S. NAIPAUL’S MIGUEL STREET What is the role of the creative artist in countries such as ours? Novelist V.S Naipaul raises this question in the story of B. Wordsworth‚ one of the stories in Miguel Street‚ a 1959 book of Trini characters. "Trinidadians are more recognizably ’characters’ than people in England"‚ said Naipaul in an August ‚1958 piece in the Times Literary Supplement. The "characters" in Miguel Street’s portrait gallery include "Man Man" and "Bolo"‚ both of whom are
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The dispute between rationalism and empiricism concerns the extent to which we are dependent upon sense experience‚ and the doubt of everything in effort to gain knowledge. Philosophers have deepened our knowledge as to how we will approach the education of young children‚ whether it will be the rationalism or empiricism approach. John Locke was an empiricist because he believed our knowledge comes to us from experience‚ specifically the faculties of sensation and reflection. On the other hand‚ the
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PHILPS Consumer Electronics division set up a joint taskforce to create a new audio format (i.e. Compact Discs) and thereon in 1984‚ the second wave of PAP’s were born with SONY introducing the “DISCMAN”‚ a portable CD player. Further‚ in the 1990’s with computers becoming truly “personal” and with the wide spread adoption of the internet‚ music and its consumption too became revolutionized. The revolution was primarily on account of the introduction of a sharable digital audio format called MP
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Rural places do not offer the same level of choice and in very isolated areas and one might be forced to commute long distances to find even a remote selection of the diversity found in urban centers. Still‚ despite this lack of choice‚ there are a number of positive sides to rural living in terms of quality of life. For instance‚ living in a rural area allows residents to enjoy the natural world more easily instead of having to go to parks. In addition‚ people do not have to fight with the daily
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Economists are of the view that the social responsibility of business should be limited to its economic duty. Discuss. In broad terms‚ social responsibility is an ethical theory that an entity‚ be it a company or an individual has an obligation to conduct its activities to benefit society at large. Carroll‚ in his 1991 article "The Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility‚ identifies four areas that make up a corporate social responsibility pyramid: legal‚ economic‚ ethical and philanthropic
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Chapter I Introduction and Review of Related Literature In the article; religion as a Dimension in Man’s spiritual Life by Paul Tillich‚ I came across with this phrase that‚ “With respect to God‚ man is a receptive and only receptive. He has no freedom to relate to the doctrine of the Bondage of the Will.” I get enterested to the word Will which I think present in the human mind and perhaps‚ in God. In this paper‚ I want to discuss and present the difference between the will ‘of God’ and of
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Hume believed that all morality was the product of habit or custom. He also claimed that it was our sentiments that was influencing human moral and actions. We use these sentiments‚ or feelings‚ to find a conjunction between the motive‚ not the reason‚ behind an action and actually performing the action itself. Hume believed that our sentiments had the power to result in specific actions. At a certain point‚ this means we are predetermined to act as we do. These sentiments control our actions to
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Compulsory Licensing: The Indian Scenario- Patent v/s Patient ABSTRACT: Compulsory licenses are involuntary contracts between willing buyer and unwilling seller imposed or enforced by the state. A compulsory license is a legal instrument designed to force intellectual property owners to license out their statutorily granted right to interested third parties capable of manufacturing the patented product at cheaper prices. Countries such as Brazil‚ Thailand and India have used the policy to procure
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INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT V/S RURAL ECONOMY Infrastructure is of great importance for an economy and without developing of proper infrastructure no country can ensure its economic growth. The development of infrastructure in any economy is directly related to the economic welfare
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Holes Essay- Fate v/s Free Will Redemption? Destiny? "Holes" (by Louis Sachar) is an engrossing novel that revolves around these. In fact‚ everything‚ for whatever the reason might be‚ seems to line up‚ linking many generations and histories together through "Stanley Yelnats IV"‚ the protagonist. Nevertheless‚ he doesn’t know about it! Nor does he know that his endeavors have actually reformed him into a better person. This essay will now explore and examine how Stanley‚ unaware of what he was actually
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