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September or October in the commonly known Gregorian calendar. There are many legends and stories concerning how the holiday, Navratri, originated and why it is celebrated. Although, most of these legends differ in various parts of India. In North India, there is the legend of an eternal demon named Mahishasura who randomly started to kill people in order to win the three lokas (realms). Some of the gods approached the god Shiva and asked for a way to get rid of Mahishasura because of…

distinct form. Fire encircles him in a ring while he stands on a man. This is commonly attributed to overcoming darkness/negativity and ignorance. This beautiful illustration of Shiva’s dance is one of the earliest examples of theatrical arts within India. There are also India’s Bollywood hits, however, India’s theatrical history is extremely lush and abundant with a culture that is far reaching into the nations history, not just…

Siddhartha Guatama, or as he is better known, Buddha was born in Nepal in the sixth century B.C. and lived into the fourth century B.C. He was born into a large clan by the name of the Shakyas. His given name, Siddhartha means “he who achieves his aim”. His father is said to have been king of the tribe and his mother to have died only a few days after giving birth to him. It was foretold by a holy man that Siddhartha would go on to do great things in his life, whether it be military, political,…

trade after Vasco da Gama’s arrival at Calicut in Kerala in 1498, several Indian words found their way into Portuguese and then into English. It was almost another century before Thomas Stephens, a Jesuit priest,was the first En¬glishman to dwell in India in 1579.1 By the time of Father Stephens landed in Goa, a considerable body of Indo-Portuguese words was already…

An elephant's habitat is the African Savannah. Certain elephants inhabit the dense rainforests of west and central Africa. Some other elephants are found in India, Sri Lanka, China and much of Southeast Asia. An elephant consumes several hundred pounds of vegetation daily. 16-18 hours (80% of the day) of an elephant's day is spent feeding. Elephants consume grasses, small plants, bushes, fruit, twigs, tree bark…

The television series, Mahabharat, is a 94 episode Hindi series that is based on the Hindu epic, Mahabharata. Although there are 94 episodes in this entire television series, I will only be focusing on episode 72 which corresponds to the near beginning of the Bhagavad Gita text. Episode 72 of the Mahabharat television series begins with a short dialogue between the blind king, Dhritarashtra, and his advisor, Sanjaya. Dhritarashtra asks Sanjaya to tell him what had happened on the battlefield…

thematic fabric of Indian English fiction and lay the foundation of the new Indian English fiction. The post – colonial age represented by Shobha De is chiefly a quest for identity along different dimensions of socio – political and economic order of India. The novels of Shobha De explore the thick congested fabric of Indian life and structure her fiction with unquestionable authority. The crisis of identity plays vital role in the cast of the narrative of De. Her novels explore the hidden…

approaches, Rushdie has problematized postmodernist representational systems of the West, specifically, its colonial and imperial discourse. Besides, his novels are interested in the study of Eastern cultural traditions and history, particularly those of India and Pakistan. As a postcolonialist writer, Rushdie attempts to deconstruct the colonial historical account of the colonizer and subvert it through the creation of another explanations and accounts. The inclusion of historical intertexts…

Construction Also known as the Verul Leni, The Ellora caves located about 29 kilometres northwest from the city of Aurangabad. These caves were carved out of the vertical face of the Charanandri hills during the period of 6th and 10th centuries, the same times the Ajanta caves were abandoned. Reminiscent of the Ajanta caves, the Ellora caves are also world famous for their spectacular paintings and sculpture. Even after extensive research, the experts are still unable to tell how these…

In India the real estate sector has come a long way and is becoming the fastest growing markets. It is successful in attracting both domestic and foreign investors. The sector has transformed from unorganised to dynamic and organized in the past decade. The sector consists of four categories: housing, commercial, retail and hospitality. The growth is complemented by the growth in the corporate environment and office space demand. This industry ranks third among the 14 major sectors. 1.1.1…