Arts & Humanities - 8 December 2006

2006-12-08 17:24:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Genealogy

FYI, I'm an American. The first family from India I met had the surname "Gupta." Since then, I've met a lot of Guptas, several Chopras and quite a few Ganeshes.

I've read the Wikipedia entry for Indian names (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_name) so there's no need to cite it or explain to me how surnames are formed, used or not used.

What I'm wondering about is what that article doesn't explain: The prevalence (or lack) of surnames (last names) in India, which are most common, and [if possible] the meanings of the most common surnames, if appropriate.

Thanks in advance! I always pick a best answer, so this is a sure 10 points for the person with the best answer.

2006-12-08 17:24:15 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Genealogy

Read my books, 6 years from now...

2006-12-08 17:23:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anthony 4 in Books & Authors

What do you think the main switch of one's life ?

2006-12-08 17:22:40 · 9 answers · asked by jayakrishnaathmavidya 4 in Philosophy

2006-12-08 17:22:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

okay, i know about intensity, like orange with blue, yellow with purple, and so on, colors across from each other, but like take blue and orange for example, with red and yellow, you make orange, do you put blue to orange or blue to orange to make an intensity chart?

2006-12-08 17:21:28 · 5 answers · asked by lilbookworm7777 3 in Painting

During Polk's presidency and the 54'40 or Fight business, why exactly did the US want Oregon? Did it have a good fur trading industry? Was there some economic gain there? Was there some danger to national security if they didn't get it?

2006-12-08 17:10:03 · 7 answers · asked by Arwen 1 in History

2006-12-08 17:09:27 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

My teacher makes us read 7 books every nine weeks, it's hard, only 1.5 week left and I've read 2 books, is this fair?

2006-12-08 17:05:09 · 21 answers · asked by Meaganboomc 2 in Books & Authors

2006-12-08 16:57:25 · 5 answers · asked by Martha J 1 in Genealogy

Me and my friend are really good singers together and we want to record a cd, any ideas how we can get into the music industry?

2006-12-08 16:55:45 · 4 answers · asked by beesknees531 1 in Performing Arts

2006-12-08 16:54:36 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Photography

I sit…n I linger…linger for the day I'll rouse…not ever knowing…wanting to breath…wanting to live, feel, see….see what's in front of me. Not noticing what's further on of me….needing…wanting for more then what is absent….I obtain, bestow, distribute & speculate what will it convey? What will ensue…I know but with in the instant I seem to not care? I sense why? What's the motive? I conjecture we'll in no way truly know until it's the end….n all your thoughts n all of your dilemma will just fade away….forgot n mislaid… then what? What then we'll we be? What it may be…is what terrifies me….sometimes I think…do I want to identify it? Or would I rather live this wintry world of pit…This day n point…I do not know…but what I demonstrate is what I am….how I am…how I feel….I am valid….I don't know how to be anything else…but why is it that I don't feel well passable…why do I do the things I do….So various unreciprocated questions….I will remain n I will struggle….until the day comes…were I am gone….with what I necessitate…n what I am….till the day comes….I am…this….why….I disgust to marvel…That's just life….I regret so much….If I could go back I would…Each era I deliberate to myself…Alone…I try to envision how I would be today…if I had changed my imprudent conduct…then I open up my eyes…n see what is left…of this soul of mine….

2006-12-08 16:46:52 · 17 answers · asked by Savanna 2 in Philosophy

what does it mean?

2006-12-08 16:45:57 · 5 answers · asked by oleander 1 in History

my heart aches when i see you.
i eat my pickle but it does not help.
i spread my mayonnaise of love on your picture.
oh Jared of subway.
you make me feel like a pastrami on white bread.

2006-12-08 16:37:09 · 20 answers · asked by dedmunkeeboi 1 in Books & Authors

Not to insult believers or say that agnostics and atheists can't feel good about life.

But this is the general conclusion I've reached after much thought and debate on how people explain their existence. Faith usually boils down to people explaining life in a way that is appealing to them, thus making sense according to the pleasure principle. While atheists and agnostics usually seek to explain life scientifically, seeking explanations that can be proven or tested with solid methods and logic, thus making sense according the reality principle.

Simply put: For believers, feeling good makes sense. For, non-believers, making sense feels good. In my experience, that seems to be the main divide between these two ways of thought.

What do you think?

2006-12-08 16:33:37 · 13 answers · asked by Subconsciousless 7 in Philosophy

kindly inform me about the relationship between painting and theatre as it applied within Venice and Rome the cities themselves during the 16th century. i am looking for the GIST OF THE RELATIONSHIP. CRISP AND PRECISE ANSWERS ARE EXPECTED. kindly go in detail if possible witout storey telling.

2006-12-08 16:32:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Theater & Acting

2006-12-08 16:31:10 · 17 answers · asked by brick9274 1 in History

Does love conquer faith or the other way?

2006-12-08 16:29:25 · 6 answers · asked by celedonia o 1 in Philosophy

i was wondering if any body has read the sixth book of Harry potter. cuz if u have and u have this book, please go to page 485, or in other words when slughorn brought the mead to hargid's place after burieng aragog. read a few lines after " I have had it all tested for piosen" u will find that J.K. Rowling had put the name, Rupert, which is Ron's Charecter in the movies, instead of Ron. Please help me cuz i dont know if it is my book or all of them. PLEASE LOOK this is not a joke! please please please

2006-12-08 16:27:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

what is nothing that a person feels in there emotonal deelings, such as relationships, or lonlyness

2006-12-08 16:27:36 · 6 answers · asked by Myself 1 in Philosophy

Alive


Oh pitiful bird,
Whatever did happen to you?
Your feathers are unfair and jagged,
Your frame and limbs are void of life,
And your eyes are burdened with strife.
Whatever did happen to you,
Oh pitiful bird?

