... qualified to judge their actions and motives in the context of the time. Menon was the only Indian who had such intimate knowledge of the facts and then wrote a detailed account of what took place. His two books on the 'Transfer of Power in India' and 'The ... most forthright judgements on some of the leading players. His assessment of Mountbatten, in particular, is illuminating. Furthermore, though there have been innumerable books and papers covering the partition of India, some of Menon's most interesting observations have been overlooked. Menon was also exceptional in that...

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... the publication of the book she recognizes as fleeting and of little overall importance. Perhaps because she has done a number of other things in her life - architecture, screen writing (she is 37 years old); and is a self described outsider to society - she has not succumbed to the attention ... I'm right, but I don't think that it's going to affect me that much. Suppose I had written this book as a means of climbing out of my current life or catapulting myself to a different society or wanting to move into a different country. I don't you know. I just wrote this book because I wanted ...

• Word Count: 2800
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

... closing of unviable product lines, the company came out with VIP Travelite range of moulded luggage and promoted it by heavy advertisements. At a time when consumer durables were not advertised much, the concept of moulded luggage started nudging out the older varieties of luggage from consumer's option list ... is growing at a very fast pace (154.7% CAGR), the "Consuming Class- and "Climbers- are growing too (8.4% and 4.5% CAGR resp.). At the same time, the Aspirants and Destitute are shrinking (-6.9% and -6.1% CAGR resp.) The fall in Aspirants and Destitute could result in shrinkage of ...

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• Approx Pages: 26
• Grade Level: High School

... ' actual situation. Like what Honda has done, our cultural training program includes host company's culture details and host country culture. During this program, company will provide lectures, movies, books and role -playing to training employees. Based on Honda's experience, role-playing is more vivid for employees to know host Company's culture. Besides that, we also provide language training ... still needs to consider about repatriation problem for the subsidiary company's development. The repatriation problem could happen to subsidiary's employees when they work for host-company af...

• Word Count: 4443
• Approx Pages: 18
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... Hinduism (Glucklich 28). If one believed in reincarnation, one saw one's place in the caste system as determined by one's character in a previous life. If one was reborn an Untouchable, one had obviously been more sinful than if one was reborn a Brahmin: The status of a Brahmana is ... Hindus from West Bengal. Davis learned of this folk theory largely from interviewing Bengali Hindus, but the theory is also drawn from Hindu holy books, including the Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana, Purusukta, and Manu Dharmasastra (7). Since these works are widely known in India, it is likely...

• Word Count: 3629
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

... nine-hour production of an ancient Hindu epic poem, The Mahabharata, has lately been playing to packed houses and considerable critical praise. Best-selling books like Freedom at Midnight re-create the struggle of two great cultures, mighty opposites with a twinned destiny, as they set about trying to disentangle ... shame. The Moguls, a band of intruders of Mongolian, Turkish and Persian origin, had formally established their empire in India in 1526; by the time the British arrived, they ruled most of northern India save for a few fiefdoms still controlled by tribute-paying Hindu rajas...

• Word Count: 5127
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... in the classroom are very effective and supportive activities in contributing to students' language skills and proficiency. Unfortunately, because of limitations of time and curriculum, teachers normally have to cover all the content and materials, which students will be tested on, and it is not ... the activity. By providing personal, social, and cross-cultural issues to define, they sometimes simulate real life situations. Many grammar games can be found in teaching grammar or course books. There is a great overlap between games and problem solving activities. Though games generally pla...

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... Sita exemplifies the behaviour of the proper Hindu wife, devotedly following her husband into forest exile for twelve years, and eventually, after being kidnapped for a time by the evil Ravana whom Rama finally destroys, proving her wifely virtue by placing herself on a lighted pyre. . . . Throughout North India, the ... the woman is expected mainly to live for others than for herself because "others" controlled and moulded the social structure. Even woman in life and literature herself voluntarily surrendered to the ideal of self-sacrifice. Indian womanhood and all its facets are portray...

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... on their own, and shopping for themselves. They are making their own personal choices, and showing that they are in charge of their own life. The conservatives are your everyday middle class. This is a true "Indian culture" perspective. Traditional Indian outlooks focuses on making their decision ... slowly when it comes to purchases consumer goods. The main goal of a conservative way of life is to save money. Spending time with family is a big part of life, and not going out and spending money. Today's consumers are unique in a number of ways, the preference of ... women oriented item...

• Word Count: 2577
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... Bauer xii). In 1907, Rudyard Kipling became the first English author to win a Nobel Prize for literature. Kipling's brilliant works, although mostly children's books, forced even his harshest critics to acknowledge his genius. In his later years his fame declined but, he has always had an attentive audience of ... controversial, Rudyard Kipling remains one of the most widely popular authors in literary history (Page 1). Kipling's greatest influences on his works were his own life experiences. Many of his stories have Indian settings, and are largely political, focusing frequently on men,...

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• Grade Level: High School

... in Canada, he started writing stories and gained immediate attention, receiving two Hart House literary prizes and Canadian Fiction Magazine's annual Contributors' Prize in 1985. Two years later, Penguin Books Canada published a collection of eleven stories titled Tales from Firozsha Baag, which appeared in 1989 in the United States as Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag. Most of ... community during the colonial period, The Crow Eaters (1980), another that depicts a Parsi family in Lahore during the time of Partition in 1947, Cracking India (1991), and a third set in t...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... in Canada, he started writing stories and gained immediate attention, receiving two Hart House literary prizes and Canadian Fiction Magazine's annual Contributors' Prize in 1985. Two years later, Penguin Books Canada published a collection of eleven stories titled Tales from Firozsha Baag, which appeared in 1989 in the United States as Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag. Most of ... community during the colonial period, The Crow Eaters (1980), another that depicts a Parsi family in Lahore during the time of Partition in 1947, Cracking India (1991), and a third set in t...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate