Arjuna Award for her achievements in 1983. Mihir Sen (16 November 1930 - 11 June 1997) was an Indian swimmer‚ best known for being the first Asian to swim the English Channel in 1958‚ and for being the first swimmer ever to have crossed the Palk Straits (in 1966) Early life[edit] He was born on November 16‚ 1930‚ in Purulia‚ West Bengal to physician Ramesh Sen and his wife‚ Lilabati. Largely due to the efforts of his mother Lilabati‚ the Sens moved to Cuttack when Mihir was eight‚ as Cuttack had
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Violence and Health. Geneva: WHO. 93. Cited in “Facts & Figures on VAW.” United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). [ 14 ]. Simon de Beauvoir‚ “The Second Sex”‚ Harmonsworth‚ Penguin‚ 1974 at 156. [ 15 ]. Preface to “The Idea of Justice”‚ Amartya Sen‚ 2009. [ 16 ]. “Anti- Utopia: Essential writings of Andre Beteille”‚ Ed: Dipankar Gupta‚ OUP‚ 2005 at 396.
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Living in the shadows: lesbians in India By Sweta Madhuri Kannan on August 18‚ 2011 Introduction: lesbians in Indian society Lesbians in India are conspicuous by their lack of visibility in mainstream society. If one were to accept the Indian government’s stance concerning sexual minorities‚ lesbians would not exist[1]. Sadly‚ this is an attitude that resonates with large parts of Indian society even today. Lesbian invisibility has become a deep-seated feature of society and has had a deterring
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discriminate against children with SEN or physical disabilities. It aimed to ensure disabled people were offered the same educational opportunities and choices as that in mainstream society as schools now had a statutory duty to identify assess and make provision for pupil’s with special Educational needs. SEN Code of Practise 2001: . Children with SEN have increased entitlement to mainstream education. . The affect has been a higher number of children with SEN being included in mainstream schools
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27th REPORT Article 21 of the Constitution of India provides the right to life to all the citizens of India including the Right to Food. Further‚ Article 47 of the Constitution‚ provides that the State shall regard raising the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Convenant on Economic‚ Social and Cultural Rights‚ to which India is a signatory‚ also
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Philippine Presidential Elections 2016 “Who’s Running for What?” By: CLYDE R. AVILA The 2016 presidential election is one of the most talked about topic of today. To date‚ just more than a year from now we will again be having our new set of national leaders. It is again the time when we can use our power to vote and elect the deserving person that will eventually rule our country. The scheduled date will be on a Monday‚ 9th day of March‚ 2016. As we all know‚ the incumbent president Benigno
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1. Summarize events related to the Boxer Rebellion. Many Chinese people thought the foreigners (the Germans) were the cause of all the extreme weather happening. In the late 1800’s there was extreme flooding and droughts. The Chinese thought the heavens were upset with the foreigners being there and were punishing them for it with the weather. The weather of course affected the Chinese people’s farming negatively. Among the people that blamed the foreigners was group called The Boxers and they were
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saying that the crackdown illustrates the need to do more to stop Medicare fraud. Nelson and Collins‚ along with Sens. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Chuck Grassley(R-IA)‚ have authored legislation to strengthen the government’s hand in stopping Medicare fraud. The lawmakers plan to formally file the legislation on Thursday. "This is exactly why we’re doing the legislation‚" said U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) who chairs the Senate Special Committee on Aging. "We’ve got to get the problem under control
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Reaction Paper “Propose bill of Sen. Ping Lacson for political dynasty” Due to the growing number of political dynasties‚ Senator Ping Lacson proposed and supported a bill that is against it. For that‚ I admire his determination to halt all the families that are involved in this. I also commend him for being a good follower. This was proven by Sen. Lacson when he followed already the bill even though it is not approved yet. He vows that he would retire from politics if his son‚ Ronald Jay‚ runs
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been through enough” and Shoba “needed some time alone”‚ their relationship eventually dissolves. A similar thing happened to Mrs Sen in “Mrs Sen’s.” She was forced to adapt to a new country and learn their way of life‚ this although‚ proves to be too difficult for Mrs Sen as she was unable to successfully learn how to drive “I hate it. I hate driving. I won’t go on.” Mrs Sen just ends up frustrated and defeated. Her main challenge was her inability to adapt to a new culture as she was living in her
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