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  2. Hindi literature - Wikipedia

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    e. Hindi literature ( Hindi: हिन्दी साहित्य, hindī sāhitya) includes literature in the various Hindi languages which have different writing systems. Earliest forms of Hindi literature are attested in poetry of Apabhraṃśa like Awadhi, and Marwari languages. Hindi literature is composed in three broad styles ...

  3. Lotus position - Wikipedia

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    Lotus position. Lotus position or Padmasana ( Sanskrit: पद्मासन, romanized : padmāsana) [ 1] is a cross-legged sitting meditation pose from ancient India, in which each foot is placed on the opposite thigh. It is an ancient asana in yoga, predating hatha yoga, and is widely used for meditation in Hindu, Tantra, Jain, and Buddhist ...

  4. Mahadevi Varma - Wikipedia

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    Mahadevi Verma (26 March 1906 – 11 September 1987) was an Indian Hindi -language poet, essayist, sketch story writer and an eminent personality of Hindi literature. She is considered one of the four major pillars [ a] of the Chhayawadi era in Hindi literature. [ 1] She has been also addressed as the Modern Meera. [ 2]

  5. Non-Aligned Movement - Wikipedia

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    The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. It was founded with the view to advancing interests of developing countries in the context of Cold War confrontation. [5] After the United Nations, it is the largest grouping of states worldwide. [2] [6]

  6. Myopia - Wikipedia

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    Myopia. Myopia, also known as near-sightedness and short-sightedness, [ 5] is an eye disease [ 6][ 7][ 8] where light from distant objects focuses in front of, instead of on, the retina. [ 1][ 2][ 7] As a result, distant objects appear blurry while close objects appear normal. [ 1]

  7. Strabismus - Wikipedia

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    Frequency. ~2% (children) [ 3] Strabismus is a vision disorder in which the eyes do not properly align with each other when looking at an object. [ 2] The eye that is pointed at an object can alternate. [ 3] The condition may be present occasionally or constantly. [ 3] If present during a large part of childhood, it may result in amblyopia, or ...

  8. India and the Non-Aligned Movement - Wikipedia

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    India and the Non-Aligned Movement. For India, the concept of non-alignment began as a policy of non-participation in the military affairs of a bipolar world and in the context of colonialism aimed towards optimum involvement through multi-polar participation towards peace and security. It meant a country should be able to preserve a certain ...

  9. Latin - Wikipedia

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    It represented /w/ in Germanic languages, not Latin, which still uses V for the purpose. J was distinguished from the original I only during the late Middle Ages, as was the letter U from V. [74] Although some Latin dictionaries use J, it is rarely used for Latin text, as it was not used in classical times, but many other languages use it.