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    Sidhwa characterizes herself as Pakistani, Punjabi, Parsee lady journalist (Monsoon, 2000). Khushwant Singh is a Sikh Indian journalist. He has composed books like Train to Pakistan, I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale and Delhi. The present study proposes to attempt a correlation fundamentally between Ice Candy Man and Train to Pakistan for the depiction of the diverse parts of Partition by the two essayists in these books. The Partition of India in 1947 influenced a large number of individuals (Hasan

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    Humanism In Hukum Chand

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    The description is, no doubt, powerful and penetrating in its minute details to finger more at the ‘wastage’ of human lives as a consequence of the riot. Human is exclusive with different shades of his emotions tinged with love, sympathy, fellow feeling. Emotion does not obey any strict rules and limitations of blood relation. Hukum Chand, the mighty magistrate calls the unknown dead body as ‘Baba’ (father) as he thinks it to be still alive. Humanism believes in a universal existence of man beyond

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    Sharia law versus the typical Islam law. The extremist group wants Sharia to dominate Pakistan, having its supporters willing to sacrifice their wealth, freedom, and lives for the sake of Allah. The religious laws of Islam indicate that when these laws cannot be implemented peacefully, then force must be used, which leads to destruction of property that goes against what Islam believes. This group uses madrassah to train children to memorize the Quran as it is believed that when the entire Quran is memorized

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    The Ineffectiveness of Attempts to Prevent the Proliferation of Nuclear Arms On August 6 1945, the United States revealed the atomic bomb, a weapon more powerful than any preceding it. The U.S. dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, ending World War II, and resulting in over one hundred thousand deaths (Groves). Although nuclear weapons have not been used in combat since, these weapons continue to be developed. Thousands of nuclear weapons are currently operational

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    no chance of sharing political power with the Hindus; they must either surrender their individuality or cut themselves adrift front the Hindus. The Congress ultimatum was thus the signal for parting of the ways which, by inevitable stages, led to Pakistan.” This is what ultimately led to the partition after India gained independence. It took nearly three decades of nationalist struggle for India to finally break free from the British and gain their independence. The novel, “The Partition of India”

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    Variety to be able to beat militants covering in western Pakistan. Management in Pakistan advised against the recommendation nevertheless Pakistan would not "tolerate any offenses of its restrictions." Pakistani Primary Reverend, Yusuf Raza Gilani, described that the Durand Variety boundary was a lengthy time to police. The united states govt

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    importance of girls’ education towards the development of a country. Pakistan is a country where people have been following the tradition, beliefs, and practices of their ancestors. In Pakistan, five point four million children of primary school age are not in school; sixty-two percent of them are girls. Seventy-one percent of women have not completed primary school, compared with forty-one percent of men ("If You're a Girl in Pakistan, What Are Your Chances of Going to School?"). If the government is

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    India’s 9/11 The Mumbai Attacks on November 26th, 2008, an event that would scar Indians for many years to come, shook India to its core. India and Pakistan have had many past conflicts including four different wars following their independence from Britain. These previous conflicts between the two nations eventually led to the attacks on Mumbai, India’s commercial gem, in 2008. The attack consisted of multiple synchronized bombings and shootings across Mumbai, resulting in 166 deaths, including

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    south to Pakistan 's financial capital, Karahi for some fun in the sun, upscale nightclubs, and modern skyscrapers. From rambling through the ramparts of Old Lahore to an all night beach rave in Karachi, you might be in for a culture shock, but here 's how to get there. Train The cheapest option is the train. The Fareed Express #38DN leaves Lahore every morning at 10:00am and arrives in Karachi at 12:35pm the next day. That means your train journey will be at least 26 1/2 hours if the train is running

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    The Partition of India was the partition of the British Indian Empire that gave birth to the two independent and sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan which was later split into the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Union of India later Republic of India on 15 August 1947. "Partition" here refers not only refers to the segregation of two nations, but also to the respective divisions of other assets of army and navy, valuable minerals in central treasury

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