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    Akhil Subramanian Salc 20200 29 May 2008 361411 Politics and history through an alternative path to self-rule Lagaan (2001), through the setting of Hindi cinema and the popular appeal of cricket, charts an alternative history of India, from the colonised past of 1893 to an ideal post-colonial future. Using elements of pop culture, the director Ashutosh Gowarikar transforms the singularity of Champaneer’s struggle against triple-lagaan, into a microcosm of an Indian nation’s ideal path toward self-rule

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    entire mankind. Gita can be read by the people of all religions. It was narrated by Lord Krishna to prince Arjuna in Mahabharatha. The narration happens in the battlefield of kurukshethra. Arjuna was to fight against his cousins kauravas in the war, which he was not able to do because of family bonding, this is when Krishna explains him the purpose of life and the way to attain eternity. In bhagavad gita Krishna explains how the entire cycle of life works and what a person should do to attain eternity

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    The True Meaning Of Faith

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    Our feelings, emotions, trust, confidence, loyalty, promises, and beliefs are the marvelous portion of life that makes us faithful to our friends, family, and the person whom we love the most. Founded on all those sophisticated fragments of our life are the countless diverse forms and ways to make us believe in Faith. One might say that we live because we believe in something, no matter how the other feels about it or the way they express those feelings, and also believe in someone due to our connection

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    Buddhism and Hinduism are closely related when comparing the two. Buddhism was created based on the ideologies of Hinduism. There differences on their views with the idea of self and transmigration. They compare with one another with the problems of having senses, desires and anger. Hinduism believes in everything being unified together as one ultimate reality, which is Brahman. Brahman is the truth of all. Atman is considered as the true and pure self. Atman and Brahman are identical with one another

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    Will We Ever Be At Peace?

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    Will We Ever Be At Peace? (A discussion on self-discipline through the work of The Bhagavad Gita) Run here, do this, go there, do that. People are constantly on the move. From the time our alarm clock goes off in the morning to when we crawl into bed at night, we are always moving about and doing something. With so much going on in the lives of people, is there really any way for someone to find complete peace in the world? Conferring with some people, peace can be attained through several

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    The Bhagavad-Gita or simply Gita, conceivably the most recognized of all nonpareil scriptures of Hindu culture and philosophy, is universally perceived as one of the world’s ethical literatures. The Sanskrit title, Bhagavad-Gita, is commonly construed as “Song of the Lord." The Gita is incorporated into the sixth book of the longest Hindu classic, Mahabharata, although it is known to be a subsequent accretion to the epic, which stands on its own distinction. The ideology encapsulated in the Bhagavad

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    Customer Right Protection on Tuesday, September 4 2014 filed case against four businessmen dealing in Sweets at the Metropolitan Police Range, Hanuman Dhoka. The cases were filed against famous sweet shop owners of “Corner Taaja Gudpak Bhandar”, “Shri Krishna Gudpak Bhandar”, “Anmol Sweets”, and “Kanhaiya Ghee Brand”. These outlets were using animal fat in the name of pure ghee and rotten, expired sweets and raw materials for preparing Gudpak and Pustakari (type of Nepali sweet). The production site was

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    Illusions: Test, Defense, or Both? “Krishna was pushing at the door. Then he gave up and went to a smaller doorway next to it. ‘I’ll get in, or else!’ He stepped up, pushed, and fell right through. Krishna lay on the beautiful floor. ‘Well, come in. There is no door here, just empty air’” (Buck, 88). In this quote, the illusions of the palace are meant to further beautify the palace, and is a defense against enemies who would try to barge in. It is also a way to test a man’s pride, the answer being

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    Gita: The Two “Selves” Coming from Mahabharata, the ancient Indian epic, Bhagavad Gita is the conversation between Krishna and Arjuna, as Arjuna is hesitatant about the fighting in a war where hundreds and thousands people would die. His enemies are also his brothers and teachers. Krishna explains to him about the reasons why the war is necessary. The ideas that are taught by Krishna provides a very different point of views on ethics, unlike the Yoga set forth by Patanjali, or the precepts of Buddhism

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    “hell is waiting for those whose familiar rituals of righteousness are no more” (The Bhagavad Gita 47). Prior to his moment of weakness at the beginning of the text, Arjuna had been a “heroic warrior” (The Bhagavad Gita 43) and loyal follower of Krishna, but

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