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As the novel opens, Huck is not thrilled with his new life of cleanliness, manners, church, and school. However, he keeps it out at the request of Tom Sawyer, who tells him that in order to take part in Tom’s new “robbers’ gang,” Huck must stay “respectable.” All is well and good until Huck’s drunken father, Pap, appears in town and demands Huck’s money. The local judge, Judge Thatcher, and the Widow try to get legal custody of Huck, but another new judge in town believes in the rights of Huck’s natural father and even takes the old drunk into his own home in an attempt to reform him. This effort fails and Pap soon returns to his old ways. He hangs around town for several months, harassing his son, who in the meantime has learned to read and to tolerate the Widow’s attempts to improve him. Finally when the Widow Douglas warns him to stay away from her house, Pap kidnaps Huck and holds him in a cabin across the river from St. Petersburg. Whenever Pap goes out, he locks Huck in the...

Novel begins and we find that Scout Finch lives with her brother, Jem, and their widowed father, Atticus , in the sleepy Alabama town of Maycomb . Maycomb is suffering through the Great Depression, but Atticus is a famous lawyer and the Finch family is well off in comparison to the rest of society. One summer, Jem and Scout become friend with a boy named Dill, who has come to live in their neighborhood for the summer, and the trio acts out stories together. Eventually, Dill becomes interested with the strange house on their street called the Radley Place. The house is owned by Mr. Nathan Radley, whose brother, Arthur (nicknamed Boo), has lived there for years without coming outside. Scout goes to school for the first time and dislikes it. She and Jem find gifts apparently left for them in a hole of a tree on the Radley property. Dill returns the following summer, and he, Scout, and Jem begin to act out the story of Boo Radley. Atticus puts them away, urging the children to try...

"Dover Beach" is a lyric poem by the English poet Matthew Arnold. It may have been composed in 1851. It is regarded as the most famous poem written by Matthew Arnold. The poet is in an extreme sorrow. He says that sea of faith was roaring once. It was full of storms. Rushing towards the shore but now the faith has gone and like the faith the waves are also retreating. The sorrow is quite evident in this poem. Full Text of the Poem: The sea is calm tonight.  The tide is full, the moon lies fair  Upon the straits; on the French coast the light  Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,  Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.  Come to the window, sweet is the night-air!  Only, from the long line of spray  Where the sea meets the moon-blanched land,  Listen! you hear the grating roar  Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,  At their return, up the high strand,  Begin, and c...

When Nader Shah defeated the Mughal army at the huge Battle of Karnal on 13 February 1739 . Nader captured Mohammad Shah and entered with him into Delhi. Nader ordered his soldiers to plunder and sack the city. 20,000 to 30,000 Indians were killed by the Persian troops, forcing Mohammad Shah to beg Nader for mercy. Nader Shah agreed to leave when Mohammad Shah handed him the keys of his royal treasury, and lost even the Peacock Throne to t he Persian emperor. Mohammad Shah hides Koh-i-Noor in his turban and when Nadir Shah was leaving, a woman had informed him that Muhammad Shah is hiding something in his turban. When Nadir ordered to remove Shah's Turban, a bright and huge diamond fell on the floor. Nader Shah abruptly uttered Koh-i-Noor or the Mountain of Light when he saw the diamond and that's how the name originated. Nader Shah took the diamond to Persia from Delhi.

Oh god, I beg of you, I touch your feet time and again, Next birth don’t give me a daughter, Give me hell instead…. Women have been the subject of deprivation, discrimination, intimidation and unjust treatment in society throughout history. They are considered persons whose duty is to act on the advice of males, serve them, please and take care of them: first father, then husband then son. They are given such an ideal role as to live at the mercy of the husband and die at his prey. The reason is that in the social fiber of many societies males are given a privileged position because they are bread winners, feed the family; women are the commodities at the disposal of males, whenever and however they want to use them. Thus they are in a subordinate position, do not respect and independent entity, have no control over their lives, and do not stand on their own, but constitute the amour proper of others. In India, welfare measures like empowerment of women, reservation i...