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“World War Profiles: WWII India”

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    Anaya Achrya Agarwal Time & Place: 1940- Bombay, India.  Birthdate: January 10, 1920 Profession: Nurse  Favorite food and activities: My favorite dishes are Butter Chicken and Pakora. I really love reading, although not too many people do.  Family: I have a big family of 8 people. My two sisters, my three brothers, my parents and I. My regular daily life before War: In my country, India, for the past years has been starting this movement against British rule, so I couldn't say it is completely peacefully nor conflictual. My normal day consists in going to the hospital and help doctors to attend people with health problems.  Personal reason for enlisting in the World War conflict once it starts:  At the beginning I didn't want to get involved in the conflict, but then I realize that thanks to the War it might be that the economy/ industrialization increase in India and that in a future my family and I could be benefited by that.  ...

“Pre-Revolutionary Profiles: your assigned Nationality and Class”

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NAME: Dorotea Montalbán López BIRTHDATE: 13/02/1895 CLASS: Working class PROFESSION: I work in the textile industry. PROFILE PICTURE: MY DAILY LIFE: My day a day is not that amazing. I work almost all week exhausting hours in making clothes for people and the money I earn isn't proportional to the work I do. I think my life could be better. POLITICAL CONTEXT: The context in which I live is authoritarian. I don't agree on it because people like us aren't taken into account. We are also treated not in a proper way, we work a lot and we aren't paid that much. ECONOMIC CONTEXT: As I can see, Mexico is developing, talking about implementing railroads, etc. Unfortunately that works better for the minority rather than us. Obviously I don't agree with this system because it doesn't benefit me as much as it does for people from a higher social class. SOCIAL CONTEXT: The social context in which I live protects individual rights for the minority of the people. I r...