India is the largest functioning democracy in the world. It got freedom during the most sensitive period of world history. Two global wars were fought to make the world safe for democracy. In fact‚ the second global war accelerated the process of freedom from bondage. Though the armed clash was over yet tension was mounting up due to new ideological rivalry between East and West led by the then Soviet Union and the United States of America. The newly founded United Nations grew amidst the
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Sixty years ago‚ in the summer of 1948‚ our nation‚ then newly born‚ was struggling for its very survival. In January‚ Mahatma Gandhi had been murdered by a Hindu fanatic. The act had shocked many Indians‚ but apparently it had the approval of some. According to one news report‚ the jailed assassin‚ Nathuram Godse‚ received an average of 50 letters a day expressing admiration for his action. This was part of a much wider right-wing‚ religious‚ reaction against Partition. Hindu and Sikh refugees
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Dalits and New Media: Towards a Progressive Social Discourse Introduction Communication in India is complex and complicate in tune with the stratification and hierarchical order of Indian casteist society. Casteism‚ being the most complex and discriminatory social system of the world‚ vehemently denied the right of Dalits to have education. Thus letters and literature were inaccessible for Dalits for about three millennia; even though they kept their oral tradition alive. Things were changed
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BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would like to thank our professor ANUPA GODSE for giving us the opportunity to carry out this project. It was a very enriching experience. We look forward to doing more of such projects in the future. INDEX Acknowledgement…………………………….……………………….……….1 Introduction to the company………….………………….………3 Introduction to the case……... …………………………….….4-5 The legal battle…………………………………………….......6-9 Time line of the case study….…………………………………
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The Role of Youth in Indian Politics Ashima Madan On the roads of Indian democracy‚ we have travelled for about 63 years now and shall continue the journey for years to come in the same rickety ancient grubby vehicle of ours that has driven us for so long. The list of travellers is an assemblage of young dazzling men and women. The blatant contrast between them arouses debates. It makes us ponder over the role of youth in Indian politics. There have been certain qualities constantly attributed
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Ram Manohar Lohia and his tackling of Caste issue This paper will study how and why caste became so crucial to Ram Manohar Lohia’s politics. This would be understood by tracing the different dimensions of some of his theoretical and political activities‚ specifically on caste and even otherwise. So‚ for example‚ how Lohia drew his own grand historical narrative through Wheel of History‚ that contextualised caste in a certain way‚ or how this understanding of caste also allowed him to incorporate
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The caste‚ the class and the colour-bar are among the systems of social stratification. The main aim of this essay is to compare and contrast these systems as well as indicating their advantages and disadvantages to development. The essay begins with defining the key terms which include comparing‚ contrasting and development. It further goes on to define as well as explain social stratification itself‚ the caste‚ the class and the colour-bar systems respectively. The essay further talks about the
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Module IV: Patriotism and National Pride Sense of pride and patriotism Importance of discipline and hard work Integrity and accountability Pride (without complacency and with an awareness of imperfections) is important in spurring individuals and a society on to greater achievement. The loss of faith in the achievements of the past‚ history and traditions can be an important factor in the decline of a culture or a civilization. a sense of national pride and purpose that enables residents
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rights------------------------------------------------- Human rights in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Republic of India | Part of the series Politics and Government of India | Union Government[show] | Elections[show] | Political parties[show] | Local and state govt.[show] | * Government of India Portal | * v * t * e | Human rights in India is an issue complicated by the country ’s large size‚ its tremendous diversity‚ its status as a developing country and
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