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    When it comes to Indian popular culture, there is no film more ingrained in the public consciousness than Ramesh Sippy’s iconic thriller ‘Sholay’ (1975). The film revolves around two criminals, Jai and Veeru (Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra), hired by a retired police officer (Sanjeev Kumar) to exact revenge on a ruthless bandit, Gabbar Singh (Amjad Khan), responsible for murdering his family. The film blends several genres such as the Western, Comedy and Musical in its use of mis en scene, cinematography

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    matter of time before India split apart. The Partition of India was a decree written mostly by the All-India Muslim League that created the separate nation of Pakistan. The Indian state of East Punjab was created in 1947 for the Hindus, when the Partition of India split the former British province of Punjab between India and Pakistan (Hasan 35). The Muslim exodus from India, as well as the Hindu influx in to India and East Punjab is still one of the most important events in India’s history.

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    Kashmir is conflict territory after the partition of India and Pakistan. Conflict is not only between India and Pakistan but also India and the religious militants. Religious Militants are conducting a jihad to govern by the religious law. Historically, Kashmir included Sufis Muslim not orthodox Muslim. Numerous international events had influenced in the growth of Islamic fundamentalism in Kashmir. Jihad is not originally from Kashmir but they are foreign militancy bought during the end of the Soviet

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    Applying Cultural Awareness to Pakistan and United States Relations Misinterpretation, lack of knowledge, and several other reasons cultural awareness has been an Achilles heel for United States military in conflict over many decades. A “Heart and Mind” phrase was use by British General Gerald Templer in February 1952. This was the first time the phrase used in the context of counter-insurgency warfare. Emotional and intellectual appeals to sway supporter to prevail not by the use of superior

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    other countries in Asia, but has yet to establish a store in Pakistan. By placing a Walmart store in Pakistan, marketers should take into consideration the trade barriers, proximity, currency and culture. The regulations and costs of doing business are very different from country to country. "What has proven to work well is when these

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    Sadequain Biography

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    Sadequain is one of the personalities of Pakistan who received critical acclaim for his work not only as an artist but also as a poet. His contributions to the field of art and literature in the form of paintings, murals, drawings, calligraphies, collections of quatrains etc. are highly valued. He was part of the Progressive Writers and Artists Movement. He was a legendary artist and he painted approximately 15,000 pieces of artworks. What was written about him in some very prestigious newspapers

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    located in Afghanistan at the time, during this time the invasion, known as Operation Enduring Freedom, led by coalition forces was conducted in order to bring down Al Qaeda and remove the Taliban from power as well as end any more growth along the Pakistan border. The war began on October 7, 2001 and would be considerd the longest war in United States

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    Call Centre Training Manual September 24, 2008   Call Centre Training  Manual  iNVATERRA  Private & Confidential 1 Call Centre Training Manual September 24, 2008 Table of Contents Section I – Introduction.................................................................................................................... 3 Section II – Training Program.......................................................................................................... 4 Section III – Customer

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    The CIA could not funnel guns and equipment from the capital to the guerillasl. The Central Intelligence Agency asked Pakistan to help with the problem so the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Agency (Pakistan’s CIA) agreed to help the Muslim Guerillas. The ISI and the CIA agreed to us ISI resources and run the operation from Pakistan. The CIA convinced Washington to give Pakistan foreign aid, trade terms, military training, and international monetary assistance. The CIA acting through ISI chose

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    Prejudice And Racism

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    In her book Rich introduces the beginning of the hatred between Hindus and Muslims with the fact that in 1947 India was divided into two nations, Pakistan the new Muslim homeland, and the Union of India (Rich 127). Up until this point they were living peacefully together, and the contention only grew worse as time went on. A critical historical moment that shows growth of the tension between the two ethnicities is the demolition of the Babri Mosque in 1992, which caused ”furious riots that left three

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