Sentences with phrase «subcontinent during»

In his sculpture, Turnbull forges a tension between balance, movement and stillness, informed by his time as an RAF pilot in the Indian subcontinent during the war.

Yet the fossil record contains no evidence that unique species evolved on the subcontinent during this time, so India may not have been as isolated as it seemed to be.

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Its emergence during the late colonial period was a self - consciously homogenizing and quasi-racialist conception of Hinduism, a «blood and soil» sacralizing of the Indian subcontinent.

For instance, the amount of DDT fell sharply during the 1970s, when many European countries started to ban its use, but rose again after 1990s, when its use rose heavily in the Indian subcontinent.

The inland tracks on the Indian subcontinent are typical of tropical storms that blow in during the rainy season.

Meanwhile, during the northern hemisphere's summer, El Niño conditions can contribute to high temperatures over the Indian subcontinent and heavy rains over the western U.S. La Niña conditions contribute to almost reverse conditions over most of these regions, with a few exceptions.

Tracing the movement of Indians under British rule from the subcontinent to the Caribbean and South America during the nineteenth century, Jugdeo's work is a meditation on contrasts between exotic and familiar, near and far, intimate and estranged.

She found high levels of DCM (PDF), especially over the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, and particularly during the Asian monsoon season, when strong updrafts fast - track air from the ground to the stratosphere.

This is comparable to today's monsoons, which pull the ITCZ in the opposite direction over the subcontinent of India during the Northern Hemispheric summer.