Archives November 2012

Relations between the State of Israel and Republic of India did not exist until 1992, especially because India was a strong supporter of Palestinian independence. Soon after its independence in 1947, India proposed lo the Special Committee of the United Nations on Palestine (UNSCOP) the creation of a federal Palestine with autonomous status for the Jewish population. However, the Kashmir! Insurrection in 1989, the collapse of the USSR. The military escalation with Pakistan, the rise Islamic fundamental ism in (lie Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, etc were the factors that together resulted in the establishment of relations between India and Israel in 1992. Establishment of diplomatic relations with Israel also was slop in strengthening relationships with the United States. Today, Israel has surpassed Russia as the largest arms provider to India. India has evolved itself' to a position where it is viewed by both the Israelis and the Palestinians more...

A hurricane is a powerful, swirling storm that begins over a warm sea. Hurricanes form in waters near the equator, and then they move toward the poles. Hurricane winds swirl about the eye, a calm area in the center of the storm. The main mass of clouds shown in this photograph measures almost 250 miles (400 kilometers) across. The hurricane, named Andrew, struck the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana in 1992, killing 65 people and causing billions of dollars in damage. Image credit: NASA The winds of a hurricane swirl around a calm central zone called the eye surrounded by a band of l.ill, dark clouds called the eye wall. The eye is usually 10 to 40 miles (16lo 64 kilometers) in diameter and is free of rain and large clouds. In the eye wall, large changes in pressure create him hurricane's strongest winds. These winds can reach nearly 200 miles more...

With more than 1.3 billion people, the People's Republic of China (PRC) or Zhonghud Renmin Gongheguo, commonly known as China, is the most populous state in the world. Governed by the Communist Party of China (CPC) under a single-party system, the PRC exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four directly administered municipalities—Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing— and two highly autonomous special administrative regions (SARs) — Hong Kong and Macau. Its capital city is Beijing. The ancient Chinese civilization, one of the worlds earliest, flourished in the fertile basin of the Yellow River which flows through the North China Plain. Ancient China's political system was based on hereditary monarchies from the Xia (approx 2000 BC) to the later Qin Dynasty that first unified China in 221 BC. The last dynasty, the Qing, ended in 1911 with the founding of the Republic of China (ROC) by the Kuomintang (KMT), the more...

Athletes Should Get Paid As you sit at the stadium or in your home and watch college football, basketball, or even baseball, do you ever wonder where the money goes from all the ticket sales? Colleges make a lot of money from their athletics. I feel that the profit that is made should partly go back to the student athlete. College athletes should be paid for their participation in sports, since sports make a lot of money for the college. A student athlete's schedule is very hectic. There are many activities that have to be attended daily. A student athlete is expected to go to class every day, and later in, the day they are expected to meet at practice, no matter whatthe sport. After practice, the student athlete must eat dinner. Then, the person has to go home to their dorm to do homework, which can last for hours. more...

Piracy is a war-like act committed by private parties not affiliated with any government, especially by engaging in acts of robbery and/or criminal violence at sea. Although, the term can include acts committed ' in other major bodies of water or on a shore, it does not normally include crimes committed against persons travelling on the same vessel as the perpetrator. The term has also been used to refer to raids across land borders by non .state agents. Piracy differs from privateering, which was a legitimate lorin of war-like activity by non-state actors, authorized by their national authorities, until this form of commerce raiding was outlawed in the 19lh century. The acts of Piracy have risen in last few years, especially off the Somali coast. It has been a threat to international shipping and many international organizations, including the International Maritime Organization (1MO) and the World Food Programme (WFP), have more...

Post-modernism is a school of thought or a tendency in contemporary culture which rejects modernism. It is characterized by the rejection of objective truth and global cultural narrative. It emphasizes the role of language, power relations, and motivations. It attacks the use of sharp classifications such as male versus female, straight versus gay, white versus black, and imperial versus colonial. It has been described by Fredric Jameson as the "dominant cultural logic of late capitalism". Although the term 'post-modernism' was first used around the 1870s in various areas, as a general theory of an historical movement the term was first used in 1939 by the historian Arnold. Toynbee: "Our own Post-Modern Age has been inaugurated by the general war of 1914- 1918". Later in 1949, the term was used to describe dissatisfaction with modem architecture, which led to the post-modern architecture movement that is marked by the re-emergence of surface more...

India has shared a close relationship with ASEAN countries since the beginning. India had supported the Indonesian struggle for independence and involved itself in the Indochina crisis in the 1960s. It consolidated its bilateral and diplomatic relations with Indonesia, Myanmar and the Philippines and signed friendship treaties with them. However, relations with these countries took a downturn when India-Soviet Peace and Friendship Cooperation Treaty was signed in 1971 as they became suspicious of India's intentions. Further, India's strong political and military relations with Vietnam also resulted in the worsening of relations. Through the 1980s, the relations between India and ASEAN countries remained uncertain and plagued by various political and diplomatic differences. India re-oriented its foreign policy priorities after the collapse of l In- Soviet Union. Under its Look-East policy India began reviving its economic relations with Southeast Asia. At the same time, ASEAN nations too realized the importance of India more...

The recess period in a school is the happiest time for the students. It lasts for half an hour. It comes generally after five periods of hard study. As soon as the bell goes, the teachers stop teaching. They leave the class-rooms and the students rush out of them. They run this way and that way. The tuck shop is crowded with the students. They enjoy sweets, fruits and drinks. The school ground is full of life and activity. Students play various games. They are in a happy mood. Some students go to the reading-room and read newspapers. Some weak students copy the home task from the note books of the bright students. It is time to relax. After studying for 4-5 periods the students and teaches fells tired. They want rest and the recess period gives them this chance. Sometimes there is a match during the recess period. All more...

With the new and advanced weaponry invented by Science wars have and can become more devastating and destructive. History is a witness of this — the mass massacre and large scale devastation, even affecting the future generations with deformities and diseases. The ogre of the atomic bomb dropped at Nagasaki and Hiroshima in Japan in World War II by the U.S.A. still sends shivers in our veins. Public memory though short, but this act, most callous and inhuman in the history of wars, can anytime be repeated if there escalates a situation of that magnitude on the international front. The nightmare must still be haunting the minds of the people of Japan. H.G. Wells a great thinker of modem times has rightly said, 'War is a horrible thing, constantly more horrible and dreadful, unless if ends, it will end the human society'. Can we allow such an end to come more...

All those who avail the facility of a phone are quite used to the phenomena of 'wrong-calls', 'blank-calls' and 'cat- calls'. This is a nuisance but one such happening turned out to be pleasant for me. It was a wrong-call in the beginning but a series of such calls by one person led to my one and only phone friendship. I accepted the polite sensitivity of the voice and over a period of time the friendship grew. He decides the time to make sure that I pick the phone. It is always he who calls. I don't know his phone number, may be because I never asked and lie never mentioned. I have never seen him. He doesn't want to meet me either. All I know is his name and I recognise him by his soft voice. He has a good sense of humour. We discuss Various issues except our more...