King Kamehameha was the man who unified all of Hawaii and settled it under his rule. He was not in line to be the next chief of a kingdom‚ but by 1810‚ he conquered all of the Hawaiian islands. Using his intelligence‚ kindness‚ beliefs‚ power‚ and his resources he became a strong and effective leader. Mohandas Gandhi (Gandhi)‚ the leader of a nationalist movement against the British rule of India (Encyclopedia Britannica)‚ did what he thought was right. Just like the leader Hawaii has to thank today
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Origin Of Name of District : - The origin of the name of the district‚ Ballia‚ has long been a matter of dispute. It is locally said to have been derived from the name of the sage Valmiki‚ the celebrated hindu poet and the author of RAMAYAN‚ whose having resided here was commemorated‚ by a shrine which has long been washed away. Another belief about the origin of the name is that it has been derived from the sandy nature of the land of the place‚ locally known as ballu meaning sand . Location and
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History: Formed in 1946 as a Dairy Cooperative based in Anand‚Gujrat. Its brand name is taken from Sanskrit word “Amoolya” meaning precious and is managed by the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (GCMMF). It was established because of the exploitation of marginal milk producers by traders or agents of existing dairies in the small town named Anand. Amul has appropriate and unique model that is targeted towards rural development. Amul was the pioneer of the White revolution of
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The Bhagavad Gita is a dialogue between Lord Krishna and Arjuna‚ narrated in the Bhishma-Parva of the Mahabharata. It comprises eighteen chapters of a total of 701 Sanskrit verses. Considerable matter has been condensed and compressed within these verses. On the battle-field of Kurukshetra‚ Lord Krishna‚ during the course of His most interesting and instructive talk with Arjuna‚ revealed the profound‚ sublime and soul-stirring spiritual truths‚ and expounded to him the rare secrets of Yoga‚ Vedanta
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Chakras Chakras are Sanskrit meaning a disk or a wheel which refers to each seven major energy that centres in our consciousness body. The seven major chakras are called: 7. Sahasrara (The crown chakra): This chakra is on the top of our heads. This chakra is said to control the spinal cords‚ nerves and brain. The colour being violet shows Oneness with God‚ Peace and Wisdom. Being self knowledgeable and having spiritual awareness. 6. Ajna (The third eye chakra): This chakra is located in
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Hinduism and Buddhism have different similarities and are in some ways connected to each other. Some of the practices of the two religions are similar in many different ways and there are several examples to show this. Hinduism first started in India around 1500 BC. The word Hindu comes from the word "sindhu" or river. The Hindu community think of themselves as "those who believe in the Vedas"‚ or "those who follow the way or dharma of the four classes and the stages of life. The four classes being
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communication; Hindi is the most widely spoken language and primary tongue of 41% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali‚ Telugu‚ Marathi‚ Tamil‚ Urdu‚ Gujarati‚ Malayalam‚ Kannada‚ Oriya‚ Punjabi‚ Assamese‚ Kashmiri‚ Sindhi‚ and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language (2001 census) Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 61% male: 73.4% female: 47.8%
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Through ages‚ the patriarchal society has always referred to the woman as the weaker sex‚ the fairer sex‚ or the second sex. Simone de Beauvoir in the ‘Introduction’ to The Second Sex says‚ “…she is simply what men decree;… she is the incidental‚ the inessential as opposed to the essential.” (Beauvoir 16) In the Indian context‚ women as gendered subalterns have a very limited role to play within the society. They are mere objects of desire to men. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak in her essay “Can the
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Volume 13‚ Issue 1. January 1‚ 2002 - January 14‚ 2002. How to Judge Globalism Amartya Sen [http://people.cis.ksu.edu/~ab/Miscellany/globalism.html] Globalization is often seen as global Westernization. On this point‚ there is substantial agreement among many proponents and opponents. Those who take an upbeat view of globalization see it as a marvelous contribution of Western civilization to the world. There is a nicely stylized history in which the great developments happened in Europe:
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TITLE: Adaptation of Hindu Epic as animation movies and Interpretative analysis of Ramayana and Hanuman. Introduction- Emergence of animation‚ scope and its significance. Much of Asia’s animation production since the 1960s has been tied to foreign interests attracted by stable and inexpensive labor supplies. For nearly forty years‚ western studios have established and maintained production facilities‚ first in Japan‚ then in South Korea and Taiwan‚ and now also in the Philippines
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