...recent time it has been observed that land acquisition has become a limiting factor in India’s industrialization. Hence, it had become imperative that a new land acquisition act was ushered in in-order to streamline the land acquisition mechanism in the country in a manner that balances the interests of affected families with the need of the Infrastructure Industry. Land Acquisition Act, 1894 Ever since its enactment, the ”Land Acquisition Act, 1894” has been subject to controversies and fierce debate. Notwithstanding rounds of amendments, including the 1984 changes, it has failed to address some important issues associated with land acquisition particularly forcible acquisitions, definition of "public purpose" , widespread misuse the of "urgency clause", compensation, lack of transparency in the acquisition process, participation of communities whose land is being acquired and virtually no rehabilitation and resettlement package. Further weak implementation and ineffective administration at the ground level has increased the suffering and anguish of the people. Due to a lack of clear definition of "public purpose", there has been considerable difference of opinion among various judgments of the Supreme Court, finally resulting into granting very broad discretionary powers to the State in terms of deciding the contours of "public purpose" under particular circumstances. All these factors coupled with the urgent need to industrialize have put land acquisition at the heart of the...
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...How Much Land Does a Man Need In the short story, "How Much Land Does a Man Need" by Leo Tolstoy, Pahom is a peasant living on a small plot of land. When his wife brags that a peasant's life is safer than having money, because with money comes temptation, Pahom agrees, adding that he would not be "afraid of the devil himself" if he only had more land. He buys more land, but is unhappy for no matter how much more land he gets, he wants more. He becomes greedier and greedier until he loses control of his life and, in the end, loses everything. This story shows us that even if we have enough to get by; the prospect of becoming wealthier is so alluring it can cause us to risk all the good things we already have. At the start, Pahom is a content, hardworking man. Unfortunately, he makes the mistake of thinking that more land would make his life better. Pahom was thinking, "Our only trouble is that we haven't land enough. If I had plenty of land, I shouldn't fear the devil himself!” When an opportunity arises for Pahom to acquire more land, he jumps at the chance, convinced that more would make him happy. He paid off his debts and had plenty of fertile land to grow his crops and raise his cattle, but he was only satisfied for a short while. "Pahom was well-contented and everything would have been right if the neighboring peasants would only not have trespassed on his cornfields and meadows", so even when he had the extra land he wanted. His life was far from perfect. Disputes with...
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...Analysis of How Much Land Does a Man Need by Leo Tolstoy Anna Gregor, Yahoo! Contributor Network Dec 23, 2009 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here." * More: * Tolstoy * Leo Tolstoy * * tweet * Print FlagPost a comment AdChoices | | In the short story "How Much Land Does A Man Need" by Leo Tolstoy, Pahom is a peasant living on a small plot of land. When his wife brags that a peasant's life is safer than having money, because with money comes temptation, Pahom agrees, adding that he would not be "afraid of the devil himself" if he only had more land. He buys more land, but is unhappy, for no matter how much more land he gets, he wants more. He becomes greedier and greedier until he loses control of his life and, in the end, loses everything. This story shows us that even if we have enough to get by, the prospect of becoming wealthier is so alluring it can cause us to risk all the good things we already have. At the start, Pahom is a content, hardworking men. Unfortunately, he makes the mistake of thinking that more land would make his life better. Pahom says to himself "our only trouble is that we haven't land enough. If I had plenty of land, I shouldn't fear the devil himself"! When an opportunity arises for Pahom to acquire more land, he jumps at the chance, convinced that more would make him happy. He paid off his debts and had plenty of fertile land to grow his crops and raise his cattle, but he was only satisfied for a short...
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...Between 1500 and late 1800s colonial encounters occurred across the Americas when European powers arrived on foreign lands occupied by Indigenous people. The colonists attempting to control the lands and the Indigenous people who inhabited them both held complicated ideologies of morality and religion. Steve Inskeeps’ Jacksonland describes the treaties that undermined the Indigenous population formed through Andrew Jackson’s false sense of what was just and moral. In A Land So Strange Andres Resendez focuses on the colonist Cabeza de Vaca’s religious beliefs which led to a predetermined judgment of the Indigenous people and his duty as a colonist to free them through conversion to Catholicism even if they would lose their own freedom in the...
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...over the years have put their necks and careers on the line to be bold and valiant with their opinions on how the world should turn and be governed. But do these views and outlooks actually change anything? Do they create awareness? Are the artists sincere and genuine about their concern? Or are they just to boost their public status and reputation; a money making scheme to sell records and to reach the top of the charts? These are all the questions one can ask themselves about the sincerity of the musician. During the 20th and the 21st century there have been a lot of social and economic changes. People began to view the world in a different light; they began to see the workings of their planet and began to understand that it was their land as much as the next persons. Due to these ever changing visions and ideals, people began to protest and challenge changes, rules, laws and orders made by heads of state and government. The public lashed out in demonstrations and opposition parties. During these whirlwind spectacles of opposition towards war, sexism, racism and monarchic society the musicians and the singers set their and the public’s voice to music. The way in which audiences are encouraged to react in various politicised domains is often fuelled by sentiments conveyed in music. Negus (2009, 194) In this essay I will discuss how these protest and politically positioned songs supported the...
