1 The Tale of Captain BookBeard: An account of Book Piracy A bibliophilic stroll in the streets and lanes of Kolkata is bound to get across the cries of Captain BookBeard coming from the Sea of Poppies1‚ The Sea of Monsters2 and The Ship of Stars3‚ and as one starts to wonder about the whereabouts of this ever present‚ as almost in every pavementbookstalls‚ yet elusive pirate lord‚ a tale starts to emerge as the tip of a stealthy ice-berg which dwells in the heart of the world of letters. Book
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Mayadebi‚ Tridib‚ Ila‚ May‚ Narrator‚ Nick‚ grandmother. POLITICAL SCENERIO : The novel is set against the backdrop of historical events: 1.Swadeshi movement 2.Second World War 3.Partition of Country 4.Communal riots of 1963-64 in Dhaka and Calcutta CHARACTERS ANALYSIS : The characters in this novel – except that of Tridib – are realistically portrayed and are not larger than life. Each one is portrayed with all the weaknesses that make them endearing. Each one is believable . But Tridib
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western sections of the city are connected by Al Maktoum Bridge‚ Al Garhoud Bridge‚ Al Shindagha Tunnel‚ Business Bay Crossing and Floating Bridge. A Dubai Bus in Dubai Marina An air conditioned bus stop The Red Line on the Dubai Metro. The Dubai Metro is the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula. Abras are the traditional mode of transport between Deira and Bur Dubai. The Public Bus Transport system in Dubai is run by the RTA. The bus system services 140 routes and
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striking realization that her life’s mission was to minister to the poorest of the poor. With the Pope’s blessing‚ Mother Teresa descended into the slums of Calcutta‚ undoubtedly one of the poorest cities on the planet‚ and began the Sisters of Charity. Under her direction‚ the Sisters of Charity ministered to the sick and hungry of Calcutta. Showering love and food on all who came to the mission’s doorstep‚ Mother Teresa soon became a local celebrity. In 1979‚ she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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Moria Kelly’s personal sacrifice‚ passionate commitment and her lifelong dedication to doing whatever it takes to save and heal children and communities in need is what inspires us. Moira makes a big difference to those around her. She was first inspired when she met an injured boy and his desperate mother in Bosnia during the war. She then took it upon herself and created funded medical evacuation of children for life saving and life altering operations. By 2001‚ Moira had already helped 120 children
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childhood Swami Vivekananda was born as Narendranath Dutta in Calcutta‚ the capital of British India‚ on 12 January 1863 during the Makar Sankranti festival. He belonged to a traditional Bengali Kayastha (a caste of Hindus) family. There was precedence of ascetics in his family—Narendra’s grandfather Durga Charan Datta renounced the world and became a monk at the age of twenty five.[10] Narendra’s father Vishwanath Datta was an attorney of Calcutta High Court. Vishwanath Datta had a liberal‚ progressive
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the current mayor of the municipality of Kawayan‚ Biliran and also served as its Vice Mayor from 1998 to 2001. Coming from the prominent political family of Biliran‚ Rodolfo as well as his brothers‚ Rogelio and Gerry Jr. are raised around politics. His father‚ Gerardo S. Espina‚ Sr.‚ the clan’s patriarch‚ served as a former representative of their district in Biliran for nine years. Prior to being the current Mayor of the municipality of Kawayan‚ he served first as its vice mayor from 1998 to
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this kind of woman‚ but for the most part she is portrayed as weak and fragile‚ though she is not. Miss Emily was pretty much a rebel. Miss Emily had written letters from the Mayor and other officials about taxes‚ which she ignored because she had “no taxes in Jefferson”. Miss Emily had a Negro house maid‚ which the mayor Colonel Satoris sought to be wrong. Colonel Satoris definitely proved to be sexist in many ways. Satoris believed “only women could believe it”‚ speaking about lies that only the
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Judiciary of Indian Subcontinent The present legal and judicial system of Bangladesh owes its origin mainly to two hundred years British rule in the Indian Sub-Continent although some elements of it are remnants of Pre-British period tracing back to Hindu and Muslim administration. It passed through various stages and has been gradually developed as a continuous historical process. The process of evolution has been partly indigenous and partly foreign and the legal system of the present day emanates
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The youngest of thirteen surviving children‚ Tagore was born in the Jorasanko mansion in Calcutta (now Kolkata) of parents Debendranath Tagore (1817–1905) and Sarada Devi (1830–1875).ε[›][11] Tagore family patriarchs were the Brahmo founding fathers of the Adi Dharm faith. He was mostly raised by servants‚ as his mother had died in his early childhood; his father travelled extensively.[12] Tagore largely declined classroom schooling‚ preferring to roam the mansion or nearby idylls: Bolpur‚ Panihati
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