About Siddhar’s (Siddha’s) Who is a siddha ? A siddha is one who has attained siddhi‚ i.e. "power‚ prowess‚ strength‚ ability"‚ then a special kind of psychic and supernatural‚ miraculous‚ occult power. There are eight kinds of super natural powers called as "Ashtama Siddhis": 1. Anima (shrinking) -- Power of becoming the size of an atom and entering the smallest beings. 2. Mahima (illimitability) -- Power of becoming mighty and co-extensive with the universe. The power of increasing one’s
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SOME IMPORTANT THINGS OF KANPUR Kanpur spelled as CAWNPORE before 1948‚ it is the tenth most popular city in INDIA and the largest within the state of UTTAR PRADESH. It is the second largest city of the HINDI-speaking city after Delhi. It remains one of the oldest industrial townships of NORTH INDIA although it has not kept pace with IT industry growth in the rest of India due to political indifference. It has a metropolitan area of over 1‚640square kilometres (630 semi) and a city area of around
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Biography of Khalil Gibran On January 6‚ 1883 Gibran Khalil Gibran was born in Bcherri‚ Lebanon. He was the son of Khalil ben Gibran and Kamila. He had two sisters‚ Mariana and Sultana‚ a half brother‚ Peter‚ who was from his mother’s previous marriage. They were part of the Maronite Catholic Church. Gibran Khalil Gibran’s father was a shepherd who had hardly any intellectual impact on Gibran. His mother was the one who played a huge role in the "intellectual maturation" of Gibran. His first
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Rama From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This article is about the incarnation of Vishnu. For other uses‚ see Rama (disambiguation) and Ramachandra (disambiguation). | |It has been suggested that Raghava Rama be merged into this article or section. (Discuss) | |Rama | |[pic] | |Lord Rama (center)
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Case of Tuka and Varkaris.” Summer Hill: IIAS.Vol. XIV‚ Nos.1-2‚ 2008. Savio‚ G. Dominic and M. Rosary Royer. “Cultural Aesthetics in Bama’s Annachi.” Ed. Mohit K. Roy. Atlantic Critical Review. Vol.8‚ No.3‚ July-Sep.‚2009. New Delhi: Atlantic Pub. Valmiki‚ Omprakash. Preface. Joothan : A Dalit’s Life. Trans. Alok Kumar Mukherjee.Kolkata: Samya‚ 2003. Zelliot‚ Eleanor. From Untouchable to Dalit : Eassys on the Ambedkar Movement. New Delhi: Manohar Publishers‚ 2005.
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Hindi Dalit literature’s moment has arrived. After years of obscurity and unflattering comparisons to the maturity and expressiveness of Dalit literature in languages such as Marathi and Tamil‚ creative Dalit writing in Hindi is finally reaching a more visible level of popular recognition. Hindi Dalit novels‚ autobiographies‚ short-story and poetry anthologies‚ as well as volumes of literary criticism‚ are today being regularly published by Delhi’s top Hindi-language publishing houses‚ Rajkamal and
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Laxman Gaekwad (The Branded)‚ Bama (Karukku and Sangati)‚ Naredra Jhadav (Untouchables: My Family’s Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India)‚ Sharankumar Limbale (The Outside: Akkarmashi)‚ Joseph Macwan (The Stepchild)‚ Om Prakash Valmiki (Joothan: A Dalit’s Life)‚ Baby Kamble (Our Existence) and
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sense to the upcoming generations. Nina Paley’s film "Sita Sings the Blues" brings two cultures‚ traditions‚ values and time periods together to convey her message and bring relevance of her art across many cultures and generations. The Ramayana by Valmiki on the other hand is a very traditional epic which depicts the ideal of every relation‚ one ideal example being the wife of Rama‚ Sita. Idealistically‚ a wife in Indian culture is to stick to her husband no matter how harshly she is treated by him
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Ramayana’ and ’Paradise Lost’ hold stories of ancient times that tend to explain the existence of two different cultures in the present world. Milton‚ the author of ‘Paradise Lost‚’ concerns himself with the Christian story of the ‘Fall of man’ while Valmiki‚ the author of The Ramayana‚ tries to bring out an explanation to the goals of human life. In this assignment‚ I would like to compare author’s use of two female characters in both ’The Ramayan’ and ’Paradise Lost’ as I try to explain the mythological
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Human rights dilemmas facing social workers The primary objective of social work is to improve the living conditions of human beings and help them in meeting basic human needs‚ with special focus on people who are oppressed or those living in poverty. Social workers relentlessly work towards ending various form of social injustice such as discrimination‚ oppression and poverty through a coordinated effort that includes consultation‚ administration‚ policy‚ advocacy‚ social and political action‚
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