President Versus The Untouchable “Yo Taylor‚ I’m really happy for you and I’mma let you finish‚ but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time”- Kanye West at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards on September 13‚ 2009. Two-thousand-and-nine was a big year in America. Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people” (nobelprize.org). Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music awards in a very rude
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[pic]MAURITIUS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION Course: Teacher’s Diploma Primary 2010-2012 Class: Brown Module Title: Values and Citizenship Education Module Code: TDPR 127 Lecturer: Mr. N. PYENEEANDEE. Date of submission: 11th November 2011 1. What are values? A personal and/or cultural value is an absolute or relative ethical value‚ the assumption of which can be the basis for ethical action. A value system is a set of consistent values and measures. A principle
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“The God of Small Things” Masterpiece Portfolio By: Taylor Strong Bibliography on Arundhati Roy: Arundhati Roy is an Indian author best known for her first novel The God of Small Things‚ which won numerous awards such as the Booker Prize. It is important to understand what was going on in Roy’s life as she wrote this book to make the connections. Once one has understood what her life was like it is clear to see the connection between the fictional characters and plot intertwining with the
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Topic: Ahmed Ali’s Twilight in Delhi as an Elegy CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 2 Ahmed Ali earned for himself
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productivity. Thomas L. Friedman‚ author of The World is Flat‚ argues that‚ “As an individual‚ in a flat world is figuring out how to make yourself as an ‘untouchable’” (280). He then describes ‘untouchables’ as‚ “People whose jobs cannot be outsourced‚ digitized or automated” (280). In order to distinguish ourselves from others and be an untouchable we need to acquire unique skills and provide value to our work. Although many
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the violation of the principles which were dearest to Ambedkar’s heart and mind. He resorted to the means of ‘peace’ and ‘persuasion’ even before the constitution came into force. He adopted a ‘peaceful campaign’ to secure civil rights for the untouchables even before the Indian independence. To him‚ the campaign was legal and based on ‘legitimate rights’. It was peaceful as well as reasonable. It did not involve violence against those’ who denied the fundamental rights of life‚ liberty and the
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The Prohibition Era is known as the time alcohol consumption and production was banned in the United States‚ it lasted from 1920 to 1933 but it still affects society today. The prohibition mostly put Chicago and its citizens in a worse situation‚ although there was great support. Instead of limiting abuse in homes and increasing the productivity at workplaces‚ prohibition was the start of the bootlegging business‚ the illegal production and selling of alcohol. Crime and corruption exploded in the
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were household names because of how they were able to act their roles. It is a very emotional movie that kept me interested throughout the entire duration‚ which is a very hard task to do when I’m watching a movie for the 5th time. The character of Raj played by Shah Rukh Khan goes through a transition phase that for the first time in Bollywood which made it stand out for me as a NRI. We see the role of the typical good Indian boy switched into a macho alpha male which has previously always been played
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Dr. Ambedkar: A Social Reformer Through the Magnifier of Antonio Gramsci SAVITA V. DEOGIRKAR Lecturer in English‚ Adarsha Mahavidyalaya‚ Dhamangaon (Rly) Distt: Amravati (M.S.) Abstract A Champion of Human Rights‚ Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar was a multi dimensional personality. He was a great thinker‚ a philosopher‚ a true revolutionist‚ a prolific writer and at the top a devoted reformer. If studied and analyzed his noble saga to fight against Castes’ and
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The caste system in Hinduism was created around 1200 BC‚ during the Vedic period‚ and has been a continual tradition in Hindu society even after being outlawed in the Indian Constitution in 1950 which was a major change for Hindu society. This tradition‚ which is so deeply embedded into Hinduism‚ is hard to abolish as it has been a continued tradition and way of life for a long period of time .The Indian term for caste is jati‚ and generally designates a group that can vary in size from a handful
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