Canadians including 86 children were tragically killed on their plane to India. Their lives ended because, Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi ordered an attack on the Sikh separatists that had taken over the holiest shrine in Amritsar, India. Three Sikh men in Vancouver decided to act on their anger and started their plan to bomb the air India flight. Their plan forever to bomb air india 182 changed Canadian history. Air India 182 has changed Canada's; security, law, international relations, culture
India famously was founded 4,600 years ago.Well, if you think that was long ago .Think again the information I have, is crazy old.My thesis statement is that India In 1500 B.C. many different cultural groups and different types of groups started to come to India. India is not the biggest place but it has a great variety of lands,and land formations. India emperors of the Gupta dynasty reunited northern India about 320. The Gupta Empire, which lasted until about 500, are often referred to as India's
PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE I lived in India before I came to USA. Let me just introduce the overall country. India is a country with beautiful nature, weather, and diverse religions and festivals. I lived in a city named Navsari in Gujarat state. Navsari city is in the south side of Gujarat. The city is over 2000 years old and the population is around 1,00,000. the city is crowded with so many people, automobile and animals. The animals, like cows, buffaloes, pigs, street dogs, donkeys,
The country of India is a vast South Asian country with extremely diverse terrain that ranges from the Himalayan peaks to the Indian Ocean. To the North, Mughal Empire landmarks include Delhi’s Red Fort Complex, Jama Masjid mosque and the iconic Taj Mahal mausoleum. The Country of India, is an up and coming powerhouse of the world. Boasting one of the fastest growing economies, India will be in the top 10 in GDP by 2050. Consequently it’s ever growing population and economy will enable the country
monastic life, etc. Optional – include pictures! Hindu Religion India is one of the largest countries in Asia and has one of the largest Hindu populations. The rituals and ceremonies of this rich and colorful religion are well practiced and are a deeply embedded part of Hindu culture. In the US our religion and practices are somewhat compartmentalized to certain days of the week and also take place within a church or a temple. India practices its religion in the forests, on the streets, along and
Which wonder will you save? The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum for King Shah Jehan’s wife. Pollution is causing the Taj Mahal to deteriorate.”I think the Taj Mahal should be preserved because of the pollution could possibly cause gas to the huge population. The reason the Taj Mahal should be preserve for the honor of King Shah Jehan’s wife. “When Shah Jehan’s wife died, the Muslim emperor spared no expense in building an enormous domed mausoleum fit for his queen.” The quote supports reason one because
How Effective was Gandhi? “It was inevitable that Britain should some day refuse to rule India and that India should some day refuse to be ruled.” Mahatma Gandhi is known as one of the 20th century’s most influential people and is seen in India as the Father of the Nation. How he achieved such status was through his attempts at protest, negotiation and non cooperation through his philosophy of Satyagraha to better the lives of the Indian people. While in the end his policies got the job done, one
smoke, and smoking is an individual’s behavior that can be changed by that person on their own will. In India people smoke many different styles of tobacco on a regular basis, Hookah is one form of smoking seen in most Indian Cultures. When an individual smokes from a hookah instead of smoking cigarettes, they increase their chances of developing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Women in India do most of the cooking for the family, where the stoves can let off Biomass fuels. This fuel is a common
Bangladesh is a small Asian country that borders India and Burma, located on the Tropic of Cancer. In this essay, I will talk about the Physical features, climate, vegetation, population, and how it affects the people living there. I hope you enjoy my presentation. The Physical features of Bangladesh are nothing special. The land is pretty flat, and it’s 0-1,000 feet above sea level. Two rivers that pour into the Bay of Bengal run through Bangladesh - The Ganges river and the Brahmaputra river.
