Pietas? Dharma? Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off! Written in 29 B.C.E. by the famous poet‚ Virgil‚ The Aeneid tells the legendary story of Aeneas‚ a Trojan warrior who travels to Italy to find a new home. As Aeneas makes his way across the ocean‚ he encounters a plethora of complications. In the face of all this adversity‚ Aeneas continues to exhibit the principal Roman virtue‚ pietas‚ which comprises the concepts of piety‚ public virtue‚ and duty. The idea of pietas bears an uncanny resemblance
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Abstract: This thesis examines Deepa Mehta’s trilogy—Water‚ Earth‚ Fire—and the trilogy’s exploration and contestation of colonial‚ anti-colonial nationalist‚ and religious ideologies as intersecting with patriarchal norms to enact symbolic and actual violence on the bodies of women. I argue that Mehta’s trilogy foregrounds the ways in which patriarchal nationalism legitimizes violence against women’s bodies and sexualities through different social and cultural practices and discourses which are
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There are three paths in Hinduism - the path of knowledge‚ the path of devotion and the path of action. The topic to be discussed in this paper is the path of devotion‚ or ’bhakti’ in Sanskrit. Devotion is defined as‚ "love‚ loyalty‚ or enthusiasm for a person‚ activity‚ or cause" (Google Definitions). In the case of any religion‚ specifically Hinduism‚ this devotion is towards a God or number of gods and realizing that they are not just there to be worshipped but will also protect you and help you
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All that glitters is not gold is a well-known saying‚ meaning that not everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so. This can apply to people‚ places‚ or things that promise to be more than they really are. The expression‚ in various forms‚ originated in or before the 12th century[1] and may date back to Aesop.[2] Chaucer gave two early versions in English: "But all thing which that schyneth as the gold / Ne is no gold‚ as I have herd it told‚" and "Hyt is not al golde that glareth."
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Indian society sees the dependency of wives on their husbands. Indian classical society sees that without a husband‚ wives lose their reason to stay in society as they no longer have a provider and protector. Moreover‚ when Rama threatened to leave Sita out of the claim that she was not pure‚ she went to the extreme to throwing herself into a burning pyre which shows that she rather die than not have her husband. Thus‚ Indian society views that without a husband‚ wives are destitute and might be better
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from: http://www.toboc.com/tradenews/Airline-Introduces-Iticketing-With-Apple-Ipad-Kiosks/1515.aspx [Accessed 21 August 2012]. SITA (2010) Press Releases: Two world firsts for Malaysia Airlines as they harness the IPAD and IPHONE [Online]. Retrieved from: http://www.sita.aero/content/two-world-firsts-malaysia-airlines-they-harness-ipad-and-iphone [Accessed 21 August 2012]. SITA The Star Online (2006) MAS: Not compromise on quality [Online]. Retrieved from: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/4/26/nation/14061620&sec=nation
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Like in the case of Rama and Sita‚ and how Rama dealt with her faithfulness after she was kidnapped by Ravana. Sita had to prove she still had her virtue. I know it was to prove to the people so that they would not question her virtue was stained. Yet when later the people of his kingdom questioned it he was too weak to
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soon offered a break as an actor by Prabhat Talkies to star in their Hum Ek Hain (1946). While shooting for the film in Pune‚ Dev struck a friendship with fellow actor Guru Dutt. Soon‚ they were swapping shirts‚ double dating and sharing dreams. They made a pact: if Dev produced a film‚ Guru Dutt would direct it; if Guru Dutt produced a film‚ Dev would act in it. Dev made the grade first. By a strange coincidence‚ Dev was offered his first big break by Ashok Kumar‚ his favourite star. Kumar spotted
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Mechanism of chalcone formation Kinetic studies have been reported for the base-catalyzed formation of chalcone and its derivatives. [7‚ 8‚ 9] Two alternative mechanisms have been advanced for the reaction of benzaldehyde with acetophenone in the presence of a basic catalyst. 5 The formation of chalcone by the acid catalyzed condensation of acetophenone and benzaldehyde has been studied [10]. The following mechanism seems to be operating- 6 Importance of chalcones [1]They have close relationship
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This to me shows the power of love and how important it was to have offspring if you were royal so that they would be next in line for the throne. So even with Seth trying to kill his brother twice so he could become the King of Egypt‚ he was still not able to because of the fact that Osiris and Isis had a child‚ Horus‚ who became the new King when he was born. Another thing that I learned was how big of an impact fertility had on Western Goddesses. It seemed like every female goddess was viewed
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