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YOUTH FOR EQUALITY .
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was a Thapar?? Is it true that it was YFE which gave the surname Tiwari to Chandrasekhar Sitaram Tiwari, better.
"Humankind cannot bear too much reality," T.S. Eliot observed in an immortal line. Whose fault is it if Sukhdev be told?? Who will decide what is to be told and what not?? Censored truth--that is what the unclothed communists.
known as Chandrasekhar Azad?? Were those surnames fabricated?? Is it a recent revelation?? How much truth should .
benefit; they even raised their names to save their illegal JNUSU but cannot bear their surnames. But "What's in a.
more particularly AISA want?? What a shame on the part of these communists that they hogged these martyrs for thei; name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet," said Shakespeare in his lyrical tale "Romeo ;t .
and Juliet" Act-II, Scene-11. To prove the fact that they are shameless, the very pamphlet of the AISA, issued on glh I.
October '09, was with two surnames both proud ofChandrasekhar and Sukhdev but not of their surnames! To whom are .
you teaching social sciences? Ideological fight, that too with barbarians AISA, the party that never believes in ideology--this is .
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something hilarious! '".
AISA's interpretation of pamphlets is stck. They only delve into the field where they can manipulate letters and words .
into an insult to a particular community even if it is absent and contrary to the spirit of the pamphlet. When YFE talks about .
the scholarships awarded through various schemes such as the UGC, the CSIR, the Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship, and 32 .
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other JNU-specific scholarships, their sadist, sicken as well as patently pathological minds picked up the recipient ofonly .
one scholarship--the Rajiv Gandhi Scholarship. Only God can save the communists. But the problem is that they don't .
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believe in God! They have to stay pathological, we afraid! .
Research in JNU is a tricky subject. PhD scholars from Social Sciences are running from pillar to post for a mere Rs. .
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10,000/-per month job. The only way to get job for students of Social Sciences is through government postings as the .
communists never allowed any private participation in the research activities of Social Sciences. NGOs are exploiting JNU .
scholars with a punishing salary, Who is responsible for this? Can't we have a sound placement cell? Who opposes private jobs .
in 1NU after all? Mona Das, it has been heard, is connected with some MNC!!! The School ofLanguages in JNU is aligned with .
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private firms--so they are better placed to get a job. .
YFE is proud ofresearch in social sciences in JNU. But YFE feels ashamed when students fail to use their training and .
where students are better absorbed in private and government sectors after their degree. "Why is this discrimination?"--is theremain jobless/underemployed after a higher degree in social sciences from JNU. This is not the case with the Science Schools, .
question we raise. We want Science Schools--like protection for the Social Science students after their study. JNU is a famed .
university, everybody knows---but the fame is limited to the boundary of India The recent Times Higher Education ranking of .
world universities never included JNU in the list oftop 400 World Universities. IITs are there with the ranks of 163, 181 , 237, .
284, and 335. One Indian university, University ofDelhi, is ranked 291 by this prestigious ranking. Who disagrees with the fact .
that the research standards ofJNU must be upgraded? .
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Till 1983, all JNU students used to receive a good scholarship once they were admitted in JNU. That year, the .
Communists blocked the entry ofMrs. Gandhi into JNU campus and thus blocked the scholarships as well. This was only to float .
their redundant philosophy at the cost of students' benefit. Before two years from now, no MPhJVPhD scholars were getting .
anything ifthey were not qualified for UGC-CSIR's JRF or any JNU-specific scholarship. Now, all are covered with a minimum .
Rs. 3,000/-scholarship. This can be raised and there must be similar other agency to be found to fund the proposed 20% .
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i t the senior students teach professional courses to generate resources? Why Cfu1't we .
'eresources to run the university. Why can.
work more and perspire to benefit the country? Students are the most powerful workforce ofa nation. If the students remain idle, ls .
ifthe students sleep through the state subsidies, what will happen to the farmers who suffer the vagaries ofuncertain monsoon; or .
the daily wage laborers who never think of rest as that may deprive them ofdaily bread; the destitute, who shift places to find to shade to spend night; the poverty-stricken mass of28% lndians, who have the misfortune ofliving below the-poverty line? .
Have we ever demanded more work, more duty for the nation?? After the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombing, Japanese .
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teachers came out to the street to demand more work. Students wanted to study in night shift. Shoe-workers who had grievances .1rce .
against the Japanese Government used to make shoes for one leg only, incomplete but didn't hinder the production--a novel way .
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day but with a banner "We are under strike!" Now Japan is the second largest economy ofthe world with a very low percentageofprotest never heard. before. Government workers who were on strike used to come to the office on time to work for the whole .
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1ke a ofpoor population. .
itis beUer.not to speak ~b~uttile reservation as A/SA is the agent ofcreamy layer! Why did A/SA support reservation .
for Creamy Layer whose limit is .now Rs. 5 Lakhs? Does A/SA believe that a person with income ofRs. 5 Lakh per annum .
