Author Archives: Rashid Faridi

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About Rashid Faridi

I am Rashid Aziz Faridi ,Writer, Teacher and a Voracious Reader.

Indian Society:An Overview

India offers astounding variety in virtually every aspect of social life. Diversities of ethnic, linguistic, regional, economic, religious, class, and caste groups crosscut Indian society, which is also permeated with immense urban-rural differences and gender distinctions. Differences between north India … Continue reading

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The poor bore the costs of achieving demonetisation’s purported objectives: Was it worth it?

Originally posted on ramblinginthecity:
It has been a war of words since the release of the Reserve Bank of India’s annual report 2017-18, which stated that 99.3% of the demonetised currency was returned. While critics of the government’s note ban…

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PATAAL BHUBHANESHWAR: Mythology or Karst Topography?

Originally posted on AURORA:
It was a 456km journey from Delhi to Pataal Bhubaneshwar passing through flat wide roads to hilly narrow curvy roads. The journey became more thrilling with rain and decreasing temperature. Overcoming all the dangers we reached…

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Waves in Saturn’s rings give precise measurement of planet’s rotation rate

Originally posted on Tallbloke's Talkshop:
Saturn from the Cassini orbiter [image credit: NASA] This has been a tricky problem for years as explained below, and now appears to have been resolved. But whether that’s the end of the story…

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