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A) Sometimes people form a group because they are citizens of one country, e.g. Indians or Americans.

B) Sometimes they form a group because of their common culture, way of life and language, e.g. the Aborigines and the Bedouins.

*Such groups are often called ethnic groups. Ethnic groups need not all being to one country.

  • Tatars- these Turkic-speaking people were once nomads who traveled across the Asian and Russian steppes with their families and herds of cattle and sheep. Most of them are now Muslims. They inhabit parts of many countries like Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, China and Kazakhstan.
  • San- these people were, and many of them still are, nomadic hunter-gatherers of the Kalahari Desert in Africa. They are generally short, possess only what they can carry and use poisoned arrows to hunt. They have a rich folklore, language and art.
  • Gonds – these people form an ethnic group in central India. They are mostly Hindu. They had a small but powerful kingdom in Madhya Pradesh in the 18th century. Their livelihood is dependent of farming, hunting and fishing.
  • Bedouins – these are nomads belonging to the deserts of the Middle East. They are devout Muslims. Camel and sheep breeding is their main livelihood. These people are divided into different tribes with a sheikh at the head.
  • Sami- these peoples have inhabited the Scandinavian region for thousands of years. Traditionally they have lived by fishing, hunting, boat buildings and reindeer herding. Most of them now live in Norway, but many also live in Sweden, Finland and Russia.
  • Aborigines- these people are the original inhabitants of Australia. Their traditional way of life was hunting and food gathering. They supposed to have come here about 40,000 years ago from Asia.
  • Inuits – the name of these people means `the people who are alive at this time’. They are often called `Eskimos’, a name which they think is insulting. They are supposed to have come to North America from Asia thousands of years ago. They came over the Bering Land Bridge, which is now covered by the sea. The harsh cold does not allow agriculture, so they traditionally depending n hunting.
  • Gypsies – these nomadic people are supposed to have traveled from north- west India to many countries of the world. They have been persecuted on many occasions. They usually travel in caravans and make a living by doing different things like metal working of horse dealing. They are famous for their music and dance, and the women for fortune telling.

 

 