40,000 PIM and Rs. 1,500 PIM in the same bracket and they still claimed to be the messiah ofthe poor/In 2007, responding.
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(Rs.40,000/-per month) is backward and must compete with a backward who gets Rs.15001-a monUz? AISA wants to putRs. .
to an advertisement issued by the UP government for the 5000 Safai Karmachari posts, 16,000 candidates from general .
category applied. This prompted tlze Mayawati Government to force an act, reserving all such postsfor tlze Dalifs in UP! In .
Su/abh Soucha/aya-more than 50% workers are Brahmins and Rajputs-a fact documented by a well-known French .
sch.()/ar Francis Gautier way back in 2005. Go to Cltandni Chowk, Chawdi Bazar, New Delhi/Old D{!lhi Railway stations and you fmd the rickshaw pullers and coolies are ofthe so-called higher castes. We must wake up to tlzese facts. Only A/SA .
believes that menialjob is reservedfor backwards/.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 22 - Christy Kelly and Wanda Cole-Freeman attend Humankindness Gala on May 22nd 2024 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Drew Altizer Photography)
Humankind has not woven the web of life.
We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
All things are bound together.
All things connect.
... Chief Seattle
INOCULATION ETERNITY is a story about a place called Eternity. It is my imagination about what life might have been like before humankind ever existed. We all have this hope that when we die we go to a perfect place called Heaven. In this book I paint a picture of a similar place where there is no time, sickness or war. Its essence beholds perfection and pure happiness. The entire story evolves around the life of Archangel Lucifer, who is the Master of Ceremony for the Gathering.
The Gathering could be likened to a church service, but far greater. Its purpose is to recharge everyone's spirit in what I reference in the book as life's resurgence. Everything was perfect until something happens at the latest Gathering service. This something has to do with Lucifer. It begins a wind of change that rocks the core of Eternity and everyone's existence. You will witness how Lucifer's unleashed emotions assimilate negative potential. As the story progresses, readers will witness how many of Eternity's inhabitants who are witnessing the changes, become determined to understand what is happening. Amongst them evolves a certain sect of creatures who begin to enjoy their newfound knowledge. Different sensations are experienced as new emotions surface, which were hidden from them since the beginning of their existence.
Gabriel, who is another principal character is one determined to understand what is happening. Prior to these dysphonic eruptions everything was all good. Now another realm appears on the horizon. His concern for Lucifer and scientific interests beckon him to go in search of a remedy.
Ancient of Days' is my version of God. He is the center of all moral consciousness and the animator for life. He doesn't even attempt to explain what is happening or what has caused the eruption in the first place. Some begin to wonder why. His expression of love for His creation is to stand back and allow them the freedom to choose their own destiny. It is His desire that they trust Him. He encourages them to govern themselves. He lends them support and intervenes only when it is absolutely necessary. With an infinite space ahead of them, He is in no hurry to stop what appears to be a disaster.
Last Day in S.A. - Cradle of Humankind in Maropeng, South Africa. Pictures from the Cradle of Humankind "Museum"
Last Day in S.A. - Cradle of Humankind in Maropeng, South Africa. Pictures from the Cradle of Humankind "Museum"
Every year on 18 April, The humankind celebrates the “International Day for Monuments and Sites”, which was approved by the 22nd UNESCO General Conference in 1983.
The International Day aims to encourage visiting Monuments and Sites in local communities and individuals throughout the world to consider the importance of cultural heritage to their lives, identities, promoting awareness of how to protect and conserve the antiquities.
According to UNESCO World Heritage list, there are 981 monuments; Egypt in this list has 7 sites:
Abu Mena
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Historic Cairo
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
Saint Catherine Area
Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
The photos show Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur, precisely The Pyramid of Djoser (or Zoser), or step pyramid which is located in the Saqqara necropolis. It was built during the 27th century BC for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser. Zoser Pyramid is considered the first Egyptian pyramid consisted of six mastabas built atop one another in what were clearly revisions and developments of the original plan.
Last Day in S.A. - Cradle of Humankind in Maropeng, South Africa. Pictures from the Cradle of Humankind "Museum"
Oil on canvas
This remarkably bold oil sketch of a Cullercoats scene was likely produced after Homer's return to the US. (At Cullercoats, he painted almost exclusively in watercolour) Homer deeply admired the local volunteer lifesaving crews that he witnessed in action there. Here, the rescue team anticipates their encounter with a roiling sea. Broadly painted and pared down to essential details, this depiction of imminent danger echoes Homer's Civil War paintins such as Sharpshooter and Defiance.
