CHAPTER 11 : Part 2 – Shogun
CHAPTER 11 : Part 2 – Shogun “Yes. It’s our custom, Sire. To be paid and to have a share of all plun—of all trade and all enemy goods captured.” “So you’re a mercenary?” “I was hired…
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CHAPTER 11 : Part 1 – Shogun
CHAPTER 11 : Part 1 – Shogun Yoshi Naga, officer of the watch, was a mean-tempered, dangerous youth of seventeen. “Good morning, Sire. Welcome back.” “Thank you. Lord Toranaga’s expecting me.” “Yes.” Even if Hiro-matsu had not been…
CHAPTER 10 : Part 2 – Shogun
CHAPTER 10 : Part 2 – Shogun “Do you want to rest now?” “No, Ingeles. Talking’s better. Talking helps to take the pain away. Madonna, my head hurts! I can’t think clearly. Let’s talk until you go ashore.…
CHAPTER 10 : Part 1 – Shogun
CHAPTER 10 : Part 1 – Shogun Their journey from the bay to Osaka was uneventful. Rodrigues’ rutters were explicit and very accurate. During the first night Rodrigues regained consciousness. In the beginning he thought he was dead but the…
CHAPTER 9 : Part 2 – Shogun
CHAPTER 9 : Part 2 – Shogun You will be my vassal, Anjin-san! He went down the side of the cliff with great skill. When he was halfway down he slipped. His left hand held onto an outcrop. This…
Q. It is said that constitution of India provides for a balance between parliamentary sovereignty and judicial supremacy.
Q. It is said that constitution of India provides for a balance between parliamentary sovereignty and judicial supremacy. The issue of parliamentary sovereignty versus judicial supremacy has been a subject of heated scholarly debate over the last few years. It…
Q. Give an account of the composition and functions of the Finance Commission as mentioned in the Constitution of India.
Q. Give an account of the composition and functions of the Finance Commission as mentioned in the Constitution of India. The Finance commission is a constitutional body which is set up at an interval of every five years by the…
Q. Enumerate important privileges enjoyed by each House of Parliament collectively and its members individually and also discuss their significance.
Q. Enumerate important privileges enjoyed by each House of Parliament collectively and its members individually and also discuss their significance. Parliamentary privilege is the sum of certain rights and immunities enjoyed by each House collectively and by members of each…
Q. Discuss the key tension areas in centre state relations.
Q. Discuss the key tension areas in centre state relations. The Constitution of India provides a dual polity with a clear division of powers between the Union and the States, each being supreme within the sphere allotted to it. Though…
Q. What do you understand by basic structure doctrine? Highlight the elements which constitute the basic structure as decided in various judgments.
Q. What do you understand by basic structure doctrine? Highlight the elements which constitute the basic structure as decided in various judgments. The doctrine of the ‘basic structure’ (or ‘basic features’) of the Constitution rules that the constituent power of…
Q. What do you understand by the concept of “Rule of law” under Indian constitution? How is it different from that in the UK constitution?
Q. What do you understand by the concept of “Rule of law” under Indian constitution? How is it different from that in the UK constitution? The concept of “Rule of Law” is the building block on which the modern democratic…
Q. Individual parliamentarian’s role as the national law maker is on decline, which in turn, has adversely impacted the quality of debates and their outcomes.
Q. Individual parliamentarian’s role as the national law maker is on decline, which in turn, has adversely impacted the quality of debates and their outcomes. Democracy is based on the principle of representation. The role of an elected representative is…
CHAPTER 9 : Part 1 – Shogun
CHAPTER 9 : Part 1 – Shogun They were quickly on land. Blackthorne intended to lead but Yabu usurped that position and set a strong pace, which he was hard put to keep up with. The other six samurai were…
CHAPTER 8 : Part 3 – Shogun
CHAPTER 8 : Part 3 – Shogun “Hai, Anjin-san?” the mate asked. He was a middle-aged man with strong white teeth and a broad, weatherbeaten face. A livid bruise marked his cheek where the sea had battered him against…
CHAPTER 8 : Part 2 – Shogun
CHAPTER 8 : Part 2 – Shogun He opened the well-oiled lock and took out his private rutter to check some bearings for the nearest haven and his eyes saw the sealed packet the priest, Father Sebastio, had given…
CHAPTER 8 : Part 1 – Shogun
CHAPTER 8 : Part 1 – Shogun “What do you think, Ingeles?” “I think there’ll be a storm.” “When?” “Before sunset.” It was near noon and they were standing on the quarterdeck of the galley…
CHAPTER 7 : Part 5 – Shogun
CHAPTER 7 : Part 5 – Shogun “Iyé,” the samurai said, shaking his head. “Kasigi Yabu-sama!” “IYÉ?” Rodrigues said. “Kasigi Yabu-sama? I’m from Toda Hiro-matsu-sama, who’s a bigger king than your bugger and Toady-sama’s from Toranaga-sama, who’s the…
CHAPTER 7 : Part 4 – Shogun
CHAPTER 7 : Part 4 – Shogun “Forty-nine degrees fifty-six minutes North—and watch out for the reefs that bear sou’ by sou’west.” “You’re the pilot, by God!” Rodrigues shook Blackthorne’s hand warmly. “Come aboard. There’s food and brandy…
CHAPTER 7 : Part 3 – Shogun
CHAPTER 7 : Part 3 – Shogun What about the barbarians? Now they’re your only profit from the ship. How can you use them? Wait, didn’t Omi give you the answer? You could use their knowledge of the sea…
CHAPTER 7 : Part 2 – Shogun
CHAPTER 7 : Part 2 – Shogun What about the barbarians? Now they’re your only profit from the ship. How can you use them? Wait, didn’t Omi give you the answer? You could use their knowledge of the sea…