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About Rashid Faridi

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

Earth on Almost Every Map Projection

Posted on September 24, 2016 by Rashid Faridi

Map Room published an image showing earth on different map projections. Source: Map Room

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Measures of Central Tendency :An Overview

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Rashid Faridi

A measure of central tendency is a single representative value that attempts to describe a set of data by identifying the central position within that set of data. As such, measures of central tendency are sometimes called measures of central … Continue reading →

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Heavy Rain in Aligarh :Dhoop Mein Niklo Ghataon Mein Nahakar Dekho…..

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Rashid Faridi

  and I remember some some lines by Nida Fazli…….. Dhoop mein niklo ghataon mein nahakar dekho Zindagi kya hai kitaabon ko hatakar dekho Sirf aankhon se hi duniya nahin dekhi jati Dil ki dhadkan ko bhi binaai bana ke … Continue reading →

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Going back in time to Toronto Island of the 1800s at Long Point

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Rashid Faridi

Originally posted on the urban geographer:
This post originally appeared on Spacing Toronto Plan of York Surveyed and Drawn by Lieut. Phillpotts, Royal Engineers. Map courtesy Library and Archives Canada and accessed from http://oldtorontomaps.blogspot.ca/ While gazing over old maps of…

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