Asha's house is situated in Peddar Road area of Mumbai. She has three children and five grandchildren. The eldest of her three children is Hemant Bhosle (named after Hemant Kumar), who initially dabbled in music direction but then quit to become a pilot. Asha's daughter Varsha, who is younger than Hemant, works as a columnist for The Times of India and Rediff. The youngest child is Anand Bhosle, who has studied business and film direction. He manages Asha's career. Her grandson, Chaitanya (Chintu) Bhosle (Hemant's son) also ventured in the w ...

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Asha Bhosle, Asha Bhosle - Brief biography, Asha Bhosle - Four hit films, Asha Bhosle - Partnership with music directors, Asha Bhosle - O P Nayyar, Asha Bhosle - Khayyam, Asha Bhosle - Ravi, Asha Bhosle - Sachin Dev Burman, Asha Bhosle - Rahul Dev Burman Pancham, Asha Bhosle - A R Rahman, Asha Bhosle - Other composers, Asha Bhosle - Non-Bollywood music, Asha Bhosle - Private albums, Asha Bhosle - Concerts and collaborations with foreign artists, Asha Bhosle - Awards, Asha Bhosle - Rivalry with Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle - Personal Life, Asha Bhosle - Footnotes and References

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Nature devas are responsible for things as fire, air, rain and trees - most of them assumed a minor role in the later religion. Certain other deities rose into prominence. These higher devas control much more intricate tasks governing the functioning of the cosmos and the evolution of creation. Mahadevas, such as Lord Ganesa, have such tremenduous tasks under their diligence that they are sometimes called themselves gods under the Supreme One God. The Hin ...

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Deva Hinduism, Deva Hinduism - Etymology, Deva Hinduism - Vedic religion, Deva Hinduism - Classical Hinduism

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From the time of its compilation, the text has been handed down in two versions: The Samhitapatha has all Sanskrit rules of sandhi applied and is the text used for recitation. The Padapatha has each word isolated in its pausa form and is used for memorization. The Padapatha is, as it were, a commentary to the Samhitapatha, but the two seem to be about co-eval. The original text as reconstructed on metrical grounds lies somewhere between the two, but closer to the Samhitapatha ("original" in the sense that it aims to recover the hymns in the form of their composition ...

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The city's growth has mostly been due to its heavy industries (both state owned and private) such as... HPCL – Oil Refinery (Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited) Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant (Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL)) Hindustan Zinc Limited Bharat Heavy Plate and Vessels Ltd (BHPV). Hindustan Shipyard Limited Coramandel Fertilizers Its traditional importance in ship building is confirmed by the fact that India's first shi ...

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A literature review [1] carried out in 2004 in the UK by a team from Newcastle University identified 71 different theories of learning style. The researchers, led by Prof. Frank Coffield (now at London's Institute of Education), selected 13 of the most influential models for closer study (including most of the models cited on this page). To ensure consistency they applied the same criteria to each: examining theoretical origins, definition of terms, the instrument itself, the claims made by the author(s), external studies of these claims and independent empirica ...

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Learning styles, Learning styles - Learning Styles Models, Learning styles - Visual Aural Kinesthetic VAK and VARK, Learning styles - VARK Assessments, Learning styles - Discussion of Other Models, Learning styles - Criticisms, Learning styles - Related topics

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Joe Sobek is credited with inventing racquetball, though not naming the sport. Sobeck, a tennis professional and handball player was looking for a fast paced sport that was easy to learn and play. He designed the first strung paddle, devised a set of rules based on those from squash and handball and named his game, "paddle rackets". In 1952, Sobek founded the National Paddle Rackets Association, codified the rules, and had rules booklets printed. The new game grew quickly through Sobek's continual promotion of the game but was also aided by the estimated 40,000 existing handball courts across the country in YMCA's and JCC's which ...

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Pancham was comfortable with all types of music. Be it the romantic Raat Kali from Buddha Mil Gaya(1971), the sexy cabaret Piya tu ab to aaja from Caravan (1971), the ultimate hippie anthem Dum Maro Dum from Hare Krishna Hare Rama (1972) or the classical Raina Beeti Jaaye, Pancham proved himself to be a genius. It is said that Dev Anand did not include the complete version of 'Dum Maro Dum' in Hare Rama Hare Krishna, as he was worried the song would overshadow the film. At times, he doubled up as a singer too. His most famous s ...