Fort Rajwada
The imperial attire that envelops Jaisalmer is Fort Rajwada. Jaisalmer is known to be the golden city flowing with a culture rich in heritage and panache. Rajwada fort is recherché, throwing a glow on the sandstone that is mirror to the Golden Sonar fort. The carvings on the fine stone are a paradigm of the tradition of Jaisalmer and are the source for the noticed glory and fete. Staved in the history of Marwad, it is a piece of splendid work on stone set in such a way that the dying art is forever glorified. It is contemporary as well as a figure from history. Built with the support of Shri Jitendra Singh Rathore and Shri Dileep Singh Rathore it conceals a land of 6 acres. The well endowed and magnificent miscellany is designed by Ms. Stephanie Engeln.
Accommodation
The refined and tasteful appearance of fort Rajwada is evident through 87 rooms furnished to make the visit a red-letter, ever unforgettable. The rooms are centrally air-conditioned with imperial Jharokhas(window) that take you back to the days of imperial smell. The rooms are spacious with attached bathroom, a satellite television and hot and cold water running for 24 hours. It makes you feel at home and also provides a telephone service. There are royal four suites that have been designed to bring alive every spirit that existed in the era of the fort’s existence.
Cuisine
The fort provides a multi-cuisine restaurant “Roopal”, which mostly serves Rajasthani, other Indian and European delicacies to make it comfortable for International tourists. The services are available for 24 hours.
Amenities and services
The dinning hall “Sonal” in the fort offers a splendid experience with a seating capacity of 135. The hotel also provides a bar “Paatu”, symbolic of the imperial taste and contemporary ambiance. Dinning in the fort provides an experience of a life time with the comfort of Rajasthani folk music flowing in the air.  There is a swimming pool exclusively for the use of guests that cater a rare experience of a traditional royal bath. The hotel also provides an ayurvedic massage center with masseurs hailing from Kerala providing various traditional ayurvedic massages and treatments. The hotel accepts major credit cards providing security of not losing any cash. Also in the list of services to the guests is a Billiards room, book shop, parking space, safety lockers, doctor on call facility, dry-cleaning service, gymnasium, spa et cetera.
Accessibility
The luxury heritage hotel is about 2 kilometers away from the Jaisalmer railway station and 6 kilometers away from the Jaisalmer airport.
Address
1, Hotel Complex, Jodhpur-Barmer , link road , rajasthan, India -345001
Narayan Niwas Palace
The Narayan Niwas Palace is originally an early 19th century palace which was painstakingly renovated and converted into a heritage hotel in 1982. The palace, built mostly of yellow sandstone, stands looming over the city with a breathtaking and picturesque view of the grand and majestic Jaisalmer Fort. The intricate wall carvings and the royal ambience of the palace are almost incomparable. The Narayan Niwas Palace offers an extremely luxurious stay with an age old flavor of hospitality. It also provides all the technological and infrastructural support to the business traveler. The hospitality communicated across to the guests is in traditional Rajput style giving them a royal experience that is unforgettable. It is history renovating itself to keep with the modern society and culture.
Accommodation
The palace boasts of 43 air-conditioned fully furnished and luxurious individual rooms, which are divided into the standard room, Executive rooms and elaborate suites, each lavishly equipped with all comforts. Each room of the hotel is beautifully decorated with traditional Rajasthani colors and rich fabrics.
Cuisine
Gokhra, the multi cuisine restaurant, is a food connoisseur’s paradise. It offers culinary delights from all corners of the world, namely, Continental, Oriental, European et al, while mainly focusing on the traditional spicy Rajasthani cuisine as well. The hotel also features a rooftop restaurant, Mirage, which has a splendid view of the grand Jaisalmer Palace. This restaurant also offers a wide selection of delicacies from all over the world.
Pagra, the ornate bar of Narayan Niwas Palace serves the best of spirits and cocktails. from all over the world for the guests
Amenities and services
The hotel ensures high levels of comfort inside the rooms with services like attached luxurious bathrooms, running hot and cold water round the clock, television and telephone, study desks, branded toiletries. Other recreational facilities provided by the hotel include an outdoor swimming pool, massage parlour, shopping arcade and a health club. Money changing service and a travel desk service is also available for tourists. Baby sitting service and a locker facility is also provided keeping in mind the security of the guests.
