Train to Pakistan‚ originally published in 1956‚ is not a very good book‚ but quite enjoyable much of the time. Khushwant Singh‚ less than ten years after Partition‚ in 1947‚ wrote a novel of less than 200 pages and still managed to create what’s probably best described as an uneven mess. Ideas‚ allusions‚ characters and bits and pieces of story float all over the book. There’s no denying that Singh‚ who has since become a famous public figure and intellectual in India‚ prefers to lecture rather
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World Religions | Reflection #1 | Preface and the Point of Departure | | Megan Kelley | March 5‚ 2013 | Reflection of Huston Smith’s The World’s Religions & The Illustrated World’s Religions-Preface and the Point of Departure‚ and Philip Novak’s The World’s Wisdom: Sacred Texts of the World’s Religions-Preface | Megan Kelley Stephanie Lape Humanities 10: World Religions March 5‚ 2013 Reflection #1 Preface and the Point of Departure When I first pick up a book to read
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Guru Nanak Dev Ji was born on November 13th‚ 1469. He was born in Talwandi‚ now Nankana Sahib‚ which is near Lahore in present-day Pakistan. Back than Pakistan was a part of India. He was the founder of the Sikh religion. He taught his followers 3 major beliefs‚ to chant God’s name‚ to earn an honest living‚ and to share and consume together. He also taught his followers the concept of selfless service. He taught his followers that all men and women are created equal. I admire him as a leader because
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Indian society suffers from a number of social evils. In the past these social evils stood in the way of our progress. Therefore‚ many religious and social reformers have‚ from time to time‚ been advocating the eradication of these evils. In the past‚ great religious men like Guru Nanak and Bhakt Kabir exhorted the people to remove all social evils‚ particularly communalism‚ casteism and superstitions. Guru Nanak and Kabir also stressed the need for Hindu-Muslim unity. In fact‚ they preached
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Katy Teasdale Mrs. MacDonald World Religions; Per 3 9/20/09 A Search for Belonging The story of Mary Crow Dog can be interpreted two ways‚ as an autobiography about her struggle to gain racial equality and religious freedom‚ or as an autobiography where we can learn where Mary finds herself in her place. Mary first introduces herself as an ignorant child‚ content only because she didn ’t know how bad things were. As a child‚ she wasn ’t very religious; the only true religious figures in
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Religion: A brief study of India ’s secularity and the growth of Christianity ABSTRACT This essay emphasizes on the advent‚ development‚ and propagation of Christianity in India. The paper will also look at the assimilation of Christianity into mainstream Indian life‚ and how it established itself as one of the most important minority religions in India. The issues faced by Christianity in India at present will also be analyzed. In addition to this‚ the essay will
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Guru Nanak is the founder and first guru of the Sikh religion. He was born in a small town outside of Lahore‚ India (now Pakistan) to a family in the merchant caste. As a young man‚ Guru Nanak married and had children. Yet he didn’t fit easily into family expectations. He seems to have only reluctantly entered the clerical profession suggested by his family‚ often feeling the call to turn inward in meditation at key points in his life. Guru Nanak’s moment of enlightenment came when‚ after singing
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The Baisakhi festival is a seasonal festival. It is celebrated all over the Punjab and Haryana by all classes of people. Hindus‚ Muslims and Sikhs all take part in this celebration. It falls in he first day of baisakh. It falls every year in the 13th of April. On this day people put on new clothes. They prepare Halawa and several tasty things at home. Baisakhi Fair A fair is held everywhere in connection with the Baisakhi festival. The site of the fair is a place which is religiously famous. Generally
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“We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone‚ alone in patches‚ alone in groups‚ alone in races‚ even alone in genders” by Maya Angelou. Like Maya Angelou‚ I believe diversity is crucial to our survival and also that diversity is to be cherished. So‚ diversity to me is defined as being together as one‚ appreciating one another and the differences we have; but‚ not solely based on people with different backgrounds such a religion‚ race‚ and culture‚ but also train
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‘Justice delayed is justice denied’ – a much quoted line the world over. As I look at the variety of criminal cases involving high profile people‚ I see that they tend to move quickly and gain positive results‚ mostly in the favour of the defendant. Recently‚ the powerful banker Mr Dominique Struass Kahn was involved in allegations that led to his public demise. Only a few weeks back‚ it looked like an open and shut case‚ but since then a steadily falling house of cards has been unravelling and the
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