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...It was a dark and misty day in Virginia Thomas Jefferson did not think much was going to happen that day but little did he know, that was going to be the day he gained most of his wealth and power. It was the year 1767 Thomas Jefferson had yet to decide what he was going to do that day until he received the news that was going to astonish him for the rest of his life. Later that day a strange man had walked up to 21 year old Thomas Jefferson and delivered him the astonishing news, the strange man said in a deep and scrawny voice “ You, Thomas Jefferson, have just inherited 5,000 acres of land and 52 slaves from your father.” “ Are you serious? “ Thomas Jefferson said amazed, at the age he was at he didn't realize how much money he was just given so he did not think much of it, Thomas Jefferson stared at the strange man as he walked away and disappeared into the mist....
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...accomplishments and boon. To succumb passively will not help achieve goals. Second, the paper will discuss the inevitability that technologies will advance due to human desire and how the want for profit is slaked. Lastly, the paper will cover how the world adapts to changing lifestyles and learn to utilize daunting revelations. It is unavoidable that society will advance, as it has done in the past, and humans will adapt to the changing life as known for decades. The book, Stranger in a Strange Land, written by Robert A. Heinland, as well as many other resourceful documents and sources, will assist in proving these points. Every person always seems to want the latest technology. This truth has existed for centuries and will never change in the future. With the invention of shovels, people wanted them because it was easier than digging with their hands. When cell phones were invented, people sought this new form of communication-on-the-go. When, in the book Stranger in a Strange Land, Valentine Michael Smith finds ways to levitate objects and make things disappear while standing twenty feet away, it is not a surprise that people become interested. Future technologies will revolutionize life in the United States of America because of boldness to express one’s ideas, inevitability to change, and people’s ability to adapt to this change. “Originality,” said Anthony Storr, “implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms” (Thinkexist.com). Therefore, to be original...
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...Research and Background The Nacirema tribe and their strange behaviors were first documented by Horace Miner in “The Body Ritual Among the Nacirema” in 1956. Considerable effort has been extended to the study of this most unusual tribe in the years that followed and many print articles and lectures were devoted to trying to understand these people and their strange customs. Recently, many new research techniques combined with a host of motivated anthropologists and a fresh source of both corporate donations and governmental funds have uncovered new information about the Nacirema. Although there are hundreds or perhaps thousands of Nacirema rituals, ceremonies, and practices that merit intense study and analysis, the focus of this research paper is perhaps one of the most bizarre and poorly understood of all their rituals. This ritual has it’s roots in many different cultures dispersed across the world dating back hundreds of years. This most interesting ritual has been celebrated in a very concentrated region of Nacirema for hundreds of years located in a few costal cities north of the body of water “Gulf of the Land of Maize”. Although this ritual is celebrated to some degree in selected Nacirema cities of this region, the epicenter of this ritual and it’s many strange customs is the city that straddles the end of the big river Ojibwe. This city is “Crescent City”, aptly named for the villages of the city that followed the curvature of the big river Ojibwe. Once per...
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...The land was just the beginning of the earth. Once land was created, indians started to claim the land. They believed to have landed on a spiritual ground. The first thing that the indians built was the penny ball, and this ball had helped shape the land. The land turned out to be a valley flat as the ocean floor. The land was more rocky that what soil had and dirt had stood before the indians. The penny ball had marked the future of the civilization and what was yet to come. The penny ball had been put in the exact middle of the civilization, and was used to focus of the existence of the the tribe of indians; and be used to keep the indian culture striving for decades to come. The culture had changed in a way of life for generations and generations...
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...Like a heavy bird the plane slowly glides to the runway and turns. Not to miss a single second to feel vibration of airframe, wings and tension beneath them. Land begins to run turning into regular tracery, knitting together like grandmother’s knitted gloves and socks. The only question is how free you can let your daily routine behind you and be open to unknown. Nothing is more breathtaking than the moment when you get out of the train in a strange city, with a map in your hands and overhead the sun as a compass needle. Welcoming of tourist groups and organizations holds back the true first impression of the city. How many places will not been discovered - the festival or hidden waterfalls, by traveling together with the tourist groups from point A to point B, and left without the landscape behind the car window. The best way to travel is alone. Standing alone on the dusty platform, I fill my lungs with the smell of a strange city perfumes. My map is adjusted to the north. Once the first steps are taken in a strange land, it becomes yours. I will never forget the days-long train trip to Omsk (Russia), when I woke up in the morning in my tiny cabin and I know – few more days to travel, I am not leaving train today, have to keep myself busy with anything that is around me. I will never forget the old Indian woman in New Mexico at the Red Cliffs selling turquoise jewelry. I will never forget wandering through Paris when early in the morning after waking up, after six hours founding...