Accessibility
The hotel is located in the heart of the city, within easy reach of all the important landmarks of Jaisalmer city. The nearest airport is the Jodhpur Airport, 258 kilometres from Jaisalmer, accessible by all major rail and road routes
Address
Narayan Niwas Palace, Opp. Jain Bhawan, Malka Prol, Jaisalmer-345001 India
Hotel Himmatgarh palace
The Rajasthan tourism promises a wide platform of hotels and palaces to choose from, including the much beauteous Himmatgarh palace located in the golden city of Jaisalmer. Standing magnificent and mirror to the Jaisalmer fort, it offers the travelers the perfect imagery right at the door step. Made with the same yellow sandstone used to make the Jaisalmer fort, the hotel provides the perfect ambience to match the mood of the travelers. The hotel is furnished with fine architecture of contemporary relevance. It caters to the needs and expectations of every visitor irrespective of whether the visitor is a business traveler or a tourist. It exhibits the Rajasthani culture through display of folk dances and music. A camel safari to the shifting golden sand of Jaisalmer is just another count in the list of activities organized by the hotel for the guests to make the trip adventurous and resourceful.
Accommodation
The hotel provides 40 rooms for the guests with all the modern facilities that are convenient and satiable. The rooms are air-conditioned with traditional furnishings. To ensure that the needs of the guests are looked after with effectiveness, the hotel provides round-the-clock room service.
Cuisine
The hotel proffers a varied taste in its coffers. Both delectable continental and spicy Rajasthani cuisine are available for all kinds of taste buds. It makes sure that the palatable needs of national as well as international tourists are met with, efficiently.
Amenities and services
The Himmatgarh hotel provides an atmosphere of comfort and repose by providing world class facilities like satellite television, telephone, banquet and conference facilities, swimming pool. The comfort needs of the guests are met by refrigerators in tower rooms, shopping arcade, doctor on call service, laundry service, hot and cold water for 24 hours, courier service, parking facility, restaurant, lounge, et cetera. These services are enveloped using modern resources and technology to make the guests feel at home. The hotel also provides service to especially the foreign travelers to have their currency exchanged for Indian rupee.
Accessibility
The hotel is located at a distance of 3 kilometers from the Jaisalmer airport and 3 kilometers from the Jaisalmer railway station.
Address
Ramgarh Road, Jaisalmer -345001, Rajasthan, India.
Hotel Rawalkot
One of the most luxurious hotels of Rajasthan, hotel Rawalkot promises an unforgettable and festal stay. Located atop a hill, the hotel provides a picturesque view of the entire city of sand dunes. Under the aegis of Taj group of hotels, it pledges to provide excellent services in hospitality and management. Furnished with modern facilities, it provides a spacious and comfortable lodging. Traditional décor circumscribes the saga of Rawalkot providing a hone experience to the guests. The design of the hotel is inspired by different local colors and other materials including fabrics. Situated amidst the Jain temples and streets paved with cobblestones, the hotel is famous for carved havelis and its beautiful avenue. The hotel Rawal kot is a perfect blend of Indian heritage and international hospitality standards.
Accommodation
The hotel in Jaisalmer offers 31 rooms that are air-conditioned and furnished with modern facilities. The hotel ensures a very comfortable and epicurean stay at Rawalkot. With 24 hour room service, it certainly does make the stay comfortable.
Cuisine
The hotel also provides an in-house restaurant that specializes in Chinese, continental, Rajasthani and other Indian cuisines that leave the taste buds tingling.
Amenities and services
The hotel doesn’t stop providing services with just the 24 hour room service facility but also adding to the list are the activities organized by the hotel like camel safari. To help the guests familiarize with the vibrant culture of Rajasthan the hotel also organizes folk dance and music shows for the guests. If requested, the hotel can also set up tents of sand dunes.  Other facilities include doctor on call service, Baby sitting service, lockers, laundry service, cab on call service, travel assistance et cetera.
Accessibility
The hotel is locate at a distance of 6 kilometers from the Jaisalmer airport and 2 kilometers from the Jaisalmer railway station.
Address
Jodhpur Jaisalmer Road, Jaisalmer - 345 001

