Technology has given power to man. The ability to hunt more efficiently, gather and live has all been improved by the innovations of man. At first man’s tools were given by nature in their natural form. Rocks and branches can be considered one of the first tools used by Man. After some time and understanding […]
Both the African American and Native American communities in the United States suffered great hardships since the dawn of the Republic. Southern plantation owners held the black community in enslavement while greedy American settlers stole the Indians’ land. After the Civil War, however, conditions radically changed for both: the slaves were freed at last, and […]
Canada is viewed as a nation that always attempts to keep and build peace. Humanity has seen Canada virtually invent the terms ‘peacekeeping’ and ‘peacebuilding’. Peacekeeping is a vital component of Canada’s foreign policy, and consists of a reputation that has been established from fifty years of experience. Canadian involvement has ranged from, “…providing emergency […]
Catherine de Medici was an Italian-born, French queen who became very powerful and even more controversial during her time at the helm of France. Orphaned as an infant, used as a pawn in her family’s vicious power games, saddled with an unfaithful husband, and forced to suffer the untimely deaths of several of her children, […]
Abstract A raging controversy has been going on about the aerial spraying of Endosulfan, an organochlorine, pesticide in the cashew plantations of Enmakaje Panchayat in Kasargod district of Kerala and its role in the causation of high morbidity and greater prevalence of congenital malformations and malignancies in the area. None of the studies conducted were […]
1. The total area of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state (prior to 1947) comprised 2,22,236 square kilometers of which as of now Pakistan occupies about 35 percent, besides illegally ceding 2.5 percent area to China. China grabbed 17 percent of the area in 1962 leaving only 45.5 percent territory with India. [1] 2. Located between the […]
When Gran Colombia collapsed in 1830, Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged along with Ecuador and Venezuela. In Latin America, Columbia is the fourth largest economy and in South America it is the third largest (Republic of Colombia). Colombia is the member of the United Nations, the World Trade Organization (WTO), and […]
Since the late 1700’s inventors in Europe have thrown around the idea of a motored vehicle. By the mid 1800’s inventors had made attempts at electrical, combustion, and steam engines. By the 20th century it was unclear to the public which form of engine would begin the first automobiles. At the start, the electric car […]
The earliest form of forced labour in the West Indies was the encomienda which utilized the Neo-Indian people and resulted in the near decimation of their entire population. This was followed by the system of white indentured labour which brought immigrants from Ireland, England and Wales. This did not last very long because of the […]
Deepa Mehta’s film “Earth” reflects the sorrowful political and social conditions of India on the verge of its partition. The movie is based on the semi-biographical novel “Cracking India” written by Bapsi Sidhwa, who is a 7-year old girl in the movie witnessing the painful social split of the country. While the film does not […]