Terrorism “Most Muslims are not fundamentalists‚ and more fundamentalists are not terrorists‚ but more present day terrorists are Muslims and proudly identify themselves as such.” writes Bernard Lewis in ‘The Crisis of Islam’. But Dr. Martin Luther King logically said‚ “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Terrorism has no absolute and globally accepted definition and its interpretation can easily be used or abused to suite particular needs. The adage that “one man’s terrorist
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Modern education before Independence Modern education system Modern education system was implanted by British rulers. Before the advent of British in India‚ education system was private one. In 1835‚ Lord Macauley introduced modern education in India. It was the introduction of Wood’s dispatch of 1854‚ known as Magna Carta of Indian education that laid the foundation of present system of education and changed the scenario. The main purpose of it was to prepare Indian Clerks for running local administration
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RABINDRANATH TAGORE Rabindranath Tagore (Bengali: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর‚ Robindronath Ţhakur) (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941)‚ sobriquet Gurudev‚ was a Bengali poet‚ novelist‚ musician‚ painter and playwright who reshaped Bengali literature and music. As author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive‚ fresh and beautiful verse"‚ he was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. His poetry in translation was viewed as spiritual‚ and this together with his mesmerizing persona
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East India Company The East India Company was an English joint-stock company formed for pursuing trade with the East Indies but which ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent. Shares of the company were owned by wealthy merchants and aristocrats. The government owned no shares and had only indirect control. The Company operated its own large army with which it controlled major portions of India. The East India Company traded mainly in cotton‚ silk‚ indigo dye‚ salt ‚ saltpetre‚ tea
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Constitution of India The original text of the Preamble‚ before the 42nd Amendment) of the Constitution The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles‚ establishes the structure‚ procedures‚ powers‚ and duties of government institutions‚ and sets out fundamental rights‚ directive principles‚ and the duties of citizens. It is the longest[1] written constitution of any sovereign country in the world‚ containing 448[Note
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Terrorism in Pakistan; Causes‚ Effects‚ Solutions Once a convicted "terrorist"‚ Nelson Mandela‚ wrote in his autobiography: "the hard facts were that 50 years of non-violence had brought (my) people nothing but more repressive legislation‚ and fewer rights". If the world leaders do not believe that global fairness‚ peace and human dignity is in the best interest of the global community‚ then our fate may indeed be akin to the vision of Shelley’s And each dweller‚ panic-stricken‚ Felt his
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Gandhian Thought On Indian Socialism 1. INTRODUCTION “Friend‚ I do thee no wrong. Didst not thou agree with me for a penny? Take that thine is‚ and go thy way. I will give unto this last even as unto thee.” “If ye think good‚ give me my price; And if not‚ forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.” These lines from the ‘Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard’ appear on the first few pages of the book ‘Unto the Last’ by John Ruskin. In March 1904‚ Gandhi
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Spelling Bee - List of Words (with meanings in brackets) A Agreeable (to your liking) Appearance (outward show) Apprehensive (Worried) acquiesce (to agree) appurtenance (an accompanying part or feature of something) (sketchily indicate something) aristocratic (upper class) attenuation (decrease) (Overconfident) audacious ascendancy (power) adumbrate Abstinence (Self-restraint) Accoutrements (accessories) Acetaminophen (pain-killer) Aesthetic
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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj An Analysis Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj – An Analysis Page 1 A Note of Acknowledgement. . . I would wish to thank Shri. Ambareesh Phadnavis‚ who painstakingly translated and compiled this article‚ originally written by Shri. Narahar Kurundkar‚ as a preface for Shriman Yogi. - Manish Zanpure Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj – An Analysis Page 2 Index Introduction . . . ............................................. 4 Sambhaji‚ his son... ..............................
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TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Commercialization of Agriculture‚ Great Depression and Famine in Colonial India 25th September‚ 2014 Submitted by: Vibha Ashok Bhirud M2013DS046 Submitted to: Prof. Aparajita Bakshi Prof. Gaurang Sahay School of Development Studies Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Industrialization in Europe and Commercialization of Agriculture in India 3. Impact of Commercialization on Indian Agriculture 4. Great Depression and Indian
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