then there is also no need to worry.” If you don't love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people. Be the change that you want to see in the world. Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts
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GKE1 Task 3 A, A1, B, B1, Aubert Lisa Aubert Western Governors University GKE1 Task 3 A, A1, B, B1, Aubert Part A, A1 What is colonialism and how did it affect North America? How did the natives respond? Colonialism is the characteristics of a specific colony of people that have established a new territory yet still is under the authority of the parent country that sent them. In 1607, the king of England sent an assembly of employed men to North America with a dedicated purpose to establish
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I have always been an individual who tries to learn and study about other religions and cultures. I enjoy learning from these as well as being able to understand people from different backgrounds. I thought I was fairly well versed in world cultures; however, until the beginning of this class I had never heard of a faith known as Jainism. Initially, I was taken back by the focus on non-violence and the love and liberation that all followers work toward achieving. The concept, though very foreign
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2012 and January 2013 Sessions (Compulsory Courses of M.A. English - lst Year) British Poetry-01 British Drama-O2 British Novel-03 Aspects of Language-O4 lw lt$&Bffifl$ffiffi lTi'*rPsff$'$ &ffiffin irjtlifv[R5tw School of Humanities Indira Gandhi National Open University Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-11006 il ffi H rl ii IJ tfl i1 Mastex'os Segree in &nglish Ass$g*xeeents flcr t'u yean Ccxngrulsary Courses .Dear Student, 'l'his booklet contai*s namell,': h,ItrG-0i ME{i-02 M[,c-03
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Student’s essay A famous author once remarked that ” Winners never quit and quitters never win”. People who see their ideas through, however unpragmatic it may be considered by others are the ones who have truly made a difference. History is replete with examples of people who were perceived as crazy, illogical and even insane by laymen, yet when their ideas were sedulously worked upon, by the creator , day after day, combined with long hours of toil, the result was nothing, short of marvelous
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Chris McCandless was like Gandhi in many different ways. They both lived a poor life with very few belongings and in poor conditions. Gandhi and McCandless both were outcasts but in different ways, McCandless didn’t like to be around other people a lot and Gandhi was discriminated for being an Indian immigrant living in South Africa. Both Gandhi and McCandless wanted to make a difference and Gandhi did that by doing nonviolent protests to accomplish civil disobedience, while McCandless had the intent
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Political career . On the duty of a politician, Sonia Gandhi always believed and says “I believe that while remaining representative of all interests, politics has a particular duty to those in need. As a politician in a country where many still live in poverty, it is my obligation and my responsibility to strive to empower the poor and the vulnerable. At times, this means being willing to fight entrenched social injustice. Indeed, the Indian, so long disempowered by poverty, has a greater claim
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Revolution in India Gandhi and the Quit India Movement In 1942 the people of India found themselves in an extremely serious situation. On December 8, 1941, the government of the United Kingdom declared war on the Empire of Japan. This came following the Japanese attacks on Malaya, Singapore and Hong Kong as well as the Japanese attack on the United States on Pearl Harbor. World War II was clearly inevitable and India was still under British rule. Britain was going to need help from India
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Jay Patel Professor David Headman Philosophy of Nonviolence 2-18-13 Is Violence The Answer When we were growing up all we heard our parents say is violence is not the answer and of course they were right, but as we got older we saw changes in the world we lived, which changed our views of if what our parents told us was true. The use of violence shows strength and power of a country or a group of people. The more powerful you are the more people fear you and would not dare to challenge your
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Flowers are the most beautiful creation of God. Their sight is a joy forever. They are a subject of poetry and no Natural description is complete without reference to flowers. Their beauty is sung by some of the best poets of the world. They are of various colours and hues. Even the same species of flowers exist in several forms and tinges. They look picturesque and are a thing of beauty. One is lost in the sight of flowers and thinks of that invincible Power which has created them. The sweet
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