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Rahul Dev Burman, Rahul Dev Burman - Initial years, Rahul Dev Burman - Music Career, Rahul Dev Burman - 1950s, Rahul Dev Burman - 1960s, Rahul Dev Burman - 1970s, Rahul Dev Burman - 1980s, Rahul Dev Burman - 1990s, Rahul Dev Burman - 2000s, Rahul Dev Burman - Foreign collaborations and Private albums, Rahul Dev Burman - Personal life, Rahul Dev Burman - Music style, Rahul Dev Burman - Discography

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Ram's father, Hira Lal, was a nationalist by spirit and a teacher by profession. His mother, Chanda, died when Ram was very young. Ram was introduced to the Indian Independence Movement at an early age by his father through the various protest assemblies Hari Lal took his son to. Ram made his first contribution to the freedom struggle by organizing a small hartal on the death of Lokmanya Tilak. Hari Lal, an ardent follower of Mahatma Gandhi, took his son along on a meeting with the Mahatma. This meeting deeply influenced Lohia and sus ...

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Ram Manohar Lohia, Ram Manohar Lohia - Early Life, Ram Manohar Lohia - Freedom Fighter, Ram Manohar Lohia - Return to India, Ram Manohar Lohia - Quit India, Ram Manohar Lohia - Post Independence, Ram Manohar Lohia - Anecdotes

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Contemporary Hinduism traditionally has four major divisions, Saivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism, and Smarthism. According to Adherents.com there are 580,000,000 Vaishnavas, 220,000,000 Shaivites and 22,000,000 neo-Hindus and reform Hindus. Hinduism is a very rich and complex religion. Each of its four denominations shares rituals, beliefs, traditions and personal Gods with one another, but each sect has a different philosophy on how to achieve life's ultimate goal (moksa, liberation) and on their views of the Gods. E ...

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Lohia joined the Indian National Congress as soon as he returned to India. Lohia was attracted to socialism and helped lay the foundation of Congress Socialist Party, founded 1934, by writing many impressive articles on the feasibility of a socialist India. Lohia formed a new branch in the Indian National Congress - the All India Congress Committee (a foreign affairs department). Nehru appointed Lohia as the first secretary of the committee. During the two years that he served h ...

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From a Hindu perspective, Sanatana Dharma is composed of eternal principles and had no beginning and will have no end. There are two contemporary streams of thought regardings its origins: Current archeaological and literary evidence suggests that Hinduism was formed somewhere between 1500-1300 BCE. These dates are when the Rig Veda is believed to have begun to be written down, though it is accepted that there was a long oral tradition of the Vedas before that. Astronomical evidence gives an earlier date of a ...

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Joe Sobek is credited with inventing racquetball, though not naming the sport. Sobeck, a tennis professional, and handball player, was looking for a fast paced sport that was easy to learn and play. He designed the first strung paddle, devised a set of rules based on those from squash and handball and named his game, "paddle rackets". In 1952, Sobek founded the National Paddle Rackets Association, codified the rules, and had rules booklets printed. The new game grew quickly through Sobek's continual promotion of the game but was also aided by the estimated 40,000 existing handball courts across the country in YMCA's and JCC's which ...

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Racquetball, Racquetball - History, Racquetball - Rules, Racquetball - Shots of the Game, Racquetball - Service, Racquetball - Offensive shots, Racquetball - Defensive shots

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Apart from religious philosophy, mysticism and spiritualism and tales of superhuman heroes and events, Hindu mythology has a strong historical nature and character. It is perhaps the most extensive, although controversial and largely un-confirmable source for the history of ancient India and its peoples. For history according to the Hindu epics and scriptures, visit Hindu mythology. ...

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The city's growth has mostly been due to its heavy industries (both state owned and private) such as... HPCL – Oil Refinery (Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited) Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant (Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL)) Hindustan Zinc Limited Bharat Heavy Plate and Vessels Ltd (BHPV). Hindustan Shipyard Limited Coramandel Fertilizers Its traditional importance in ship building is confirmed by the fact that India's first shi ...

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Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam - History, Visakhapatnam - Ramayana and Mahabharata, Visakhapatnam - 500 BCE to 2000 AD, Visakhapatnam - The City/Town, Visakhapatnam - Colleges, Visakhapatnam - Economy, Visakhapatnam - IT/ITES Industry, Visakhapatnam - Events, Visakhapatnam - Timeline of Vizag's history, Visakhapatnam - Vizag pictures, Visakhapatnam - Websites About Visakhapatnam

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Main Article: History of Early Hinduism The base of Hinduism consisted not only of Vedic religion, but the religious systems of the Dravidian peoples, and the Indus Valley Civilization. History of Hinduism - Influences of the Indus Valley and Dravidian Peoples. ...

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Born in the Palakkad district of Kerala, India, he graduated from Victoria College in Palakkad and got his masters degree in English literature from Presidency College in Madras. As a child, he was largely home-schooled. Vijayan wrote his first short story, "Tell Father Gonsalves", in 1953. He went on to write five novels and translated some of his own work into English. His first and most famous novel, Khasakinte Ithihasam (The Legends of Khasak, 1969) tells the story of a teacher named Ravi dispatched to a newly created schoo ...

