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[12] The Tarahumaras' use of huaraches , their traditional form of sandals, when running has been the subject of scientific studies [ 13 ] [ 14 ] and journalistic discourse. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] In his book, Born to Run , author Christopher McDougall argues in favor of the endurance running hypothesis and the barefoot running movement based on his ...
In December 2013, brother and sister Tanaya Thakur, a law student, and Aditya Thakur, a class XII student, filed a public interest litigation in Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench, to challenge Rao's Bharat Ratna. They asserted that "a scientist with proven cases of plagiarism shall not be presented the highest civilian award."
Tarahumara was previously considered to belong to the Taracahitic group of the Uto-Aztecan languages, but this grouping is no longer considered valid.It is now grouped in a Tarahumaran group along with its closest linguistic relative, the Guarijío language (Varihio, Huarijío), which is also spoken in the Sierra Madre Occidental.
Shardha Ram Phillauri (Punjabi pronunciation: [Śaradhā rāma philaurī] ; September 1837 [2] – 24 June 1881) was an Indian writer, poet and social reformer, known for his contributions to Hindi and Punjabi literature. He is best known for his Hindu religious hymn Om Jai Jagdish Hare and Bhagyawati, one of the first
It is noted within the British Archives as well as Giani Gian Singh's Panth Parkash that within 10 years Satguru Ram Singh baptized a large number of people with amrit. [12] Namdhari Sikhs were also referred to as Kukas, a name given by the public due to spiritually ecstatic behavior of the members of the sect at religious functions. [ 7 ]
Ram Mohan Roy was born in Radhanagar, Hooghly District, Bengal Presidency.His great-grandfather Krishnakanta Bandyopadhyay was a Rarhi Kulin (noble) Brahmin.Among Kulin Brahmins – descendants of the five families of Brahmins imported from Kannauj by Ballal Sen in the 12th century as per popular myth – those from the Rarhi district of West Bengal were notorious in the 19th century for ...
Ramvriksha Benipuri stands in a class apart as a playwright. [7] He wrote Ambapalai during his detention in the Hazaribagh Central Jail. [7] Later on he wrote a series of one-act plays and radio-dramas, more notable being: the Netra-dan, Tathagat, Sanghamitra, Singhal Vijay and Vijeta. [7] Benipuri had a forceful pen and was a prolific writer. [7]
Promoting the use of Hindi, the "ārya bhāṣā," [48] [49] as the medium of education [50] and as a mother tongue, [49] and influenced by colonial rationality and science, [46] the movement attracted newly educated sections of the colonial Hindu populace in particular, [51] finding it more relevant to the religiously competitive northwest. [46]