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I am the bosssss

Monday, 27 February 2017



The story follows Michelle Darnell, a titan of industry who is sent to prison for insider trading, denounced by her former lover, Renault, who still holds a heavy grudge towards her for their breakup, after getting promotion a few years ago. After doing her time, Michelle emerges, ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart, but not everyone she steamrolled is so quick to forgive and forget. With nowhere to go and no one to scam, Michelle is forced to move in with former assistant Claire and her young daughter, Rachel. Now at her lowest point, Michelle wastes no time in devising a winner-take-all plan to rebuild her empire.
The Boss grossed $63.1 million in the United States and Canada, plus $15.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $78.6 million against a budget of $29 million.[3]
In the United States and Canada, pre-release tracking suggested the film would gross $20–24 million from 3,480 theaters in its opening weekend, besting fellow newcomers Hardcore Henry ($7–10 million projection) and Demolition ($2–3 million projection).[13] The film grossed $985,000 from its early Thursday screenings and $8.1 million on its first day. It went on to gross $23.6 million in its opening weekend, finishing first at the box office.[14]

Harppan Civilization

Wednesday, 10 December 2014



      Around 40,000 BC, the first people seem to have reached India, they were essentially hunters and gatherers. But by around 4000 BC, these people had begun farming and by 2500 BC settled in the Indus river valley.
Extent of Indus Valley Civilisation
  • Also named Harappan Civilisation, after the name of Harappa, the first site where unique urbanisation culture was discovered
  • Dated between 2600 BC to 1900 BC
  • Early Harappa, Mature Harappa, and Late Harappa
  • Major sites: Harappa, Mohenjodaro, Rupar, Lothal, Dholavira, Banawali, Kalibangan etc.
  • An extent of culture covers Afghanistan, Sind, Baluchistan, Jammu, Punjab, Northern Rajasthan, and Gujarat.

CHARACTERISTICS:


TOWN PLANNING
  • Divided into two sections Smaller but Higher Citadel and Larger Residential area
  • In Citadel, the Great Bath, Large granary, High officials residential, Assembly hall, and fire altars etc.
  • In Residential area, wards like a chess board, arterial roads and smaller lanes cutting each other at right angles, rectangular town planning etc.
  • Carefully planned drainage system with sumps at interval for cleaning for purpose.
  • Streets with drains were laid out first and then houses built along them.
  • Residential buildings were centred on a courtyard, with rooms on all sides.
  • Some houses have staircase to reach second storey or roof.
  • Many houses had wells accessible by passers-by.
  • The great bath in citadel was large rectangular tank surrounded by corridor, along the corridor were bathrooms.
Citadel and Residential area, Comparison of Mohenjodaro and Harappa

AGRICULTURE
  • The Harappans ate wide range of plants and animal products, including fish.
  • Wheat and Barley, Peas and Dates, Sesame and Mustard and also Cotton were cultivated.
  • People in Lothal also cultivated Rice.
  • Traces of canal have been found at Shortughai, possibly the ancient canals silted up long ago.
  • It is also likely that water drawn from wells or flooding of rivers was used for irrigation.
  • Representation on seals and terracotta sculpture indicate that bull was known.
  • Evidence of ploughed fields has been found at Kalibangan.
  • Possibly wooden plough or toothed harrow was used.
  • Sheep, Goats, Humped cattle, Buffalo, Pig and Elephant were domesticated.
  • Camel was rare and Horse probably was not known.
  • Wild animals including Boar, Deer and Gharial were hunted.
A Terracotta Bull
Seals of animals, perhaps domesticated animals

TRADE AND NETWORK
  • Extensive inland and foreign trade 
  • Overland as well as maritime
  • Occurence of small terracotta boats
  • Vast brick built dock at Lothal
  • No evidence of coin, hence barter system
  • System of weights and measures was excellent
  • Harappan seals for stamping their good have been found in Mesopotamia
Terracotta Boat

CRAFTS
  • Chanhudaro was almost exclusively devoted to crafts production.
  • Bead making, Shell cutting, Metal working, Seal making, and Weight making.
  • Metals like copper, bronze and gold
  • Stones like carnelian, jasper, crystal, quartz, and steatite.
  • And Shell, Faience, and terracotta or burnt clay.
  • Variety of shapes made by Simple working, Moulding the paste, firing etc.
  • Grinding, Polishing and drilling was also done

SCIENCE
  • Mining, metal working
  • Well planned buildings, sometimes higher than two storeys
  • Manufacturing gypsum cement
  • Long lasting paints and dyes
  • Public bath worked by ingenious Hydraulic System
Paintings showing welfare activity

INDUS SCRIPT
  • Not deciphered so far
  • Overlaps of letters on potsherds from Kalibangan shows that the writing from right to left and from left to right in alternate lines.
  • Too many signs around 375-400.
Script found on seals

RELIGION
  • Terracotta figurines of women, heavily jewelled, some with elaborate head-dresses, often regarded as “Mother Goddess”
  • Rare stone statuary of men in an almost standardised posture, such as “Priest-King”
  • Animals such as one horned animal, often called “Unicorn” seem to be mythical
  • Figure shown seated cross-legged in a Yogic posture, surrounded by animals, regarded as Proto-Shiva
The Mother Goddess, The Proto-Shiva, The Priest King, and The Unicorn

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