[National Gallery]
Taken in the Exhibition
Winslow Homer: Force of Nature
(September 2022 – January 2023)
[A]n overview of Winslow Homer (1836–1910), the great American Realist painter who confronted the leading issues facing the United States, and its relationship with both Europe and the Caribbean world, in the final decades of the 19th century.
Homer’s career spanned a turning point in North American history. He lived through the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery, so-called Reconstruction, and war with the last colonial European power in the Americas, Spain.
From his sketches of battle and camp life, to dazzling tropical views and darker restless seascapes, the works reflect Homer’s interest in the pressing issues of his time; conflict, race, and the relationship between humankind and the environment – issues still relevant for us today.
After the war, Homer’s subject became the lives of Americans in the wake of the war and abolition with a focus on the lives of formerly enslaved African Americans.
Homer travelled to France, England, the Bahamas, Cuba and Bermuda. In England, he painted scenes of heroism and resilience that he saw while staying in Cullercoats, a town on the North East coast. In the Caribbean, his paintings became more vivid as he painted the transparent turquoise waters and lush vegetation. His interest in conflict remained constant and he often explored the issue through painting the life and struggles of Black people.
With more than fifty paintings, covering over forty years of Homer’s career, 'Winslow Homer: Force of Nature' is part of a programme of exhibitions that introduce major American artists to a UK and European audience and follows on from our exhibitions about George Bellows and the Ashcan painters, Frederic Church and Thomas Cole.
[National Gallery]
One of my favorites I've ever taken. A classic portrait style like The Last Supper and the tree are the apostles. In this case, the subtle irony that raw nature is subordinated to a human structure (a parking garage where i was working in 2001). Like an exhibit in a futuristic museum that would have a placard, "...trees once grew in the wild ...". Notice the vines are actually crawling back into the garage -- fighting back? co-existing?
Watercolour and selective scraping with touches of gouache, over graphite on textured cream wove watercolour paper.
In the late 19th century, The Bahamas encouraged tourism. The Caribbean had previously been seen in the US as a disease-filled 'torrid zone'. Advertising aimed at wealthy North American visitors rebranded The Bahamas as a tripical paradise with a restorative climate. Intended for viewers back home, Homer's watercolour celebrates the verdant landscape. But it also suggests the exclusion of Black islanders from aspects of Bahamian society. The coral and limestone wall, traditionally used to enclose the gardens of Nassau's wealthy private residences, separates the child from the landscape beyond.
[National Gallery]
Taken in the Exhibition
Winslow Homer: Force of Nature
(September 2022 – January 2023)
[A]n overview of Winslow Homer (1836–1910), the great American Realist painter who confronted the leading issues facing the United States, and its relationship with both Europe and the Caribbean world, in the final decades of the 19th century.
Homer’s career spanned a turning point in North American history. He lived through the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery, so-called Reconstruction, and war with the last colonial European power in the Americas, Spain.
From his sketches of battle and camp life, to dazzling tropical views and darker restless seascapes, the works reflect Homer’s interest in the pressing issues of his time; conflict, race, and the relationship between humankind and the environment – issues still relevant for us today.
After the war, Homer’s subject became the lives of Americans in the wake of the war and abolition with a focus on the lives of formerly enslaved African Americans.
Homer travelled to France, England, the Bahamas, Cuba and Bermuda. In England, he painted scenes of heroism and resilience that he saw while staying in Cullercoats, a town on the North East coast. In the Caribbean, his paintings became more vivid as he painted the transparent turquoise waters and lush vegetation. His interest in conflict remained constant and he often explored the issue through painting the life and struggles of Black people.
With more than fifty paintings, covering over forty years of Homer’s career, 'Winslow Homer: Force of Nature' is part of a programme of exhibitions that introduce major American artists to a UK and European audience and follows on from our exhibitions about George Bellows and the Ashcan painters, Frederic Church and Thomas Cole.
[National Gallery]
Every year on 18 April, The humankind celebrates the “International Day for Monuments and Sites”, which was approved by the 22nd UNESCO General Conference in 1983.
The International Day aims to encourage visiting Monuments and Sites in local communities and individuals throughout the world to consider the importance of cultural heritage to their lives, identities, promoting awareness of how to protect and conserve the antiquities.
According to UNESCO World Heritage list, there are 981 monuments; Egypt in this list has 7 sites:
Abu Mena
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Historic Cairo
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
Saint Catherine Area
Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
The photos show Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur, precisely The Pyramid of Djoser (or Zoser), or step pyramid which is located in the Saqqara necropolis. It was built during the 27th century BC for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser. Zoser Pyramid is considered the first Egyptian pyramid consisted of six mastabas built atop one another in what were clearly revisions and developments of the original plan.
WE ALL CAME OUT OF AFRICA
Based on mitochondrial DNA testing results, the maternal lineages of all humans come from Lucy, from the Cradle of Humankind in South Africa.
