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    countries. Like in ancient Jewish culture when a family member dies‚ they can’t watch television for 1 whole year! In ancient India when the widow’s husband died‚ she would have to jump into the fire with her husband and burn to death. This was called Sati. Another practice was‚ when a family member died‚ their family had to cry (a lot). Cremation is the burning of the human body until its soft parts are destroyed by fire. The skeletal remains and ash residue (cremains) often becomes the object of

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    PressReleasePing Unlocking the Keys to Success by Following the Greats; New Book "12 Qualities of Highly Successful People" by Motivational Speaker Sati Achath Shares How Anyone Can Be a Successful Individual The new book is now available on Amazon in Kindle and paperback formats. Washington‚ D.C‚ USA‚ January 21‚ 2015 /PressReleasePing/ - Henry David Thoreau once said‚ “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” However‚ there are certain qualities that successful people

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    India of my Dream The radioactivity of an exploded bomb may linger for years and centuries‚But it can never ever equal radioactivity that my nation India has emitted and emits my life.Radioactivity that does not destroy but builds. Such is my nation‚ my pride‚ my India- the abode of mighty Himalayas‚land of saints‚seers and sadhus‚ birth place of shri mad bhagvad geetaji and other purana and upnishads‚crade of religion of Hinduism‚Jainism and Buddhism. India had many great personalities like mahatma

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    sea The Opium Wars‚ 1839-1842 and 1856-1860 ABSTRACT Sea of Poppies is the novel set prior to opium war‚ on the bank of the Ganges and in Calcutta. The author compares the Ganges with the Nile‚ the lifeline of the Egyptian civilization attributing the provenance. He portrays the character as poppy seed is emanating in large numbers from the field to sea‚ where every single seeds uncertain about its future. The main characters in the novel are Deeti‚ a mulatto American sailor‚ Zachary

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    throughout many different regions. Between 650 C.E. and 1450 C.E. (post-classical era)‚ Indian women roles changed by women having to start marrying during childhood and women having their first female leader but it stayed the same by women continuing sati‚ being part of a patriarchal caste system‚ and having limited education. The role of Middle Eastern women changed during this time period by women losing respect‚ women having to start wearing veils‚ and more women becoming educated but it stayed the

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    Understanding of women in pre-colonial and colonial Context in Colonial Bengal BY Shrestha Banerjee No one would contest that the law has been a privileged site of struggle and debate in the contemporary women’s movement. Diverse campaign from those relating to forms of violence to unequal rights in the family‚ community or the work place –placed direct and central emphasis on legal provisions if women’s socio-political subordination was to be realized. From demands for legal reform‚ to criticisms

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    Why do readers find Great Expectations so enjoyable? Michael Johnson Dickens uses pathetic fallacy to illustrate the predicament that faces the characters in the novel. It also depicts the emotions the characters feel and indicates how the scene is going to change. For example‚ the dramatic weather change‚ conveyed in the line‚ “The evening mist was rising now‚” during the second ending when Estella and Pip meet‚ mirrors the realisation of Pip and Estella’s true feelings for each other.

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    The Role of Women in Hinduism Historically‚ the female life cycle in Hinduism has been different from that of males. In the classical‚ medieval and most of the modern periods‚ females have followed a three-stage pattern. Today‚ the roles of women in Hindu society are changing‚ as they are throughout the world. Increasingly‚ the life pattern of females resembles the stages of life for males. The basic principles governing the roles of girls and women in Hindu history were set forth in the Laws

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    Havisham‚ a wealthy spinster. Throughout his journey‚ Pip matures from having innocence to losing innocence‚ marking his change in character and expectations. In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ Pip transforms when he encounters a convict‚ visits Satis House‚ and experiences London. In the beginning of the novel‚ Pip transforms when he encounters and aids an escaped criminal on the marshes. This act is the beginning of Pip’s gradual change because it exposes him to the harsh reality of the world

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    below: Table 1: Time adverbials |Time adverbs | | | | | |before |asati [third person] |usati [you] OR |da sati [I] | | | | |usati wa |asati da | | |after |a |

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