Questioning Identity: Examining the Historiography of South Asian Immigrants The historiography on South Asian immigration to the United States needs to be further developed because it is extremely under-developed. While the story of their immigration to America does not follow the popular narrative of other American-bound immigrants, in which most came to straight to the United States and settled, there is no excuse for their historiography and all its unique facets remaining unexplored. The…
The name, Aung San Suu Kyi is very well known not only among South East Asian countries but also across the world. Numerous countries and world leaders have invited her to give speeches on her ideals and values. Suu Kyi is a well-known and loved celebrity amongst the people of Myanmar (also known as Burma) who is respected all over the world. She is loved not only because of her looks or riches, but because of her monumental political movements. She gave up everything and would be willing to…
First world countries are countries that are more industrialized and developed, these are also the countries that sided with the United States after World War II. However third world countries are countries that aren 't yet developed and are very poor. In my essay I will be comparing two countries, one will be a first country and the other a third world country. Japan, a first world country, is actually an island country with the size of 145,936 square miles that is located in East Asia. The…
place at some period prior to the 28th of October 1788 (Hamilton 1828: 548). After experiencing this disaster the Rajah retreated towards the frontiers of Tibet in order to re-assemble an army, and to solicit assistance from the Deb Rajah of Bhutan and the pontiff Lama of Lhasa (ibid). Gorkhas captured most of the Sikkim territories up to the Teesta river including all of the modern districts of South and West Sikkim as well as Darjeeling. It coincided with the Sino-Gorkha war (1788-1792)…
Should Smoking Be Banned? Smoking is a subject of level headed discussion from hundreds of years. Numerous individuals have a tendency to do smoking because of numerous reasons and the primary reason as indicated by individuals is that they get a feeling of unwinding through smoking. The destructive impacts of smoking dependably stay in place rather it can be taken as a prescription of unwinding. The selling of cigarettes and other smoking stuff is sometimes bounded with the economic benefits of…
Clarkston is a small city in the heart of Atlanta. The city is mostly composed of diverse immigrant populations from different parts of the world who have come either as refugees or on migration that has different races, languages, religions, and other groups. Clarkston Community Health Center is a nonprofit organization that provides free Medical service that runs every Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm. According the website clarkstonhealth.org (2013), it is mostly designed to establish a…
WWII, with 19.5 million refugees seeking asylum. Many citizens are debating whether to allow refugees within United States borders. Over one-third of all refugee arrivals, or 24,579, came from the Near East in 2015—a region that includes Iraq, Iran, Bhutan, and Afghanistan (American Immigration Council, para.4). In a study, 59% of Americans said the U.S. is at war with radical Islam, and 5 out of 10 said they wouldn’t want a mosque built near their home (Ingraham, para. 5). The focus is on the…
In this essay I will be comparing the political and social structures of the Mesopotamian and the Indus river valley civilizations. To begin I will give you a little back ground about the Mesopotamian civilization and the Indus river valley civilizations. The Mesopotamian civilization began at about 3500 B.C. The Mesopotamian civilization was in between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. The Mesopotamian civilization created the first cities known as city-states. The Mesopotamian civilization also…
In something as abstract and purposeful as the pursuit of knowledge, individuality plays a critical part in the process. The knower, or the person who is seeking knowledge, must interpret any given facts or experiences into a consolidated piece of knowledge which would then become part of their bank of personal knowledge. However, any knowledge which is presented to any particular knower is interpreted and processed differently before it can be accepted as such on an individual level. For…
Submitted to Dr. Abdul Qadir Submitted by Tayyaba Bashir Roll no 19 Class Bs 5th semester (M) Conservation status of Indus blind Dolphin Background The Indus river dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor) is highly endemic to the Indus River, the largest…