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GROUP MEMBERS CHARU SHARMA (341) MOHINI SHARMA (342) SAROJ SHEKHAWAT (343) ARCHI SHETH (344) PARTH SHETH (345) VARUN SHETH (346) RAHUL SHEVKANI (347) SHRUTI BHALODIA (348)

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FLOW OF PRESENTATION

What is Black?Historical Events on BlackBlack symbolizes…ExpressionsQuotesFactsPeople’s perceptionConclusion

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WHAT IS BLACK?? Does not reflect or emit light.

Shades of Black can be coal, charcoal, ink, mid night, dark.

The word Black comes from Old English Blac.

If you mix all beautiful colors of the world then you get BLACK.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black

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HISTORICAL EVENTS

Black Monday: Stock market Crashed.

Black Wednesday.

Black 26

Black September in Jordan.

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CONT’D…

Black July

Black Death

Black Hole Of Calcutta

Black Friday

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26/11…

Black Tornado operation

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BARACK OBAMA 1st BLACK President

of United States.

The degree of “blackness” in U.S.

In U.S. blackness can be contrasted with “acting white”.

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NELSON MANDELA President of South

Africa(1994-99).

He was arrested and convicted of Sabotage.

Got influenced by Mahatma Gandhi.

Noble prize winner in 1993.

Source: http://www.sa-venues.com/nelson_mandela.htm

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BLACK ART MOVEMENT Started in 1960s

Inspiration for the black people.

Influenced what??

Recognition

Writers Involved

http://aalbc.com/authors/blackartsmovement.htm

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BLACK POWER

Power of the black people.

Wrong use of power.

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RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

Black people usually refers to racial classification of humans.

People being discriminated are termed as BLACK PEOPLE.

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ACADEMICS Importance of black in academics.

Convocation day.

Formal Image.

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FUNERAL CEREMONY

Black clothing is worn to funeral ceremony.

Why black clothing?

Widows wear black.

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SCIENCE

Black hole

Black Charcoal

Source: http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/universe/black-holes-article.html

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MELANISM Dark pigment.

Tanning process in humans.

Animals like black tiger, black panther, etc.

Source: http://www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/black.html

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SPORTS Teams of New Zealand.

Association “Football(Soccer)”.

Grand prix Race.

Psychological advantage for teams.

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PHILOSOPHY

In arguments, things can be black-and-white.

“Notice me but don’t intrude”.

Black makes people scared.

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SECRECY The BLACK BOX is a device whose internal

workings are unknown.

E.g – Human Mind, Computer Programming…etc

BLACK PROJECT is a secretive project.

E.g – Sting Operations, Narcotics..etc

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BLINDNESS Blind people have no color in their life

except black.

When there is no vision there is darkness.

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BLACK COMEDY Humor Related to Darkness and Death.

Why known as black comedy?

Examples : Scary Movie,7 Khoon Maaf

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BLACK MUSIC Created by African-American musicians.

Mainly composed in United states & Brazil.

How they salvaged their culture?

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BLACK SEA The Black Sea is

the world's most isolated sea-connected to the Oceans.

Area 4,36,400km square.

It had many names in past.

Source : www.icpdr.org/icpdr-pages/black_sea.html

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BLACK RIVER 125-miles-long(201

km).

It forms the boundary between two towns Brownville and Hounsfield.

Source: www.jamaicablackriver.com/history.html

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BLACK MAMBA Reaching up to 14ft

to 4.5 meters in length.

Speed of 12.5miles per hour.

Why known as black mamba??

source: animals.natinalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/blackmamba/

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BLACK BUCK Antelope, mainly found in India.

State animal of Andhra Pradesh.

Its also known as “krishna jinka”.

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BLACK BERRY

BlackBerry is a mobile developed by a Canadian company “Research In Motion” .

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BLACK BERRY FRUIT It is an edible fruit.

It is not a true berry but it is termed as aggregate fruit.

It is a widespread fruit.

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BLACK FOREST Black Forest is a wooden mountain range in

Baden-Württemberg.

Why BLACK FOREST..??

There are many Old Towns in black forest.

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BLACK FOREST CAKE

Black Forest cake consists of several layers of chocolate cake.

Why it is named as Black Forest cake..??

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BLACK PEPPER

The word “Pepper” is derived from Sanskrit word “Pippali”

Used as a spice and seasoning.

Black Pepper is native to India.

Vietnam is currently the world’s largest producer and exporter.

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BLACK BEAUTY Its not the color that matters.

Black is beautiful.

Book by Anna Sewell (1877).

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BLACKMAIL Act of threatening.

Embarrassing, socially damaging, incriminating in nature.

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BELIEFS, RELIGIONS & SUPERSTITIOUS Lord Krishna is termed as “The Black One”

Black Cats may be thought as bad luck.

The black dress is not usually worn on any auspicious day.

Black Magic is a destructive form of magic.

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GOTHIC PEOPLE Originated from

Germany tribes.

Indicates depression.

“Atheists”

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BLACK MARKET Is not a part of official

economy.

Smaller in countries where economic freedom is greater .

Goods acquired illegally can have two price levels.

Black Market can form a part of border trade.

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BLACK MONEY

Income from illegal activities.

Black money scam.

Unaccounted and untaxed cash generated.

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BLACK LIST It is a list of undesirable persons or entities.

If any person does something bad, he comes under the category of “Black List”.

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ACCOUNTING To say one's accounts are "in the black" is used to

mean that one is or "no longer in the red“.

Positive amounts were written in black.

How black decides whether the firm is earning profit or not??...

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EXPRESSIONS Black Coffee or black tea,

Black belt,

Black ball,

Black sheep,

Black rose,

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EXPRESSIONS Black currant,

Black cigarette,

Black water,

Black spot,

Black salt.

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QUOTES “Black is not only a color." - Edouard Manet

"There's something about black. You feel hidden away in it." - Georgia O'Keeffe

"Without black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there's shadow - no, not just shadow, but fullness. You've got to be willing to mix black into your palette if you want to create something that's real." - Amy Grant

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CONT’D…

"I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, / Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town, / I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime, / But is there because he's a victim of the times." - Johnny Cash

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FACTS One old wives' tale claims that if a woman is

buried wearing the color black, she'll come back to haunt the family.

Black implies weight -- people will think a black box weighs more than a white one.

Musicians in an orchestra pit often wear all black during live concerts, so as not to draw attention away from the stage performers.

•One old wives' tale claims that if a woman is buried wearing the color black, she'll come back to haunt the family.

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PEOPLE’S PERCEPTION Which is the first thing which comes to your

mind when I say black ??

Some common answers :

Colour, Darkness, Long Beautiful Hairs, Negative attitude, Clothes, Dull mood, Movie, Ghost.

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PUT SOME BLACK IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU WANT…

to open the door to mystery.

to prepare for the unknown.

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