from Dalhousie University in Halifax‚ Canada and MPhil from Delhi University. She taught at Miranda College‚ New Delhi for over three decades and then took a sabbatical inorder to spend more time in writing. Her first novel Difficult Daughters published in 1998 won the Commonwealth Prize for the best first book in 1999. Her other novels are A Married Woman (2003)‚ Home (2006)‚ The Immigrant (2008) and Custody (2011). She also edited Shaping the World: Women Writers on Themselves‚ a work that documents
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Why was it so difficult to establish a stable parliamentary democracy in Italy in the 40 years after unification? After the merger of Italy‚ several complications that stirred the fresh nation‚ who had to deal with a series of troubles that invariably affected the poorer Italians‚ especially in the south while disallowing the power in Rome to fully consolidate. Italy had to face a series of social‚ economic and reform issues as well as dealing with the poverty and unceasing emigration that took
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Social Welfare Theory and Methodology Why is so difficult to define poverty In general‚ the term poverty refers to a social and economic condition which is undesirable for any individual or group in society. This essay will discuss different approaches used to define poverty. First is absolute poverty‚ this approach looks at the lack of income in order to satisfy the essential requirement for physiological survival. It then goes on to discuss the relative approach which is lack of income in
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“In my end is my beginning‚” says Mary‚ Queen of Scots. Mary had a difficult life. When she was younger‚ she was like any ordinary person in the royal family. “She enjoyed hunting‚ dancing‚ poetry‚ and many other activities” (“World”). When she grew older she became strong in her faith. “Mary was a strong Catholic in a Protestant country” (“World”). Many events happened in her life‚ such as tragic death‚ that would make a person stronger. Mary‚ Queen of Scots was a remarkably brave woman that gained
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Adolescence depression has only been recognized as a real clinical problem for about twenty-two years. Before that time‚ children that exhibited signs that are now recognized as depression were thought to be behavioural problems that the child would grow out of. Psychiatrists believed that children were too emotionally and cognitively immature to suffer from true depression. Childhood was thought to be a carefree‚ happy time‚ void of worry and concerns and therefore it was thought that their problems
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Imagine being judged‚ people thinking they know the whole story‚ just for them to find out that they really know nothing at all. Alice was taken when she was ten years old‚ by a man named Ray. She has to face many extremely difficult decisions and throughout these decisions she shows her true colors. Alice proves that she is not broken when she decides to save Lucy from their kidnapper rather than escape herself. Alice is a living dead girl‚ living each day feeling as if she is being suffocated
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Throughout history demonstrations of “people helping people” have sprung up nonchalantly to provide services for citizens without looking to gain any sort of profit or reward for providing each of the services that have been established. Instead‚ they seek to gain the feeling of satisfaction to see the prosperity of others. Credit unions are one of many important and valuable examples of the foundation of “people helping people”. A credit union is a cooperative financial institution that is owned
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A difficult birth or injury to the baby can occur as a result of the baby’s size or position during labor and delivery. A birth injury can be categorized as any type of injury or damage to an infant’s body before‚ during‚ or just after the child’s birth. Complications during the course of pregnancy or labor can also result in a wide range of complications for a newborn baby. Birth injuries vary greatly - from being very minor to so severe as to cause the death of the infant. Many possible causes
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Why Is Writing So Difficult For Me Writing and English has always been my worst subject all throughout my school years. As we all know to be a good writer you have to use proper grammar and that right there is where my problem is when it comes to writing. I guess you can say it started from when I was growing up a kid. All the kids had to talk to my grandma in Spanish not English. If we talked to her in English we would get in trouble‚ so I did as the other kids did and that was talk Spanish
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Title: People help the people Feb 14‚ 2013 When everyone celebrating valentine day‚ a 19th year old young lady jumping off from 6th level in Berjaya Times Square‚ Kuala Lumpur. Moses (2013) reported that she committed suicide due to her mental illness. Also‚ according to the Facebook comments‚ it is because the boyfriend request for broke up with her (Moses 2013). |[pic] |[pic]
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