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...Case Assignment Strangers in strange lands Hypermarkets and Chinese consumer culture Misalignment Strangers in strange lands Hypermarkets and Chinese consumer culture Misalignment The article “Strangers in strange lands Hypermarkets and Chinese consumer culture Misalignment” written by Warden, Stanworth, Chen and Huang argues that western retailers have failed in the East Asian markets. For example; six international retailers quitted in Taiwan during the period of six years of the study conducted. Similarly, Wal-Mart gave up in Korea, Tesco and Carrefour as well. The international companies in a Chinese cultural setting are unable to understand the core values of that region. The author points out the fact that limited research is conducted to identify the variables that favors reductionist approaches. The distance between cultures deters managers from understanding the local markets where there are different values than the West. Therefore, lack of awareness is leading to poor strategic decisions. In this paper three contrasting market orientations with the help of ethnographic are discussed. The hypermarket retail stores are distributed globally even though the items vary according to the culture boundaries. For example, 70% of Muslims across the globe follow the ‘halal’ tag for fresh food. In Japan, the perishable commodities are purchased from small retailers however non-perishable commodities are purchased from big specialty retailers. The shopping retailers...
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...Case Assignment Strangers in strange lands Hypermarkets and Chinese consumer culture Misalignment Strangers in strange lands Hypermarkets and Chinese consumer culture Misalignment The article “Strangers in strange lands Hypermarkets and Chinese consumer culture Misalignment” written by Warden, Stanworth, Chen and Huang argues that western retailers have failed in the East Asian markets. For example; six international retailers quitted in Taiwan during the period of six years of the study conducted. Similarly, Wal-Mart gave up in Korea, Tesco and Carrefour as well. The international companies in a Chinese cultural setting are unable to understand the core values of that region. The author points out the fact that limited research is conducted to identify the variables that favors reductionist approaches. The distance between cultures deters managers from understanding the local markets where there are different values than the West. Therefore, lack of awareness is leading to poor strategic decisions. In this paper three contrasting market orientations with the help of ethnographic are discussed. The hypermarket retail stores are distributed globally even though the items vary according to the culture boundaries. For example, 70% of Muslims across the globe follow the ‘halal’ tag for fresh food. In Japan, the perishable commodities are purchased from small retailers however non-perishable commodities are purchased from big specialty retailers. The shopping retailers...
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...traced back to before the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The first Europeans who landed on our shores, found a strange and wondrous new land, inhabited by strange and wondrous people. The newcomers had all they could do to establish themselves and to protect themselves from those who did not wish to share their land. Thus, policing was the responsibility of all able-bodied men, and, of course, young boys as well. After "things" got fairly well settled the job of maintaining order in the new colonies was given to Justices of the Peace, and one might see "culprits" in pillories or stocks, paying their debt to society. But, as colonies changed into towns and towns into cities, the Justice of the Peace system was not enough. It became time for an organized, and paid, police force. In 1636 the city of Boston established Night Watch, which idea worked reasonably well as long as the area remained a rural and agrarian one. New York City established the Shout and Rattle Watch in 1651, but, by 1705 Philadelphia found it necessary to divide the city into ten patrol areas. In the almost 100 years between the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, the more than rapid growth of population and industrialization in America mandated the development of municipal police departments. In 1833, Philadelphia organized an independent, 24 hour a day, police force. In 1844, New York City had two police forces; daytime duty and the night watch. During this period, police departments were headed by...
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...Ecclesiastes really offers no conclusive way to escape this materialistic worldview, except to believe in God. So a reader, touched by this powerful description of a world perhaps familiar to them, is not guided to a right way of living besides that they should worship God. Which is unsatisfying as it really isn't satisfactory for many people who might be less than devout. A lot of this can be attributed to limitations of the strange way it is written. Koheleth may have found it difficult to make the character-author of Solomon come to a conclusion in a well-written way. Of course, there is a part added on by later scribes that says that you should just worship God4, but this is inadequate, as previously discussed. So while faith can be incredibly powerful and beautiful thing, Ecclesiastes isn't very good at telling the reader...
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...What strange tale I have read about a mariner and his gruesome journey! What power I have witness and what pain I have felt! I am still quite confused about this tale even though I have read the ‘ending’. For one where is the mariner’s family? I mean does his mother,father or even friends miss him? Is there anyone still looking for him? Someone must miss him! He’s been gone so long has his family forgotten about him? I feel as if the mariner’s sin has eaten him whole, and he, to us has become nothing more than a man who’s committed a crime and now paying for it. Though I have learned quite a lot about him through his struggles and sadness. This is such a contradiction but what I mean is I did not get to know him through any ‘normal’ circumstance...
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