Bharat Ratna for Sachin Tendulkar and CNR Rao Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award in the Republic of India. Until 2011‚ the official criteria to award Bharat Ratna was “for highest degrees of national service”‚ including artistic‚ literary and scientific achievements as well as “recognition of public service of highest order”. In December 2011‚ the Government of India modified the criteria as “for performance of highest order in any field of human endeavour” to allow sportspersons to receive
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Preface C.S. Lewis argues that he is not looking from the view point specific to a certain branch of Christianity While he is anglican. The name Christians was first given at antioch (Acts 11:26) to ‘the disciples’. To those who accepted the teachings of the apostles Foreword The book started as Radio broadcast delivered from 1942-1944 in WW2. He served in WW1 Lewis christianity is not philosophy or theology but a way of life The Law of Human Nature People are moral creatures
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Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (born October 15‚ 1931) is an Indian scientist and engineer. He became President of India in 2002. He is well known as Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam or Abdul Kalam.DR. A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM .... Profile of India’a First Citizen Born on 15th October 1931 at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu‚ Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam‚ specialized in Aeronautical Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology. Dr. Kalam made significant contribution as Project Director to develop
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The origin of the Roman Church is historically obscure. There is no indication when or by whom the church in Rome was founded. Scholars theorize the founders were part of the Diaspora (Acts 8). This church already had a worldwide reputation by the time of Paul’s writing (1:8). Because Paul had been unable to visit the church‚ he writes a letter stating his intentions (1:13-15). There is no doubt; the author of Romans is Paul. He clearly states this in the opening verse‚ and the style and content
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Is Cosmetic Surgery a mere vanity? We all remember the famous line ‘Mirror‚ mirror on the wall‚ who is the fairest of all’ from Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs. In the story Snow White’s vain stepmother wishes to be declared the most beautiful women in the world. Vanity is basically excessive pride in ones appearance‚ abilities or qualities. Pride and ego are two of the major reasons for existence of vanity. People can cross any limit and brake barriers to protect there pride and ego getting
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Mere Christianity is a book written by C.S. Lewis‚ the book has four major sections that break down the author’s‚ take on what Christianity is and how it may best be practiced in life. The book does not pick sides between the different denominations within Christianity‚ the intent of the book is to express the common views inherent in all the various denominations of Christianity‚ that are often forgotten in the debates about where these different sects disagree; this paper will take you through
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 My Vision My vision is to someday be a missionary in China. God called me there when I was 10 years old. He used a youth pastor and told me that I would be missionary in China someday. I did not really feel like that is what God wanted for me at the time‚ but now I do. There is a great need for missionaries. There are many people there that have not heard about the gospel yet‚ and the people that do‚ do not have the Bible and Christian literature to grow in their walk with the almighty God
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Protection: Mere Idea or Expression of Idea? Recently there are critics saying that the judgment of the Larrikin1case departed from the original copyright principal. Originally the copyright is infringed only if the expression of idea is taken. It is important to “separate unprotectable ideas from protectable expression”.2 Yet some critics claimed that nowadays court will find infringement has occurred where what has been taken is merely an idea‚ one example was the Larrikin3case. I am going to
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Bharat-Vs-India‚ Swami Vivekananda and DNA of Intellectuals Published: Tuesday‚ Jan 08‚2013‚ 19:00 IST By: Mihir Jha My grandfather used to tell me a story. There used to live a great astrologist and palmist in a village. He could look after the palms and foretell future of anyone as if through the power of prophesy. One day‚ a gentleman came to him with his son and requested him to examine streaks of his son’s thenar. Upon a careful examination‚ the Palmist said: - “Your son doesn’t exhibit
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Are there aspects of her story that are timeless and apply to all women‚ regardless of class or race? 2. What is the effect of the narrator identifying herself and her husband as "mere ordinary people"? 3. To what extent is the narrator conscious of her own place in society? It is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself
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