A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Former President of India Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam usually referred to as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam‚ is an Indian scientist and administrator who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. Wikipedia Born: October 15‚ 1931 (age 81)‚ Rameswaram Full name: Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam Awards: Bharat Ratna‚ Padma Bhushan‚ Padma Vibhushan‚ More Education: Madras Institute of Technology (1955–1960)‚ St. Joseph’s College‚ Tiruchirapalli (1954)
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The poem below is a masterpiece - it beautifully captures foundational principles that any nation should adopt - or a concise description of what the constitution of any country should look like. It was written by Nobel prize winner Rabindranath Tagore‚ before India’s independence. A must-read for any senator‚ politician‚ public servant‚ or any dutiful citizen. Where the mind is without fear And the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up Into fragments
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3. Of Studies: Francis Bacon 13. The Night Train at Deoli: Ruskin Bond 4. Principles of Good Writing: L. A. Hill 14. Love Across the Salt Desert: K. N. Daruwala 5. Albert Einstein at School: Patrick Pringle 15. The Castaway: Rabindranath Tagore 12. The Fly: Katherine Mansfield 6. The Future is Now: A Zest for Living: Walter F. Stromer V. Star Light: Edited by Guy Kenneth Dantes
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charismatic leaders like Mahatma Gandhi‚ Rabindranath Tagore‚ B R Ambedkar and Subhash Chandra Bose. It’s our duty to pay homage to all those who have laid down their lives to make the country free from foreign dominance. It was really a struggle some period for our great leaders to unite and to build a base for the development of the country. We might be thankful to a number of leaders‚ Mahatma Gandhi for his charismatic leadership‚ Rabindra Nath Tagore for his patriotic songs‚ B R Ambedkar for
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The Swadeshi Movement Rabindranath Tagore’s novel The Home and the World‚ is set during a crucial period of time in Indian history. The novel examines the lives of three main characters during the beginnings of the Swadeshi protest movement in Bengali India. While Tagore explores several main themes in his novel including the role of gender‚ religion‚ and romance into the triangular narrative‚ it is the political and national theme portrayed through the Swadeshi movement that both brings together
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream: An Ecocritical Interpretation Lieutenant Asit Biswas Bio-Notes: Lieut. Asit Biswas is an Assistant Professor‚ Dept. of English‚ and Associate NCC Officer‚ Acharya B.N. Seal (Govt.) College‚ Cooch Behar‚ W.B. ABSTRACT: Shakespeare studies in India started as early as in the early decades of the 19th century when the Indians seldom engaged in Shakespeare interpretation and so the term ‘ecocriticism’ was unheard of. What we mean by the phrase ‘Critical studies of Shakespeare’
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Americans made fun of my father’s lilting accent and the strange grammatical twists his sentences took in English. What do they know? I thought‚ perching happily beside him. In Bangla‚ he added his own creative flourishes to classic tales by Rabindranath Tagore or Sukumar Roy. He embellished folktales told by generations of ancestors‚ making me chuckle or catch my breath. “Tell another story‚ Dad‚” I’d beg. But then I learned to read. Greedy for stories‚ I devoured books in the children’s section of
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girl and Binoy is an orthodox Hindu youth. As their determination grows stronger‚ they forget “that they were Hindu or Brahmo‚ and only remembered that they were two human souls.’’ (Tagore 306) and feel that:”If love is unable to acknowledge differences‚ then why there are differences anywhere in this world?” (Tagore 306) Binoy’s marriage is not a sacrifice of his friendship with Gora but a final revolt against his die hard Hinduism. Many a time he yields to his friendship for Gora and we are inclined
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Kolkata and Shantiniketan‚ and flourished throughout India during the British Raj in the early 20th century. Also known as ’Indian style of painting’ in its early days‚ it was associated with Indian nationalism (swadeshi) and led by Abanindranath Tagore (1871-1951)‚ but was also promoted and supported by British arts administrators like E. B. Havell‚ the principal of the Government College of Art‚ Kolkata from 1896; eventually it led to the development of the modern Indian painting.[1][2][3] History
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wanted to show mercy on the criminal. 6. Who‚ do you think‚ ‘Archer’ refers in the poem “On Children” ? 7. The real value of forest for women was a. Timber from dead trees. B. Source of basic need. c. Springs and streams. 8. What ideas of Tagore inspired the author to start the Earth University? 9. What prompted the UN to initiate a discussion on the rights of Mother Earth? II. Answer any four of the following questions in a paragraph of 80-100 words. :- 4X4=16 10. What similes
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