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National identities are very much manifested in the social relationships, cultural expressions, and socio-economic experiences of a borderland community. In the U.S. there is so much unique diversity and I am going to prove this using the CSU Long Beach campus. My group and I from my history class took a fieldtrip around campus to analyze the different cultures and people that interacted on campus as well as one event that we attended. Throughout class we also read many stories on cultural…

Synopsis The drama theater The Phantom of the Opera tells the story of an opera singer Christine who has been performing at the gala was held in Paris. Raoul is a sign of old and had been friends with Christine since childhood had heard Christine sing and have fallen in love with him. At the time it also became a rumor that there are ghosts who have stayed in Opera. After the gala dinner held to have committed Faust Opera Paris by presenting the prima donna Carlotta. During the show Carlotta…

From the 12th to 20th centuries, the Ottoman, Mughal, and Qing empires conquered and dominated Asia Minor, the Balkans, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, and China. During the height of their power, they faced many challenges that they had to overcome in order to rule their people successfully. The Ottomans, who were Muslim, had to deal with the Jews, Christians, and other non-Muslims in the empire. They also had to deal with the Mongols as the Ottomans moved in tribal groups from the…

Indira Gandhi: A Controversial Woman in Power A fascinating paradox of modern India was the rise to power and the turbulent rule of Indira Gandhi. She was one of the most politically powerful women in the world, and definitely the most powerful in India's history. But she ruled in a country where women lived in poverty, were neglected, and heavily discriminated against. How is that Indira Gandhi was India's prime minister for four terms while most other women in India were unaware they…

This is the condition of many Indian wives who silently swallow the pain, become tough by accepting life as it comes. This paper is an attempt to bring into light the dreadful agony of the protagonists in the novel “The Space Between Us” by Thrity Umrigar an Indian American novelists, who mirrors the suffering of a wife in the hands of a dread full husband, who’s marriage was once based on love, ended up with pain, when the true colours of him are exposed. Keywords: Physical Abuse, Domestic…

I’ve been planted in a pot My roots are welded to the soil My buds are blossoming But I am fed fertilizer named Hindering Eventually these petals will be a memory My existence dust (A Marginalized Rose) These words by Francisco DH in his poem ‘A Marginalized Rose’ illuminates the mental and emotional condition of the marginalized groups and draws a picture upon the cruel social system, that disconnect a particular group from the mainstream culture and hinder their growth. Marginalization is the…

Introduction: The factors responsible for a country’s integrated prosperity are its Natural and Human resources. They are its true strength. Human Resource Development of a country depends upon the quality of education made available in the country. Access to Higher Education is crucial for the development of a broadly based well-educated citizenry, a diverse and talented workforce, competitiveness in the global economy, reduced poverty and crime, strong families and communities and enhanced…

Learning Objectives At the end of this topic, you are able to: 1. Understand the history background of Baitul Mal from the practice of Rasulullah SAW to the famous caliphs. 2. Understand about the traditional sources of revenue in Islamic state, zakat and modern taxation. 3. Able to determine the function of types of tax. 4. Differentiate between economic and social impact of zakat and taxation 5. Understand the rules and regulations govern the system of Zakat. 1.0 INTRODUCTION This…

A fine art, as suggested by the name is the purest form of art. It’s an expression of oneself presented in term of aesthetics and design principles. It can refer to anything made by someone considered an artist, yet the definition of an artist has evolved over time and varies based on context. In Ancient Greece, the term for art was "techne," though that word did not peg art in the modern sense and was instead applied to human activities, especially handicrafts and technical work. The most…

Other languages spoken in India come from the Austro-Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman language families. India has no national language. Hindi, with the largest number of speakers, is the official language of the government. English is used extensively in business and administration and has the status of a "subsidiary official language"; it is important in education, especially as a medium of higher education. Each state and union territory has one or more official languages, and the constitution…