIrd Semester Courses in ENGLISH (June 2013 onwards) Contents: Syllabus for Courses: A.ENG.3.01 – The Elements of Poetry A.ENG.3.02 – Indian Writing in English 1850-1980 A.ENG.3.MS -- Media Studies (Applied Component) Page 1 of 4 IIIrd Semester Syllabus for Core and Applied Component Courses in English. St. Xavier’s
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books. Reading the great poetry of the past we seem to be carried away to a kingdom of joy and forgetfulness‚ a kingdom where there is no care‚ no worry‚ no anxiety. We come to be acquainted with the master minds of the world like Valmiki‚ Kalidas‚ Tagore‚ Shakespeare‚ Milton and Shelley‚ Shaw‚ Yeats and Owen and many others through the medium of their literary productions and feel inspired by their beauty‚ grace and idealism. Reading books is also one way of passing our spare time. A person given
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DD National (DD1) is a state-owned general interest terrestrial television channel in India. It is the flagship channel of Doordarshan‚ the Indian public service broadcasting corporation‚ and the most widely available terrestrial television channel in India After years of falling revenues‚ in 1999-2000 Doordarshan (DD)1 had a revenue growth at 50%. In 1999-2000‚ DD earned revenues of Rs 6.1mn compared to Rs 3.99 mn in 1998-99. DD showed signs of revival with the launch of DD World (a channel
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MY FAVOURITE TOURIST SPOT Synopsis: * My feel * Introduction * A brief history and Its beauty * Love-Art mixed Monument of Glory * Conclusion My feel: When I see Taj Mahal as a painting‚ I see with an awe in my eyes‚ When I see Taj Mahal as a photograph‚ I feel as though I view Heaven….. When I see Taj Mahal as a miniature‚ I long to hold that paradise…. When I see Taj Mahal in real‚ tears roll down my eyes…… No wonder Taj Mahal is undoubtedly my favourite
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bazaar is a book lover’s delight housing hundreds of bookshops. The Annual Book Fair is the city’s major attraction for international visitors too. The city is intellectual and has been the home for famous people like the brave Netaji‚ noble laureate Tagore and Amartya Sen‚ the famous scientist Acharya Jagadish
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rather than doing the same under the blue sky while feeling the breeze through the greens brushing across his face‚ the importance of sports on the field can hardly be exaggerated. The limitations of classroom teaching were felt in the 20th century by Tagore when he decided that true learning could take place in the shade of the trees rather than the suffocating surroundings of the claustrophobic classrooms. Perhaps the same idea echoed the minds of the Vedic rishis when the upanishadic pattern of teaching
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Fighter Sarojini Naidu (extreme right) with Mahatma Gandhi during Salt Satyagraha‚ 1930 Sarojini Naidu joined the Indian national movement in the wake of partition of Bengal in 1905. She came into contact with Gopal Krishna Gokhale‚ Rabindranath Tagore‚ Muhammad Ali Jinnah‚ Annie Besant‚ C. P. Ramaswami Iyer‚ Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.[6] During 1915-1918‚ she traveled to different regions in India delivering lectures on social welfare‚ women empowerment and nationalism. She awakened
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JALLIANWALA BAGH MASSACRE-- In the Indian history of freedom struggle for independence many great warriors laid down their life. There is a record of every incident. One of the most tragic incident in the history is the Jallianwala Bagh massacre which took place in Amritsar (Punjab). Winston Churchill stated this account as "’The incident in Jallian walaBagh was an extra ordinary event‚ a monstrous event‚ an event which stands in a singular and silver stone isolation......" The most heartbreaking
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Estonia I. Introduction: Estonia is a Nordic country which means that the nature is untapped‚ unharmed and in pure state. This mercilessly harsh weather along with the wonderful white nights and dark days creates a mesmerizing appeal to the senses. Because of such extreme weather a very high level of discipline and commitment is required by the folks to even have an existence – which results in clear shapes‚ quality in sharp thinking and pin point decision making‚ as well as a clear thought process
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