in 1948. She currently lives in Delhi, India. She is the one who is absolutely progressive and very just in her feministic approach almost all in her novels like Difficult Daughters, A Married Woman, Home, The Immigrant and Custody. She has secured her prominent presence for what she writes about women, their emancipation, and their role in society, most of all their individuality and sense of self actualization. She is one among other feminist writers of India who have dealt with several burning issues
in the article, Liberating Chinese Women and Their Feet, translated by Nancy Gibbs, are marriage and the role foot binding plays in it, as well as women’s failure to rise up to their male counterparts. Similarly, some of the issues mentioned about India in the piece, The High-Caste Hindu System, by Pandita Ramabai, are lack of freedoms, especially to quality education for girls; and female dependence on men. In regards to marriage in China, the man and his family held all the power in the relationship
sweets like Kheer which is a traditional Indian sweet preparation that is usually prepared on all festivals and special occasions in family can be prepared using artificial sweetener at home. The sweets like Sandesh that is usually connected with East India can also be prepared with sugar free
a new movement was starting in India which wanted to do just this, however through non-violence. Although non-violence was unheard of in the Western World this belief in India attracted everyone regardless of sex or religion. At the center of this movement, Mohandas Gandhi, a British educated lawyer, campaigned for non-violence through passive resistance. Passive Resistance was a means of disobedience through non-violence. The goal of Passive Resistance was for India to gain independence from Britain
The setting is another evidence of realism in both stories. Even if one is external located and the other internal, they share elements of detailed realism. In “Interpreter of Maladies”, the description of Indian places occurs in minute detail. When characters reach the Temple of Sun in Konarak, the reader gets involved in the landscape as the narrator offers a passionate description: “Mr. Kapasi walk ahead, to admire, as he always did, the three life-sized bronze avatars of Surya, the sun god, each
First element is happiness and second is consequentialism. Usually defined as maximizing total advantages and reducing suffering or the negatives. Most of the governments in the world follow this theory. Generally in democracy like India government consider this theory because they are elected by majority of the people and hence they strip to see after the benefits of the majority of the population. In utilitarianism everything useful to happiness is fine. It is based on principle
in a small kingdom... in ancient Nepal." This has been subject to debate, and it is correct, but Buddhism as a religion was founded in the Shakya Republic within Ancient India. Buddhism was founded as an extension of Hinduism, but a Hinduism without a Caste System. Buddhism, being mainly from the eastern part of Ancient India, later spread to most of Asia, meaning, China, Korea, Bhutan, the Khmer Empire, Vietnam and so forth. Buddhism of today, regardless of it’s history, is still
In Mira Nair’s, The Namesake, Nair sheds light on American immigrants and the internal tug-of-war between one’s ethnic identity and cultural assimilation. Narratively full of layers, this film uses cinematic techniques to exemplify global flows such as Appadurai’s ethnoscapes and ideoscapes to develop its implicit plot. In the case of the character, Gogol, he struggles to separate humble his Bengali roots from his more secular life as a second generation American. In this film, Nair uses a literary
Gandhi was a mediocre student. However, he would later find out he was talented when dealing with the masses and major political powers. Gandhi was sent to Britain to study law because his parents were able to afford it. In 1915 Gandhi returned to India and joined the Indian National Congress (INC), where he was introduced to multiple problems faced by Indians. The INC sought more power for the Indian people. However, it always attempted to achieve this objective by quiet discussion rather than public
The movie Agora, directed by Alejandro Amenabar, focuses on many historical themes. It is quite prominent that many of those can be seen as prevalent in historical and modern times. The movie shows how events unfurled in the late fourth century C.E. It is striking how it portrays the misuse of religion by large groups in those events. For instance, Amenabar’s portrayal of that era shows religion being used to justify throwing a man onto fire, almost burning him. Religion is also used by characters
Hinduism and Buddhism are both two religions that are similar, yet different in many ways. Known to be one of the oldest religions in the world, Hinduism began in India about 4000 years ago. Hinduism was originally practiced by an ancient population, the Aryans. About 2500 years ago, or 1500 years after the beginning of Hinduism, a prince by the name of Siddhartha Gautama realized that even princes can not escape illness and death after he saw those who suffer from them. It is said that he practiced