Lucy dates back to 200, 000 years ago, this was the beginning of mankind and from there we spread all over the world.
Every year on 18 April, The humankind celebrates the “International Day for Monuments and Sites”, which was approved by the 22nd UNESCO General Conference in 1983.
The International Day aims to encourage visiting Monuments and Sites in local communities and individuals throughout the world to consider the importance of cultural heritage to their lives, identities, promoting awareness of how to protect and conserve the antiquities.
According to UNESCO World Heritage list, there are 981 monuments; Egypt in this list has 7 sites:
Abu Mena
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Historic Cairo
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
Saint Catherine Area
Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
The photos show Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur, precisely The Pyramid of Djoser (or Zoser), or step pyramid which is located in the Saqqara necropolis. It was built during the 27th century BC for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser. Zoser Pyramid is considered the first Egyptian pyramid consisted of six mastabas built atop one another in what were clearly revisions and developments of the original plan.
by Pinsoft Studios Web Design Company Statue at Cradle Of Humankind Restaurant
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life;
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Once blurred,
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Humanity grasps light,
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We scrape surface,
kiss air,
leave shadows to dust.
Craving incandescence,
we drift toward the sun.
When skies growl
and rain sears skin,
we shrink to soil;
recede in silence.
But like fresh October dawn,
we’ll taste light again.
Flame-pulse
forever flickers,
decaying earth
bleeds brilliant hues.
For every storm
that drowns the land,
we’ll yawp for faith,
bellow change,
roar for Hope.
Watercolour and graphite on off-white wove paper
This composition accentuates the towering height of the central palm tree. Storm clouds approach. Wind whirls around the tree, whose branches bend right. The red flag in the background - signalling a coming hurricane or squall - blows in the opposite direction, implying a complex weather event with contrary winds. Tropical storms and hurricanes are a devastating reality for Caribbean people from June to November every year.
[National Gallery]
Taken in the Exhibition
Winslow Homer: Force of Nature
(September 2022 – January 2023)
[A]n overview of Winslow Homer (1836–1910), the great American Realist painter who confronted the leading issues facing the United States, and its relationship with both Europe and the Caribbean world, in the final decades of the 19th century.
Homer’s career spanned a turning point in North American history. He lived through the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery, so-called Reconstruction, and war with the last colonial European power in the Americas, Spain.
From his sketches of battle and camp life, to dazzling tropical views and darker restless seascapes, the works reflect Homer’s interest in the pressing issues of his time; conflict, race, and the relationship between humankind and the environment – issues still relevant for us today.
After the war, Homer’s subject became the lives of Americans in the wake of the war and abolition with a focus on the lives of formerly enslaved African Americans.
Homer travelled to France, England, the Bahamas, Cuba and Bermuda. In England, he painted scenes of heroism and resilience that he saw while staying in Cullercoats, a town on the North East coast. In the Caribbean, his paintings became more vivid as he painted the transparent turquoise waters and lush vegetation. His interest in conflict remained constant and he often explored the issue through painting the life and struggles of Black people.
With more than fifty paintings, covering over forty years of Homer’s career, 'Winslow Homer: Force of Nature' is part of a programme of exhibitions that introduce major American artists to a UK and European audience and follows on from our exhibitions about George Bellows and the Ashcan painters, Frederic Church and Thomas Cole.
[National Gallery]
Last Day in S.A. - Cradle of Humankind in Maropeng, South Africa. Pictures from the Cradle of Humankind "Museum"
Plain tiger description
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusDanaus (1)
This beautifully bright butterfly has captivated humankind’s attention since it was first depicted in an Egyptian tomb 3,500 years ago, making it the first ever butterfly to be recorded in history. Its striking tawny-orange colouration serves as a warning to predators that this species is distasteful, which ultimately deters predators from attacking (3). Framing the startlingly orange hues is a bold black border interlaced with white specks. At first sight the sexes appear very similar, although upon closer inspection one can see the males are slightly smaller than the females. The males can also be distinguished by the presence of a black scent-producing pouch located in the lower-centre of the hind wing; on the underside of the wing it appears as a white-centred black patch. In addition, the males have a pair of brush-like organs hidden within the abdomen, which are used in reproduction (2).
Similar to the adult butterfly, the plain tiger caterpillar has extremely vivid colouration which also acts as a warning signal protecting it from bird attacks. As the caterpillar grows it attains ten horizontal black bands interspersed with paired yellow spots, as well as acquiring three pairs of long, black, tentacle-like appendages, which sometimes become a deep crimson at the base (4). The fully grown caterpillar then forms a pupa which can range from a green-brown colour in a normal environment to a pink colour if the surroundings are dry or unnatural. A horizontal band of miniscule black and golden specks decorate the abdominal segment of the pupa (5).
Also known as African monarch, Lesser wanderer.
Size
Wingspan: 6 – 8 cm (2)