Punjab

I am an Indian-American, and my parents constantly ensure that I don’t forget the “Indian” part. My parents both migrated to America, eventually making their way to California where they met, and where I was born. Because they were raised back in Punjab, India, I grew up with neverending stories starting with “When I was your age, I had to …” in an effort to make me more appreciative of how much easier life is in America. My mom’s favorite line is “Why can’t you clean your room? When I was your…

Introduction to the organization: Kamal limited is one of the first and important textile manufacturing houses of Pakistan. Established I 1950 in Faisalabad, Kamal limited am rigid operation, with in-house spinning, weaving, processing, printing, finishing and stitching facilities. Kamal limited introduced their first national creativity with now methodically much-admired Kamal lawn by Elan, followed by Elan Lawn by Zara Shahjahan on 2013. This was followed by the introduction of SO KAMAL, their…

1. INTRODUCTION On November 20, 2014, Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) announced a $2.4 billion all-share deal to acquire ING Vysya. With this deal which is expected to close in the second half of 2015, Kotak would claim the fourth position as the largest private lender in India, after ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank. Founded in 1985 as Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd., the group's flagship company was given the license for banking business by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in February, 2003 making…

Sikhism: A Religion of Selflessness Five hundred and thirty five years ago a religion emerged from Punjab, India. This new religion is known as Sikhism. Although it is relatively new religion, it is the fifth largest religion in the world with an estimated thirty million followers (Sikhs.org). Sikhism focuses on living a truthful life, working hard, and being selfless with others. Living a humble and simple life then gets them closer to their ultimate purpose of their soul reaching Waheguru…

nations, the documentary showed the environmental aftermath caused by toxins used to farm cotton and tan leather, as well as landfills filled with unwanted clothing. These practices have caused severe disabilities among the population in places like Punjab, India” (Gustafson). The case briefly mentioned the fire in a Bangladesh factory which costs 1,100 workers their lives due to the factories not taking proper safety precautions, such as not having enough fire escapes. As for the…

Paganism is a term that first arose among the Christian community of southern Europe during late antiquity as a descriptor of religions other than their own, or the related Abrahamic religions; i.e., judaism and Islam. There has been much scholarly debate as to the origin of the term paganism, especially since no one before the 20th century self-identified as a pagan. Once the Abrahamic religions started to become more widely adopted (in processes known as Christianization and Islamization),…

Case Analysis: Minerva Mills v. Union of India Minerva Mills case 1980 was a one of the landmark judgments of the Supreme Court of India. The “Basic Structure” doctrine is the judge-made doctrine whereby certain features of the Constitution of India are beyond the limit of the powers of amendment of the Parliament of India. No part of the constitution may be so amended by Article-368 so as to “alter the basic structure” of the Constitution. Neither the Doctrine of Basic Structure nor the basic…

Rationale Art is an expression that has been a popular medium from generation to generation, inspiring youth to study the form of the art and take it to next level. Our basic needs, food, clothes and shelter is the foremost example where art can be exposed . Cooking is an art, clothing and textiles is an art and houses and buildings also is an ultimate result of art. After exploring various fields in art and design from several years, I realized I am keenly interested in textiles and fashion…

I was in Pohnpei in April for four weeks, during which time I taught in the Bible school four hours a day, five days a week; taught a cell group Bible study one evening in town each week; as well as preached in the church on Sundays (I was preaching six days a week with one day to rest). I have been returning frequently to Pohnpei, and this year was my tenth anniversary since my first visit to Pohnpei in 2002! They have been like my spiritual children in the Lord. (I returned again to Pohnpei in…

Mutual funds collect funds from small investors or unit-holders. The funds so collected are invested in buying shares of companies. Thus, MFs; provide funds to companies for business purposes. (b) They act as indicators between investors and companies. By buying shares in mutual funds, the individual investor becomes part of our institution and so can stand on even terms. (c) Mutual funds are organized, operated and managed by companies that do the practical administrative things that…