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    Shiva and how they protected the earth and helped the people. For instance, how the text describes Shiva using his hair to break Ganga’s fall so she wouldn’t destroy the earth as she fell. Kamal writes, “Shiva again intervened, catching the falling river in a lock of his matter hair where she wandered for years until the energy of her fall was spent. She trickled out gently, purifying and fructifying the earth. The multitudes of creation witnessed and celebrated her descent.” (RDR, pg 58) These practices

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    Joosep Uusjärv Mr. Smalley Lit 1 16.04.2017 Research essay It is common to see soldiers die in war, but the conflict between India and Pakistan is no ordinary war. The conflict between India and Pakistan is so big they are warning each other with Nuclear war impacted by physical geography. How has the physical geography of Southern Asia impacted the conflict between India and Pakistan since the 20th century? There are three major factors that are affecting the relationship between India and Pakistan

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    Endo’s Deep River opens up an unsettling encounter with the spiritual vision of India described through the experience of five Japanese travelers from vastly different backgrounds each of whom faces a troubling personal crisis. By exploring the depth of the human need to understand ourselves and our purpose in life, Endo illuminates his appreciation of the workings of grace from a God present in the sufferings of humanity. Endo delves deep into the human condition through his characters that reflect

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    INTRODUCTION (About River Ganga) The river Ganga has a unique position in the culture of India. History reveals that the river was very important and holly because of the enormous prayers done by king Bhagirathi for the salvation of his ancestors. From past Ganga has been considered as India 's river of faith, devotion and worship. the water of the river was accepted as sacred for a large majority of Hindus in India, even today not only in India but in abroad as well the water of the river is called 'Holly

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    carcasses float down the Ganges River. OPHELIA washes her hair and steps on the dessert sand. Her heart bleeds. Her veins are made of wires. OPHELIA carries her own corpse across the desert border.” (10) On the surface, this stage direction is a clear representation of Ophelia’s drowning. However, there is more to it in the Ganges River. The play uses the  anges River, not only to represent the river Ophelia drowned in, but also Ophelia herself. (hate it) The Ganges River, which runs through India

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    or fate”. There is none to listen to their wails. In this poem, the poet reflects on the blistering heat wave of 2015 that killed thousands. The people in Andhra are the worst sufferers of this calamity. The protagonist, in ‘In High Dudgeon’, sees a cat with a pigeon in its jaws—a situation of imminent death. The spectacle makes him highly philosophic: “Not able to live – it’s not possible even to die”. Friends no longer “continue to be friends” and he murmurs a song from a famous Hindi film, Sangam:

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    Kanpur city of is one of the largest cities in India, located on the banks of River Ganges in the state of Uttar Pradesh. It’s one of the major, thickly populated industrial cities of Northern India and famous for its historical, religious and commercial significance. It is one of the important educational centers of the country. It is a home for textile, leather, engineering, fertilizer, two wheeler, pan masala, soap and chemical industries. A variety of goods are being exported from this place

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    mosquito nets, fishermen are not happy with th e business and also the youth in their community do not know how to tie a simple kno t which is a basic skill that a fisherman must know which ultimately lead them to o pt for some other work than fishing. Also now there is an involvement of mafia in fishing which threatens the poor fishermen or takes away the larger chunk of their l abour. Traditional fishermen cannot protest them else they would be manhandled by the g oons of these rich entrepreneurs

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    of thousands of industries are functioning without pollution control procudures. Lakhs of Indians work in mines and do hazardous work without proper safety protection. Each day lakhs of litres of harmful raw discharged effluents are dumped into our rivers and lakhs of tons of hazardous waste is simply dumped on the Earth. The environment around us, as a result become so degraded, that instead of nurturing us it is now poisoning us. In this context, in many cases, the Supreme Court has intervened in

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    live with her own people in misery and is despised for her lack of fidelity. Battuta also is interested in another death practice that involves the Indians. This is the practice of drowning themselves in the River Ganges. After they die, the body is burned and the ashes are taken into the river. Battuta doesn’t seem to agree with the King’s eagerness to kill. He makes it a point to explain

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