The culture of Asia is the artificial aggregate of the cultural heritage of many nationalities‚ societies‚ and ethnic groups in the region‚ traditionally called a continent from a Western-centric perspective‚ of Asia. The region or "continent" is more commonly divided into more natural geographic and cultural subregions‚ including the Central Asia‚ East Asia‚ South Asia (the "Indian subcontinent")‚ North Asia‚ West Asia and Southeast Asia. Geographically‚ Asia is not a distinct continent; culturally
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Martin Luther King by Indira Gandhi Prime Minister Of India Speech at the presentation of the Jawaharial Nehru Award for International Understanding to Coretta Scott King in New Delhi‚ India on January 24‚ 1969. This is a poignant moment for all of us. We remember vividly your last visit to our country. We had hoped that on this occasion‚ Dr. King and you would be standing side by side on this platform. That was not to be. He is not with us but we feel his spirit. We admired Dr. King. We felt
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Goa and literature Goa has been reflected in many ways. It is sometimes reflected through people‚ through its culture and sometimes through literature. Goan reflection is nothing but the projection of Goa as a land‚ Goa’s socio-economic life and contemporary Goan expressions. According to Prof. Peter Nazareth “Goans have written in thirteen languages. Goans meditate between cultures‚ Goans live between different cultures‚ Goans are travelers from one part to another…. We can understand different
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Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 2001. print. 456-9. Leo Tolstoy. “Letter to Gandhi” Cultural Conversations: Presence of the Past. eds: Stephen Dilks‚ Regina Hansen‚ and Matthew Parfitt. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 2001. print. 464-6. Rabindranath Tagore. “Letter the Gandhi and Accompanying Poems.” Cultural Conversations: Presence of the Past. eds: Stephen Dilks‚ Regina Hansen‚ and Matthew Parfitt. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 2001. print.
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The novel Chokherbali was written by the Nobel Prize winner writer Rabindranath - Tagore‚ and later came into movie adaptation directed by one of the most celebrated director of the Bengali cinema Rituparno Ghosh. Chokher Bali is a story about the physical and mental deprivations of young widows and their sexual frustrations. Binodini is a young girl who is left to her own device when her sickly husband was suddenly dies at soon
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Mughal Period Pratap Aditya‚ Raja Sitaram Ray Principality of Bengal Baro-Bhuyans Modern Bengal Company Raj Zamindari system‚ Bengal famine of 1770 British Indian Empire Bengal Renaissance Brahmo Samaj Swami Vivekananda‚ Jagadish Chandra Bose‚ Rabindranath Tagore‚ Subhas Chandra Bose Post-Colonial 1947 Partition of Bengal‚ Bangladesh Liberation War Sheikh Mujibur Rahman‚ Jyoti Basu See Also Bangladesh‚ West Bengal Part of a series on the History of Bangladesh National emblem of Bangladesh History of
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given the nickname - "Bul Bule Hind" or the "Nightingale of India". After that‚ she published two other collections of poems--"The Bird of Time" and "The Broken Wings". "Feast of Youth" followed in 1918. Her poetry was admired by the likes of Rabindranath Tagore and Jawaharlal Nehru. Soon after‚ she met Shree Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Gandhi and was influenced by them. Sarojini was now whole-heartedly working for India’s freedom movement. Her poems poured enthusiasm and hope in the hearts of the masses
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PARTITION OF BENGAL: 1905 Partitioning Bengal was first considered in 1903. There were also additional proposals to separate Chittagong and the districts of Dhaka and Mymensingh from Bengal and attaching them to the province of Assam. Similarly incorporating Chhota Nagpur with the central provinces. The government officially published the idea in January 1904‚ and in February‚ Lord Curzon made an official tour to eastern districts of Bengal to assess public opinion on the partition. He consulted
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Why is India not a superpower till now? Because of the lack of unity and proper education that India lags behind. With a little effort and unity we too can become a superpower. So many great men have forseen India as a superpower‚ including Rabindranath Tagore‚ Swami Vivekananda and many more. Our ex-president Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam too predicted‚ that by ………………) and why shouldn’t India be? India with such a vast area and population and rich culture can be equal to USA. Why is India not a superpower
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nationalist leader. Her father‚ Jawaharlal Nehru‚ was a pivotal figure in the Indian independence movement and the first Prime Minister of Independent India. In 1934–35‚ after finishing school‚ Indira joined Shantiniketan‚[2] a school set up by Rabindranath Tagore‚ who gave her the name Priyadarshini (priya=pleasing‚ darshini=to look at). Subsequently‚ she went to England and sat for the University of Oxford entrance examination‚ but she failed‚[3] and spent a few months at Badminton School in Bristol
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