Scavenger

The last interview which Mahatma Gandhi gave to Margrate Bourka White in the early afternoon on 30th January, 1948 was on “His persistence in his theory of non-violence in the event of a nuclear attack on a city.” The Mahatma’s reply was that if the defenseless citizens died in a spirit on non-violence, their sacrifice would not in vain; they might all pray for the soul of the pilot who had thoughtlessly sprayed death on the city. This was the last message of compassion to mankind. Gandhi had…

For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated with forensic science and I distinctly remember my brother and I running home from the bus stop every day, when we were in middle school, just so we would not miss the introductory scene of the new Criminal Minds episode. The show always began right at 3 and our bus got to the stop roughly around 2:55; just enough time to run home and turn it to the right channel. And as any fan of Criminal Minds knows, the beginning is the most captivating…

2.1 Ageratum conyzoides Ageratum is derived from Greek word, which is “a geras” meaning non-aging, referring to the longevity of the flowers or the whole plant. The word “conyzoides” is derived from word “konyz” meaning resembles (M.X et al., 2016). Ageratum conyzoides is belongs to the Asteraceae family. Plant species in this family are herbaceous plants which trees and shrubs are rare. This plant is very common in West Africa and Asia. It has softly hairy stems and leaves, erect and branched…

dystrophinglycoprotein complex. This prevents damage when muscle fibers contract and relax. Muscular dystrophy can affect many body tissues and organs but mostly affects the integrity of muscle fibers. Muscle fiber material is broken down and destroyed by scavenger cells in muscular dystrophy. Overall, muscle strength and muscle and tendon reflexes are usually lessened or lost due to replacement of muscle tissue and…

Cragmen In a daze, Martin VanHobby awakens. Wearing nothing but a tattered loincloth and his fish shoes, Martin shields his eyes from the three suns piercing his vision as he struggles to get off his back. Disoriented, he grabs onto a nearby boulder for stability and lifts himself to his feet. He feels the scales in his shoes fold around the tough terrain surrounding him. His eyes begin to adjust and Martin takes a look around. He is surrounded by red rocks varying from monstrous…

Catriona Fry March 6th 2024 Period 6 Bigfoot ain’t real Imagine a creature covered head to toe in thick hair, reaching heights taller than the average human, and a five toed footprint twice the size of a man. That creature is argued to be the infamous Bigfoot, also known as sasquatch and believed to be related to the Yeti. Bigfoot has a strange existence, if they even exist in the first place. Though the Earth is not fully explored and all of the species cannot be fully accounted for, it is safe…

1.20 RESEARCH GAP There are number of studies about employee attrition and retention in various industries belongs to different sectors. Researchers have mainly given importance to study and investigate the employee attrition and retention in IT companies situated in IT hubs and in Tier I cities. These cities are significantly differed in socioeconomic and cultural aspects comparing Tier II cities. The studies on employee attrition and retention in IT companies situated in Tier II cities are…

Creative Response to Between Shades of Grey Like jolting the body of a new born baby till its fragile bones go crack, it saddens me that I compare this level of evil to the plans of the officers. Like horribly sick minded scavengers, they steal and split innocent families. They turn their worlds to ice. Black ice. Their lives become battles to make it through each day. I’ve been a slave for the NKVD for a while now and I’ve heard it all. Seen it all too, and I’d miss it all if I could. Just…

‘Animals, drums, illiterates, low castes, and women are worthy of being beaten’ (Manusmriti, a book of Hindu religious scripture). No other religion in the world had explicitly divided people on the basis of caste, creed, sex, origin or purity and pollution in the world except Hinduism which is controlled and manipulated by the caste Hindus. In Hinduism, as it is mentioned in Rig Veda, the people are divided into four varnas which was later used by the caste Hindus to divide people into…

A group of men gang-raped a forty two-year-old Dalit women and burned her alive after she, her husband, and two sons had been held in captivity and tortured for eight days. This injustice occurred because the woman’s son fell in love with the torturer’s daughter, who happened to be of a higher caste. “The local police knew of the whereabouts of the Dalit family, but they did nothing because the rapists” came from a higher caste family (Mayell n.pag.). Even with decades of struggle to end…