What Is The Story Of Diamond Mine By Raj Rameshwaran

Man’s hunger for power and status is not new. In his race for power and fame he sacrifices even his blood relations. Present paper highlights the same fact by preseting a review on Vijay Tendulkar’s play Ghashiram Kotwal, where Ghashiram sacrifices his own daughter and makes a deal with Nana Phadnavis and becomes the kotwal of Pune just to get power and to take revenge of his insult. This results into victimization of people which in turn leads to his destruction as well as his own daughter’s life also gets sacrificed in this power game.

Through his research, Venkatesh hoped to learn more about the everyday lives of gang members and others living in poverty. His discoveries offer a unique view of the subjects he studied because of his ability to personally observe them up close for an extended period of time. He uncovers the complicated relationship between the gang members and local tenants. Not surprisingly, there is some level of fear and powerlessness expressed by tenants towards the gang. Despite these natural feelings, most voiced that overall they were grateful for the gang and its protection. Although they may have had to pay taxes to J.T. the inhabitants of Robert Taylor appreciate being able to count on him to keep them safe. This is largely a result of the lack of police presence in the projects and their nonchalant attitude towards the people residing there. I was amazed that police and medical assistance didn’t even bother to respond to the tenants calls, which is why overtime they stopped calling. This is but one of many examples of corruption in the projects. While Venkatesh

The issues regarding the arms trade discussed in Sowing Weapons of War include the free market in arms, moral responsibility, policies for curbing the trade, and the banning of landmines. Regarding the free market in arms, the Unites States’ activity in the trade has increased dramatically since the Cold War and this increase has led to an increase in lives lost in third world countries due to violence. As a supplier of war weapons, the United States has a moral responsibility to ensure that they follow the process for a legitimate trade. The trade is legitimate if it promotes legitimate defense or follows the principle of sufficiency. However, even though there are instances where the trade can be justified, measures should be taken to curb the trade. Strict controls in the United States as well as internationally can curb the trade; as well as finding nonmilitary ways to protect jobs. Landmines claim the lives of civilians every week; measures need to be take internationally to reduce the number of landmines hidden across the world. In conclusion, weapons of war take the lives of several people everyday, but it does not have to remain this way as there are many steps that the country and the world can take to put an end to the illegitimate

However, the primary components are both hard to get and more dangerous than the Sarin. In fact, one of the components “Methylphosphonyl difluoride is both reactive and corrosive and as a Schedule 1 substance under the Chemical Weapons Convention, is tightly controlled.” (Woodward, 2013) Fabricating Sarin also requires trained chemists and technicians to properly handle it during the process. The Japanese terrorist organization Aum Shinrikyo built a “free-standing three-story building, staffed by workers with chemistry and chemical-engineering expertise who designed and built proper process controls. It was a complex, expensive operation, and its production capacity was approximately 2 gallons of sarin per batch.” (Woodward, 2013) The leader of the organization invested over 30 million dollars in order to develop the Sarin used in the Tokyo subway attacks in the 1990’s. For purposes of this exercise, we will assume that the terrorists were able to successfully fabricate several gallons of liquid Sarin in a remote area of the Antelope

“Simply living in Annawadi was illegal, since the airport authority wanted squatters like himself off of its land” (Boo xviii-xix). The residents feared the policemen greatly, and since most businesses were illegal because they had no licenses, if the policemen found out a family was making enough money to live off of, they would come and extort some of it (Boo xviii).

Jamal Rehman had been Rupam’s one of the closest friends since he dragged himself into the detective’s business. Rehman was a tribute for the Indian Government since his first invention. It happened in 1993 when he, along with JP Prabhakar were working on a case study under SENFLIX private institution, he mistakenly diluted a binary parasitic chemical with inflammable gas resulting into an explosion that costed Prabhakar’s life. The lab was fused with the electricity and it was Rehman, who for god’s grief, escaped death. He then understood the result and re-created the item into two small pen refills- redefining it with more strength. It was built strong enough to crunch an entire SUV. He then appointed a private meeting with Mr. Narayan, then the Deference Minister and handed the binary weapon to him. Since then, every year a new product was sold by him exclusively to the government officials at high rates for the defence of the country.

Africa is commonly referred to as "The Heart of the World"; if this were interpreted literally our heart has a serious condition that’s not receiving the attention it so desperately deserves. The purpose of blood diamonds is simple; they’re used as currency to buy warring factions and warlords armaments and fuel civil wars in unstable countries as well as continued guerrilla tyranny throughout countries like Angola and more famously Sierra Leone. When addressing the issue of blood diamonds mined from Sierra Leone, understanding the country’s geography, civil and political aspects are crucial. Blood diamonds often have a misconstrued meaning, and the definition of what they are requires a clear explanation. The brutal process of acquiring

In the Novel Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo, India has entered new age of globalization that is causing growth the Indian people have never experienced before. The booming economy creates immense prosperity for a select group of Indians citizens, but still lacks opportunity for most of the poor population. With this globalization comes change to the community surrounding the people of Annawadi. The upper class citizens of India continue gaining wealth and the poor are trapped right where they have always been as stated, “There were too many people in Mumbai for them all to have jobs” (Boo pg. 13). In the novel, Kristin Boo reveals the not so pretty side of globalization by displaying the lives of the extremely poor that live next door to some of the wealthiest sections of Mumbai. A man named Abdul from this area of Mumbai is one of the leading figures of his slum. He has a sharp work ethic and runs his families recycling operation. Abduls family was one of the most well of in the slum of Annawadi at this time of prosperity. As time progresses, he gets caught up with troubles in his village and gets falsely accused of murder by a jealous neighbor. The corruption as a result of this accusation brings Abdul and his family’s lives to a major halt, leaving him with nearly nothing after all the rubble is cleared. Abduls life takes an unexpected turn due to globalization when he rises to the top, gets caught up in corruption, and has to look for new