Did the others around you,
Surpass you in glamour and beauty?
Did they take flight and soar higher?
Did they adventure from place to place,
And did not faintly faint or tire?
Did their reaching wings embrace,
The adventurous winds with grace?
Did they hold steadfast,
With the strong blows they faced?
Were they of the same feathers,
But you were a different case?

Among loved ones,
In their presence,
Before their countenance,
Did you see the lack of your beauty,
As they had what you lacked in plenty?
And though they saw the lack you possessed,
They couldn’t help to meet such lack,
Because with beauty, they were blessed,
It wasn’t given nor did they buy such feature.
What did you do to be an unblessed creature?

Oh, how you loved your loved ones,
And enjoyed the time spent with each one.
But among them, your lack was evident.
Did the pain become overwhelming?
Did your voice crack nearing in tears?
Did your eyes manifest your heartbreak?
Did you try to stay, smile, and play a fake?
Did you fly away in your sorrow,
Hoping the pain would fade by tomorrow?
Did the increasing pain remain
Day after day?
Did your heart keep heavy,
And your tears made way?

But what mortal could you blame,
For your dwarfed and scanty frame?
In your somber and lonely circumstance,
There is no mortal in guilt.
No, not one is at fault.
Ill-favored, you were built,
And in your loathsome countenance,
You heart began to wilt.

For your runty wings couldn’t bear,
Your fawning sorrow and make fly.
Nor could you have lived without a care,
With such painful truth to deny.

You lay there upon the cold ground,
With your wings heavy and stiff,
Your beak is extinct of any sound,
It seems with you, death has had enough.

For you heart is desolate of any beat,
You chest is flat and barren of air,
Neglected, you lay in defeat,
And your eyes carry a lonely stare.

Your limbs are lifeless,
Your countenance has no hue,
And your body is as of wood.
Months, years, and people have past you,
They all came and just stood.

The months came, but turned to years.
They aged you, making a new day.
The people stood, shed a few tears,
And they also went their way.

Oh pitiful bird,
Did you take your own life?
Or, because of ones around you,
Did you lose you life?

2006-12-08 16:26:22 · 9 answers · asked by mbeskal 1 in Philosophy

A Lover Not Loved

Will I forever love, but never be loved?
Will I always desire, but never be thought of?

Will I forever cherish with my whole heart,
But never receive just one heart beat?

Will my passion forever burn,
But never find a beauty to quench it?

Will I always be at the footsteps of one’s door,
But never have one consider my existence?

Will I forever shed tears of desire, passion and sorrow,
But never see one’s desire last through a tomorrow?

Will my heart forever dwell on her beauty,
But never come near to her heart?

Will my lips embrace and sing her name,
But never hear her lips utter mine?

Will I always have sleepless nights,
But never have a minute of her time?

Will I forever find joy in her eyes,
But never see a smile to my heart?

Will I forever enjoy her presence,
But never be noticed by her eyes?

Will I forever be the romantic,
Who will never find romance?

Will I forever be the dreamer,
Who will never see a dream come true?

Will I forever be the ocean,
With no shore to speak to?

Will I forever be the optimistic,
Who will never find a sign of hope?

Will I forever be the lonely one,
Who will live with his tears and cope?

Will I forever be the voyager,
Who will wonder and never find a harbor?

Answer me just this one question, oh God,
Will I forever be a lover that will never be loved?

2006-12-08 16:25:26 · 4 answers · asked by mbeskal 1 in Philosophy

I sit…n I linger…linger for the day I'll rouse…not ever knowing…wanting to breath…wanting to live, feel, see….see what's in front of me. Not noticing what's further on of me….needing…wanting for more then what is absent….I obtain, bestow, distribute & speculate what will it convey? What will ensue…I know but with in the instant I seem to not care? I sense why? What's the motive? I conjecture we'll in no way truly know until it's the end….n all your thoughts n all of your dilemma will just fade away….forgot n mislaid… then what? What then we'll we be? What it may be…is what terrifies me….sometimes I think…do I want to identify it? Or would I rather live this wintry world of pit…This day n point…I do not know…but what I demonstrate is what I am….how I am…how I feel….I am valid….I don't know how to be anything else…but why is it that I don't feel well passable…why do I do the things I do….So various unreciprocated questions….I will remain n I will struggle….until the day comes…were I am gone….with what I necessitate…n what I am….till the day comes….I am…this….why….I disgust to marvel…That's just life….I regret so much….If I could go back I would…Each era I deliberate to myself…Alone…I try to envision how I would be today…if I had changed my imprudent conduct…then I open up my eyes…n see what is left…of this soul of mine….

2006-12-08 16:25:12 · 6 answers · asked by Savanna 2 in Philosophy

2006-12-08 16:23:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

Suggestions of fictional James Dean novels anybody ? I've never read any of them, are they any good ?

2006-12-08 16:20:36 · 1 answers · asked by Em 1 in Books & Authors

the nutcracker with macaulay culkin does that one have words.... i know there's one out there with words and i am trying to find it

2006-12-08 16:18:46 · 2 answers · asked by curlycurls087 2 in Dancing

Whenever I search something on Google, Yahoo or wherever I search I see all that I searched before. I don't want to see anything what I searched before. How do I close repeating search history? Please help me.

2006-12-08 16:17:40 · 4 answers · asked by Jeff 2 in History

2006-12-08 16:16:31 · 19 answers · asked by sembacker 1 in Philosophy

Does anyone else disregard the assumption/theorem/concept that everyone on Earth is either an Aristolian or a Platonist? If so, why or why not..? I can't be the only one who knows who these people are, what they stood for, and what their differences were.

2006-12-08 16:14:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy