Why do people in China eat rats, but in the United States they poison them? Thumbs up in most countries signify satisfaction or approval, but in West Africa and South America, it is an offence. In Russia, giving someone even numbers of flowers as a gift is seen as inviting death. A dozen roses or six beautiful tulips are only given at funerals. As long as we could imagine, clear borders have always been marked between countries, states, cities and villages. However, the spread of culture has never
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think is of conflicts, wars, blood and yes, India and Pakistan. We all know what all has happened over the years, and there seems to be no solution to the unending drama, fake promises and conspiracy. Even after decades we still stand on the borders of indo-pak fighting for so called peace and our right over Kashmir. It seems to me that the time has stopped, we haven't moved generations after generations have passed. we are still pondering over what is the root cause. Authorities come and go, positions
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the mainstream of western medicine. There are more than 100 systems of alternative Medicines which are still in practice all over the world. Some of the very popular systems are Ayurveda, Acupuncture, Naturopathy, Yoga, Acupressure, Magnetotherapy, Indo-Allopathy, Electro Homeopathy, Biochemic, Bach Flower Remedies, Gem & Teletherapy, Aroma Therapy, Reiki, Spiritual Healing, Oriental Diagnosis & Therapy, music Therapy etc. After decades of serious obsession with modern medicine, recently
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The Impact of River-Water Sharing on Bangladesh Tatulia, one of the small villages in Bangladesh, is a representative of what problems occur due to the unavailability and shortage of clean water to the Bengali people. Can you imagine a 60 year-old woman, Aleya, who lived most of her life in Tatulia saying good-bye to her precious home due to such problems? Aleya says, “ Over the last few years, we have faced acute problems of safe drinking water; we have to drink arsenic-contaminated
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The North -East Steering India's Look-East Policy By Ms. Sayantani Sen Mazumdar The Look East Policy of India, framed by the Narasimha Rao government in the early nineties, is a substantial manifestation of India's focused foreign policy orientation towards South East Asia; an immensely resourceful and flourishing region. The economy of South East Asia is a virtually untapped market which is up for grabs by major regional economic entities such as India, China, Europe or the USA. India’s compatibility
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strong connection with the Persian Empire. Aside from speculation that the Balochi language belongs to the Indo-Iranian family of languages, the Makran Coast was conquered by Cyrus the Great in the sixth century BC and was ruled by the Persian Empire till Alexander passed through in 330 BC, passing power on to Greco-Bactrian kings. Balochistan was also ruled by the Paratarajas Dynasty of Indo-Scythians from roughly the first till the third century AD, as evidenced by coins bearing the Brahmi swastika
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FIRST INDO-PAK WAR (1947-49) The first war between the two neighbours broke out soon after their independence in 1947. Armed Pathans from the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan entered the territory of Maharaja Hari Singh of Kashmir, who was yet undecided on the issue of accession to either India or Pakistan. Indian military help was sought by the Maharaja to fend off the invasion. Forces arrived on October 27, after the Maharaja decided on accession of Kashmir to Indian Union. Despite
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According to the dance scholar, Minerva S. Sani, the Kasingkil or royal Maranao Fan Dance is said to have been brought from northern Malaya, by way of India, and evolved into its local forms. The original Indo-Malayan Kasingkil is thought to be the source of the contemporary Singkil of the southern provinces. It is a spectacle of pageantry and artistry traditionally performed by a noble girl among the Maranaos. The dancer wields her fans expertly as she weaves in and out of four crisscrossing bamboo
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that, the history of the word 'Hindu' is long and its usage widespread, since the outside world had, since antiquity, used several names for the Indian people, specifically for the inhabitants of the Indian peninsula east of the river Indus viz. 'Indos' (Ἰνδός) used by the Greeks in the works of Herodotus and Megasthenes, circa 5th century B.C., and later 'Hindus' used first by the Persians and later on by Arabs to refer to the Indian people and their customs. 2nd century B.C. Chinese traveller Zhang
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- Centralized global IT budget - Streamlined IT governance - Consolidation and standardization Also as a part of reorganization, GlobShop cut its IT costs by outsourcing a part of application and maintenance. They hired an Indian vendor (ISS)-Indo Systems Solutions for on-site maintenance and enhancements of the merchandising system. As a result of the 9/11 events in New York, air travel was severely affected and with less people traveling, major airport retailers like GlobShop were hit hard
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