Indo-Anglian Authors It’s the same Indian Curry – the spices are Indian‚ the flavours remain rural and the colours are still rich and earthy‚ except for the fact that it is savoured with a different spoon. That is Indo-Anglian literature or English literature penned by an Indian author. With the sudden surge of writers in this genre‚ its history is very recent‚ mostly limited to the last two centuries. As a category it owes its roots to the post-colonial era and today with almost three Nobel laureates
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Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1 Jallianwala Bagh massacre Jallianwala Bagh massacre Narrow passage to Jallianwala Bagh Garden through which the shooting was conducted. Location of Amritsar in India Location Coordinates Date Target Attack type Weapon(s) Death(s) Injured Perpetrator(s) Amritsar‚ India 31°37′14″N 74°52′49″E April 13‚ 1919 5:30 pm (UTC+5:30) Hindu‚ Muslim and Sikh religious and political gathering Shooting‚ mass murder‚ massacre Rifles 379-1500 1100-1500 British Indian Army
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Subhas Chandra Bose (Bengali: সুভাষ চন্দ্র বসু‚ Shubhash Chôndro Boshu) was an Indian revolutionary who led an Indian national political and military force against Britain and the Western powers during World War II. Popularly known as Netaji (literally "Respected Leader")‚ Bose was one of the most prominent leaders in the Indian independence movement and is a legendary figure in India today. Bose was born on 23 January 1897 in Cuttack‚ Orissa to Janakinath Bose and Prabhabati Debi‚ and is presumed
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For a change‚ Gautam was not so Gambhir in this exclusive photo shoot for HT Brunch (HT Photo: Ajay Aggarwal) more photos » At the same time that Shah Rukh Khan went cartwheeling at Chepauk and Sunil Gavaskar began praising the combative qualities of the Kolkata Knight Riders‚ a senior teacher at Delhi’s Modern School broke into a silent jig around his TV screen. A glow spreads across Firoz Bakht Ahmed’s face as he reflects on his illustrious student and rewinds the clock to 1995 when he taught
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Life‚ Chetan Bhagat tries to restrict his scope from his expanded themes of Three Mistakes of My Life to concentrated social issues of marriage. The novelist narrates the story of a young man and a lady from two different states of India who fall in love and decide to get married but their parents do not agree because of cultural differences. The book covers their individual struggle to achieve goals‚ their strong attachment of love which wins them through all odds. A regular Chetan Bhagat reader may
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869 International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering ISSN 0974-5904‚ Vol. 03‚ No. 06‚ December 2010‚ pp. 869-874 Environmental Impacts of Noise Pollution - A case Study of Saharanpur City‚ Western Uttar Pradesh‚ India. VARTIKA SINGH and PRAMENDRA DEV School of Studies in Earth Science‚ Vikram University‚ Ujjain‚ M. P. 456010‚ India Email: vartika_vartu@yahoo.co.in‚ drpdev@yahoo.com Abstract: The results of analysis of noise pollution levels measured during February 2007‚ in different
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Moderate Phase of Indian National Movement 1885 – 1905 During our freedom movement‚ the congress people were split into two parts‚ the moderates and extremists. The Moderate period was from (1885 –1905) and Extremist period from(1905 – 1920). The first twenty years of congress history in indian politics is referred as moderate politics. Moderates were the first English educated intellectuals of india like Dada bhai naoroji Pheroz shah mehta Gopala krishna gokhale Maha govinda ranade R.C.Dutt
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FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY IN INDIA “Democracy is more a way of life than a form of government.” – Abraham Lincoln. The framers of Indian Democracy would have never thought that one day their brainchild would be the largest Democracy in world. After World War II all the countries which gained independence and became democratic along with India have either turned into dictatorship or come under army rule. Ever since India‚ achieved
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Time In Mumbaai ● Best Performance In A Negative Role: Sonu Sood‚ Dabangg ● Achievement In International Cinema: Irrfan Khan ● Best Debut (Female): Sonakshi Sinha‚ Dabangg ● Best Debut (Male): Ranveer Singh‚ Band Baaja Baaraat ● Hottest Pair 2011: Anushka Sharma and Ranveer Singh ● Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema: Sharmila Tagore ● Best Screenplay Award: Abhinav Kashyap‚ Dilip Shukla‚ Dabangg ● Best Playback Singer (Female): Mamta Sharma‚ Munni Badnaam Hui (Dabangg)
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The article “Do Professional Athletes get Paid too much Money” is written by Mihir Bhagat a senior analyst. Bhagat believes professional athletes make too much money. In his article he explains the amount of money someone is paid should be based on the economic importance and value of the job for society (1). He thinks playing a game isn’t very important when it comes to society (1). Bhagat states that teachers and even the president of the United States get paid less than professional athletes.
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