Motorolla, a multinational telecommunication company was involved in selling electronic parts to mine manufacturers, indirectly contributing to the deaths caused by anti-personnel landmines. Back in January 1996, the news broadcasting Motorola’s semiconductor chip being found in a Chinese-made landmine in Cambodia spurred public debate over the company’s ethical code of conduct (HRW, 1997). Anti-personnel mines are explosive weapons built to harm and kill enemies, they are placed just below the grounds to eliminate mass enemies during the war. During that time, particularly in the USA people were aware of the atrocities produced by anti-personnel mines and the public held various campaigns to combat against it. Despite war having ended, unexploded

While the term “conflict mineral” can be used to refer to any mineral resource being exploited by a belligerent faction in order to perpetuate hostilities, it is most commonly associated with columbite-tantalite, cassiterite, wolframite, and gold ore, collectively known as 3TG minerals.i These ores, used to produce tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold, respectively, comprise a multi-billion dollar market fueled by the growing demand for electronics and other products related to the technology industry. The 3TG group is essentially vital in every modern electronic device: phones, computers, pacemakers, light bulbs, batteries, generators, planes, cars, everything.ii The issue with this industry is that these minerals are often harvested by a variety of military factions concentrated in Central Africa, then shipped across the porous border undeclared to Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, or Rwanda, smuggled to Africa’s eastern coast, and finally shipped to smelting factories in Southeast Asia and the Indian sub-continent.iii Once the minerals reach the smelting plant they are melted down with other shipments from around the world and any hope of identifying whether or not they were used to fund the growing number of human rights violations occurring in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and throughout Central Africa dissolves. As though this supply chain was not already complex and spanning over a myriad of legal jurisdictions each with their own issues, it is estimated

Although Balram argues that violence is his only way of overcoming the poverty he is born into, Vijay, a man born into status even lower than Balram’s, achieves power and wealth without resorting to violence. Initially Balram presents Vijay as his role model, condoning the rumors of his prostitution in order to advance socially. He portrays Vijay as “the first entrepreneur [he] knew of ” and a man who “had made it in life” (26), thereby

Post the strike the land on which the mills stood became prized possessions to acquire, where space was a concern. It only drew the attention of one and all who wanted to show their power and claim the city. The mill lands thus became like the land in the game of Monopoly. Today and the years to come, Mumbai will be seen as the Monopoly City. The elite classes especially, find it prestigious to have property in the city. As of today having an apartment or even land in the city is considered as a status symbol. The day is not far when the heritage of Mumbai will disappear and be replaced by luxury spaces developed and under the control of the elite class.

Later on, the Salt Tax was imposed to the citizens of India in an escalated price. The citizens of India decided that not paying “the salt tax was not practicable because the tax was included in the price of salt.” Afterwards, Gandhi was ready to “challenge the simple act [by] picking up salt deposits on the seashore.” The place Gandhi has “selected for the crime was Dandi in Gujarat.”Gandhi and his followers were arrested when they were picking up salt by the seashore because “it would be a signal for others to do the same… thereby breaking the law [of] prohibiting salt manufacture.” This demonstrated that by taking the initiative of picking up salt, not only did nobody got hurt in the process, but it signals a sense of civil disobedience. The Dandi Satyagraha ran by Gandhi was successful because this “campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly not only gained worldwide attention, [but it] gave impetus to the Indian independence movement and the start of a nationwide non-cooperation movement.”

The British had torn the Indian economy apart, by exploiting India’s resources along with her people by means of high taxation, leaving them to starve. India’s industries suffered with the rise of the British Industries and their machine-made goods. Knowledge was restricted only to the upper

Philip Spratt came to India because he: (a) Fell in love with an Indian woman (b) Wanted to protest against the economic policies of the Indian government. (c) Was offered the editorship of Mysindia. (d) Had been instructed to work towards the goal of inciting a revolution in India. The author that A.D. Shroff’s ideas were somewhat at odds with the views of Planning Commission because: (a) A.D. Shroff was in favour of rigid governmental control over all economic activities. (b) Shroff had opposed government’s decision to devalue Indian rupee. (c) The hostility of the government to private entrepreneurs was complained against by A.D. Shroff. (d) Shroff had been critical of the influence of Soviet academicians over India’s economic policy. The ideological shift of Philip Spratt to the right was caused by: (a) The demise of the Soviet Union (b) The start of the weekly called MysIndia. (c) The books that he encountered in the prison. (d) The dissolution of his first marriage to his college friend. Select the statement that could be most plausibly inferred from this passage. (a) Philip Spratt and A.D. Shroff were members of the Forum for Free Enterprise. (b) The first two Five Year Plans emphasized on the importance of private enterprise as the spearhead of economic growth. (c) P.C. Mahalanobis had mooted the expulsion of foreign firms like Coca Cola and IBM from India. (d) The hopes that the licensing regime would be liberalized after the devaluation of India rupee were