Asian writers Nick Joaquin Nicomedes Márquez Joaquín (May 4‚ 1917 – April 29‚ 2004) was a Filipino writer‚ historian and journalist‚ best known for his short stories and novels in the English language. He also wrote using the pen name Quijano de Manila. Joaquin was conferred the rank and title of National Artist of the Philippines for Literature. He is considered one of the most important Filipino writers in English‚ and the third most important overall‚ after José Rizaland Claro M. Recto. Joaquín
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past” (Giddens 1994) Indian nationhood and democracy are an accommodation between the local and the national‚ the cosmopolitan and the rooted. Some seek to homogenize from below; others to parochialize from below. Both attempts will and must fail (Guha 2012) These are the two quotes‚ perhaps‚ which define modernity and nationhood in best possible way. Modernity and nationhood have a broader meaning and context in India. On one hand‚ modernity was a confrontation of beliefs‚ practices
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“VALMIKI MAHARSHI” Valmiki’s real name was Ratnakara. He was the son of Prachetasa‚ a sage. by profession. Before this Valmiki was a robber Later with the teachings of Maharshi Narada he became a Rushi. What is Valmiki - Valmika in Devanagari means “ant- hill” Once when he was a very young boy‚ he had gone to the forest playing and was lost in the forest. His parents An searched for him but could not trace him. They thought that the boy has been eaten by some wild animals. hunter and his
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India. pp. 398–400. Retrieved 26 August 2012. ^ a b Read‚ Anthony; Fisher‚ David (1 July 1999). The Proudest Day: India ’s Long Road to Independence. W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 459–60. ISBN 978-0-393-31898-2. Retrieved 4 August 2012. ^ a b c Guha‚ Ramachandra (2007). India After Gandhi: The History of the World ’s Largest Democracy. London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-230-01654-5. ^ Keay‚ John (2000). India: A History. Grove Press. p. 508. ISBN 9780802137975. "East to west and west to east perhaps ten million
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COMMENTARY Free Speech in the Digital World under Threat? Kirsty Hughes We are at a moment where the digital world can go either way – it can become a space of genuine free expression‚ one enjoyed by ever larger numbers of people or it can become a controlled and monitored space. Like any battle for free speech and fundamental rights‚ governments and other major players – in this case big web companies and internet service providers – must be held to account and challenged to defend our rights
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with whom it is essentially associated: Antonio Gramsci‚ Ranajit Guha and Gayatri Chakravorty
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so-called Un-touchables or Dalits. But in reality there was nothing that unites the Malas and Madigas‚ according to researches done by Anthropologists. Malas and Madigas have Different Origins On the nature of Malas and Madigas‚ Anthropologist Dr. V. Ramachandra Rao analysed in the following way: “The Mahars in neighbouring Maharashtra akin to the Malas. Similar communities are found‚ the Mala- pahadiyas in Bengal and a similar caste in Tamilnadu. There may be a link to the Mallahs of UP‚ who are ferrymen
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In the 12 January edition of Hindustan Times‚ eminent Nehruvian Ramchandra Guha expressed dismay over the controversy surrounding the Indian Science Congress where it was claimed that ancient Indians were well versed in aeronautical technology among other things. First of all Mr. Guha should be informed that the the section under which the much controversial paper was included has itself been titled ‘Vedic Mythology about Aviation’. So the Indian science congress organizers were clear about the distinction
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Research Journal of Educational Sciences ______________________________________________ISSN 2321-0508 Vol. 2(2)‚ 1-6‚ May (2014) Res. J. Educational Sci. English and Medium of Instruction: Dalit Discourse in Indian Education Dhanaraju Vulli Department of History‚ Assam University (Central University)‚ Diphu Campus‚ Assam‚ INDIA Available online at: www.isca.in‚ www.isca.me Received 8th April 2014‚ revised 18th April 2014‚ accepted 30th April 2014 Abstract There are two types of school
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