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O. V. Vijayan, O. V. Vijayan - Brief Biography, O. V. Vijayan - Novels, O. V. Vijayan - Khasakinte Itihasam The Legends of Khasak- 1969, O. V. Vijayan - Dharmapuranam The Saga of Dharmapuri- 1985, O. V. Vijayan - Gurusagaram Eternity of Grace- 1987, O. V. Vijayan - Madhuram Gayathi - 1990, O. V. Vijayan - Pravachakante Vazhi The Path of the Prophet- 1992, O. V. Vijayan - Thalamurakal Generations- 1997, O. V. Vijayan - Other Creations, O. V. Vijayan - Short Stories, O. V. Vijayan - Collection of Essays, O. V. Vijayan - Cartoons, O. V. Vijayan - Translations into English, O. V. Vijayan - Awards

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The origin of the Vedic civilization and its relation to the Indus Valley civilization and related cultures and an Indo-Aryan migration and the Gandhara Grave culture remains controversial and politically charged in Indian society; see the Aryan Invasion Theory for details. The Rigveda is primarily a collection of religious hymns, and allusions to, but not explanation of, various myths and stories, mainly in the younger books 1 and 10. The oldest hymns, probably in books 2–7, although some people hold book 9, the Soma Mandala, to be even m ...

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Vedic civilization, Vedic civilization - Overview, Vedic civilization - Rigvedic period, Vedic civilization - Political organization, Vedic civilization - Society and economy, Vedic civilization - Vedic Religion, Vedic civilization - The later Vedic period, Vedic civilization - Kingdoms, Vedic civilization - Society

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Early Hinduism is a term used to designate the religious development of India before the historical period. Two kinds of evidence are available: literary and archeological. History of Hinduism - Literature. Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad Gītā See also:

History of Hinduism, History of Hinduism - Origins, History of Hinduism - Analyzing the History, History of Hinduism - Literature, History of Hinduism - Archaeology, History of Hinduism - Hindu Mythology, History of Hinduism - Early Hinduism, History of Hinduism - Influences of the Indus Valley and Dravidian Peoples, History of Hinduism - Evolution of Hindu Philosophy, History of Hinduism - Socio-Religious Reform Movements, History of Hinduism - Hinduism and Jainism, History of Hinduism - Hinduism and the rise of Buddhism, History of Hinduism - Hinduism during the Golden Age in Bharat, History of Hinduism - Shankaracharya and the revival of Hinduism, History of Hinduism - Cultural expansion in South-East Asia, History of Hinduism - Hinduism in Medieval Ages, History of Hinduism - Islamic Invasion, History of Hinduism - Goa Inquisition, History of Hinduism - Bhakti Movement, History of Hinduism - The Reign of Shivaji, History of Hinduism - Modern Hinduism, History of Hinduism - Reform Movements, History of Hinduism - Converts

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According to Indian tradition, the Rig-Vedic hymns were collected by Paila under the guidance of Vyāsa, who formed the Rig-Veda Samhita as we know it. According to the Śatapatha Brāhmana, the number of syllables in the Rigveda is 432,000, equalling the number of m ...

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Generally speaking, the Indian perception of the Rig-Veda has moved away from the original ritualistic content to a more symbolic or mystical interpretation. For example, instances of animal sacrifice are not seen as literal slaughtering but as transcendental processes. The Rigvedic view is seen to consider the universe to be infinite in size, dividing knowledge into two categories: lower (related to objects, beset with paradoxes) and higher (related to the perceiving subject, free of paradoxes). Swami Dayananda, who started the Arya Samaj and Sri Aurobindo have emphasized ...

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Although the pantheistic system allowed only a subordinate rank to the old polytheistic gods, and the actual religious belief of the people was probably but little affected by their existence, they continued to occupy an important place in the affections of the poet, and were still represented as exercising considerable influence on the destinies of man. The most prominent of them were regarded as the appointed Loka palas, or guardians of the world; and as such they were made to preside over the four cardinal and (according to some a ...

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Hindu deities, Hindu deities - Trimurti, Hindu deities - Popular gods, Hindu deities - Denominations of Hinduism, Hindu deities - Polytheistic gods, Hindu deities - Smartism, Hindu deities - The Trinity, Hindu deities - Vedic Deities, Hindu deities - The 10 Avatars of Vishnu, Hindu deities - The 'Hidden' Avatar, Hindu deities - Relatives, Hindu deities - Mother goddesses

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The reconstruction of the history of Vedic India is based on text-internal evidence, and on matching information from the texts with archaeological evidence. Linguistically, the Vedic texts could be classified in five chronological strata: Rigvedic. The Rigveda is by far the most archaic of the Vedic texts preserved, and it retains many common Indo-Iranian elements, both in language and in content, that are not present in any other Vedic texts. Its creation must have taken place over several centuries, and apart from the ...

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