Gorbandth palace hotel
One of the best heritage hotels of Jaisalmer is the Gorbandth palace hotel in Jaisalmer. Located in the city of camels, palaces and sand dunes, the hotel plies the best imagery especially for photographers and those inspired by the awe of nature. Located on the edge of the Thar Desert, the hotel is just 2 kilometers away from the city center. Built of sandstone the hotel is finely decorated with traditional designs. The name “Gorbandth” itself clings to the traditional culture of Rajasthan, which signifies the harness that the Rajasthani folk women use o decorate the camels that belong to their husband. The abundance of green shadows and blue water of the swimming pool helps keep the environment lose its heat and comfortable for the tourists.
Accommodation
The hotel caters to the needs of the tourists by offering 67 rooms including 3 suites with air conditioners and water running 24 hours. The Deluxe suite proffers a private balcony overtopping the swimming pool, beautiful garden, the Jaisalmer fort and a bar that has been licensed for selling Indian and foreign liquor. The deluxe rooms are spacious and centrally air-conditioned with direct dialing facility.
Amenities and services
The hotel provides a restaurant; “sarovar” along with other facilities like 24 hour room service to the people includes a private balcony, telephone, satellite television, mini-bar, tea or coffee making facility, swimming pool, travel assistance, laundry service, conference rooms et cetera. The guests from all across the globe have the benefit of exchanging their currency for Indian rupees through the Money exchanger service.
Cuisine
The hotel provides three restaurants namely rasoda, bagicha and sarovar. These restaurants serve continental, Chinese and Rajasthani cuisine. The variety in the cuisine makes it possible for anyone to discover the beauty in the dunes with ease.
Accessibility
The hotel is 45 kilometers from the khuri village. The three star hotel is 2 kilometers from the airport and 4 kilometers from the Jaisalmer railway station. It is located on the Sam road, Jaisalmer.
Address
No. 1, Tourist Complex, Sam Road, Jaisalmer - 345001, Rajasthan, India
Hotel Dhola Maru
Named after two lovers, the Dhola Maru hotel is known for the traditional hospitality services it offers and contemporary facilities. The hotel is designed to keep with the changing times. The mural designs are imperial and of the traditional Rajasthani fashion yet they do not compromise on the comforts of modern era. Located in one of the most beautiful cities of sandstone forts and exquisite building style, the hotel is efficient in providing a good reason for tourists to approach its services.
Accommodation
The lodging provided in the hotel is comfortable and appealing to international standards. There are about 42 rooms luxurious in style and comfortable in aura. The rooms are designed traditionally with Rajasthani embellishments. The rooms are provided with a direct dial telephone facility, hot and cold water that runs 24 hours a day, satellite television, 24 hour room service for any help that the tourists might require. These facilities help ensure the safety and comfort of the tourists and help provide value for their money.
Cuisine
Hotel Dhola Maru proffers a splendid meal to its guests and serves continental, Chinese and Indian culinary art. The process of preparing food is considered as valuable as art, therefore providing the best of the art to the tourists to have their tongue tingling.
Amenities and facilities
The hotel provides various business and recreation facilities like providing spacious conferencing halls, delicious banquets, swimming pool, laundry service, parking service, doctor on call service et cetera. It also provides safe deposit and security services that help the guests keep their money and valuables safely by depositing it with the hotel. Foreign tourists can have their currency exchanged for Indian rupees in the hotel. The hotel often organizes special programs for its guests like camel safaris in the breathtaking desert landscape of Rajasthan and colorful and vibrant folk dance and music performances. The tourists are often taken for sightseeing tours as well.
Accessibility
The dhola maru hotel is 4 kilometers from the jaisalmer airport and 1 kilometer from the jaisalmer railway station.
Address
49, Jethwai road, Jaisalmer-345001, Rajasthan, India.
HERITAGE INN JAISALMER
The three star hotel in Jaisalmer known to people as the Heritage Inn, is located in Jaisalmer. The hotel promises to offer luxury services and comfort to the guests by providing hospitality services in Rajput style. A property of the carnival group of hotels it is located on the main road leading to Sam & Amarsagara. It provides a bar as well as a multi-cuisine restaurant to help the guests feel at home.
Accommodation
The hotel offers 55 rooms luxuriously designed with traditional designs outfitted with contemporary facilities. The hotel is a much preferred destination for lodging for the tourists in Jaisalmer. The rooms are air conditioned and provided with other facilities that keep with the comfort and needs of the guests.
Cuisine
The hotel provides the guests with a restaurant that serves continental, Chinese and other Indian delights. Flavors of Rajasthan can also be enjoyed in the restaurant along with a wide range of cocktails and wines from the bar.
Amenities and services
The hotel provides rooms with attached bathrooms that have provides hot and cold water running for 24 hours a day. Other facilities include direct dialing facility, satellite television, and 24 hours room service to attend to the needs of the guests at any time during their stay. The hotel provides business facilities like spacious conferencing halls and banquets to make it easier for business travelers to organize meetings or conferences. The conference hall in the hotel can accommodate up to 120 people.
The hotel also offers various recreation facilities like a swimming pool, facility to play billiards i.e. a pool table, shopping arcade et cetera. To evoke a sense of belonging to the local culture, the hotel organizes folk dance and music programs. The tourists are also taken for camel safari in the sands of Jaisalmer and sightseeing to help them discover the beauty beneath the golden sand. Other facilities include laundry service, parking service, doctor on call service et cetera. The guests can also, at their comfort, get their currency exchanged for Indian rupees.
Accessibility
The hotel is located at a distance of 2 kilometers away from the Jaisalmer airport and 3.5 kilometers from the Jaisalmer railway station.
Address
4, Hotel Complex Sam Road, Post Box 43, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan - 345001 - India

