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BERLIN, THE GREAT WALL

Berlin brings to one's min the great divide (or wall) that divided the city into two different political entities. However, the new rejuvenated and reunited Berlin is marching ahead into the future post millennium. It is casting itself as the most important new and modernistic city of Continental Europe. Berlin's dark past as Hitler's capital of Nazi atrocities and as the capital of Cold War in the later years, has not escaped the psyche of the local population or the visitors. The popular opinion says that Berliners do not know where they are going, but know their past, and do not want to go back there. After being completely annihilated in the WW II bombings, Berlin has since optimistically rebuilt itself as a modern structure of glass and steel. The scars still remain, mostly as a tourist attraction. ...

SEARCH FOR ELYSIUM

Professor Dr. R.K. Singh and Mitali De Sarkar     ======================================================================= SEARCH FOR ELYSIUM =====================================================================     Like Shiv K. Kumar, Keki N. Daruwala and Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Stephen Gill was born in Pakistan (Sialkot) and speaks Punjabi, Urdu and English, as well as some other languages. These poets stayed in different parts of India. Like several prominent authors, including Bharati Mukherjee, Uma Parameswaran and  Rohinton  Mistry,  Stephen  Gill migrated to Canada in search of better economic prospects, not knowing his step could ultimately turn out to be a struggle to discover his own identity.   Reading Gill's verses one finds he is his Indian self seeking a voice in a new land. His social norms, standards and values are neither fully Indian nor fully Western, but rather international. His concerns are human and his contexts increasingly become global. Perhaps his cross-cultural experiences enrich his creative ...

INDIA -UNITY IN DIVERSITY

Indian Culture:The culture of India has been shaped by the long history of India, its unique geography and the absorption of customs, traditions and ideas from some of its neighbours as well as by preserving its ancient heritages, which were formed during the Indus Valley Civilization and evolved further during the Vedic age, rise and decline of Buddhism, Golden age, Muslim conquests and European colonization. India does not have a strong uniform national culture. India's great diversity of cultural practices, languages, customs, and traditions are examples of this unique co-mingling over the past five millennium. The various religions and traditions of India that were created by these amalgamations have influenced other parts of the world too. Most Indians emphasize the country's cultural diversity, tolerance of difference, and receptiveness to foreign influences.  Religion:India is the birth place ...
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