Birth and death between times is called life.

When he came out on land from his mother stomach from that minute is start his life with sad or happy. That life is end on his died.

Life offers many opportunities to us to succeed and see if closely. But action is required for it. Goethe, a German philosopher rightly remarked that `life is action, not contemplation’. Even Charles Darwin proved that life is a continuous struggle for the `survival of the fittest’. One who is not suitable perishes-this is the nature’s law. Action is necessary to adjust ourselves in any possible circumstance dreams are the necessary propellers but life it self is not merely dreams or a reverie. Sitting on chair, brooding, man would never have been able to reach the moon. But man thought, imagined and strove. Consequently we reached the hitherto unknown heights. Thus a life of thought and reflection will be futile if man does not try to make it come true in real life. That does not mean contemplation is futile and vain. No. in fact all great ideals and philosophies are the out come of great men’s contemplation. But these philosophies and ideals would easily have been forgotten, had they not been applied to real life. Who could remember Marx if Lenin had not motivate people to follow communism? Rousseau’s name would certainly have been rubbed out of our memory, had France not accepted socialist democracy. Lives of various great men and eve religious leaders endorse the view that action is not only natural instinct; it’s also the essence of life.

*The control of the senses is the first and foremost discipline for progress in spiritual life. Wise people turn their sense inward and realize the immoral self. Our sense –organs drag us towards the external world of pleasure, like uncontrolled horses.

Religion provides millions of people of the world a meaning and direction to their personal and social lives. It also gives them a sacred sense, something that cannot be violated for personal gains. However when vales like justices, equality human freedom are taken out of the religion, it is reduced to a bundle of lifeless rituals and lend itself to exploitation. In fact religion has often been used to legitimate exploitation. This is the reason why Karl Marx, the famous philosopher said, ``religion is an opium for the masses’’.

History reveals that emperors and churches in European countries; kings and `purohits’ in India had exploited the poor for their own interest. In modern times the partition of India, Arab-Israel war and Iran Iraq war can be cited as an example of the negative and cruel played by religion.

But the original spiritual mental experience at the core of any religion is liberating in nature. The essence of all religions is one and the same. It can be summarized in one line-selfness love and service to humanity is real religion. Religion transcends all narrow barriers and exalts human spirit. It inspires the human soul to struggle against all that causes physical, mental or economic bondage.

It is really a great misfortune of human race that even in modern scientific age people are killing each other on grounds of different religions. This type of religious fundamentalism must end. When all the people of the world will be able to realize the real meanings of the religion, that is selfless love and service to others and needy, then only true freedom and happiness will descend on this earth.

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  • It is our duty to be kind to all creatures. It is the greatest religion.
  • Religion gives up peace. Patience is a virtue. It curbs anger.
  • All saints are kind and merciful. They are not revengeful.
  • One should keep one’s mind under control. Self-control is essential for following the path of religion.

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Hinduism is the name given to the collection of various intertwined philosophies and customs which have flowered in the Indian Subcontinent and have undergone refinement over the ages.

“Hindu religion does not consist in struggles and attempts to believe a certain doctrine or dogma, but in realizing not in believing, but in being and becoming. The secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.” observes Swami Vivekananda.

 

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It is often said that it is not even a religion. In a sense it is true. Hinduism is no religion; it is Dharma. Religion is a particular system of faith, with a "Holy Book", a predominantly male God, a Prophet, privileged People and divided Humanity. Hinduism has no such structure and Dharma no such definition. Some say it is a way of life. Though not wrong but this is not its complete definition, as there cannot be any, because definitions confine and limit, while dharma cannot be confined. Religion and dharma are mutually untranslatable terms

Hinduism accepts various ways and paths to self-realization, as it isn’t exclusivist. However, this does not mean that it accepts every wrong way also

For maintaining its plurality, it has to exclude the exclusivism of Organized Religion and distance itself from these adharmic traditions.

 

 

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