average of 120 boys for every 100 girls born; Taiwan‚ with 119 boys to 100 girls; Singapore‚ 118 boys to 100 girls; South Korea‚ 112 boys to 100 girls; and parts of India with 120 boys to 100 girls. Even as early as 1990‚ Nobel Prize Laureate‚ Amartya Sen‚ recognised that Asia had over 100 million “missing women” . The purpose of this paper is to find out what has caused such an imbalance and what consequence it will have in the future. As they are two of the most affected countries‚ I shall focus
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resulted in an increase in violence between them. Globalization has brought the different cultures together‚ and it is possible that many people are reacting in a negative way towards the clash of cultures. Three different scholars: Manuel Castells‚ Amartya Sen‚ and Arjun Appadurai‚ have written on globalization on its effect on identities. They have all written on how having a deep identity based on religious fundamentalism‚ cultural nationalism‚ or territorial communes is becoming more common. Also‚
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The Human Poverty Index (HPI) was an indication of the standard of living in a country‚ developed by the United Nations (UN) to complement the Human Development Index (HDI) and was first reported as part of the Human Development Report in 1997. It was considered to better reflect the extent of deprivation in developed countries compared to the HDI.[1] In 2010 it was supplanted by the UN’s Multidimensional Poverty Index. The HPI concentrates on the deprivation in the three essential elements of human
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XLRI(HR)Batch of 2013-2015: the xlri interview I cam across ‚ this guy really worked hard ‚ here is his interview: How I went about the interview preparation. 7 April 2013 At the outset‚I am going to warn you that this post is going to be long and tedious.I am writing this piece not for my personal satisfaction‚but for thousands of aspirants who are mediocre like me;who ruined their high school/graduation academics‚and did not achieve anything significant in last 20 odd years of existence
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Reprints This copy is for your personal‚ noncommercial use only. You can order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues‚ clients or customers here or use the "Reprints" tool that appears next to any article. Visit www.nytreprints.com for samples and additional information. Order a reprint of this article now. May 13‚ 2010 The Rise and Fall of the G.D.P. By JON GERTNER Whatever you may think progress looks like — a rebounding stock market‚ a new house‚ a good raise
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Choudhury (theatre)‚ Jatin Das (painting)‚ Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta (sarod)‚ Dharmendra (cinema)‚ Mira Nair (cinema)‚ M.S. Gopalakrishnan (violin)‚ Dr Suresh H. Advani (oncology)‚ Dr Noshir H. Wadia (medicine-neurology)‚ N. Vittal (civil service)‚ Ronen Sen (civil service). PADMA SHRI: Among the winners were Vanraj Bhatia (music)‚ Zia Fariduddin Dagar (music-vocal)‚ Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi (music-khongjom parba)‚ Joy Michael (theatre)‚ Mohan Lal Kumhar (terracotta)‚ Anup Jalota(Indian classical music-vocal)
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What is the role of the free press in strengthening democracy‚ good governance‚ and human development?1 Liberal theorists have long argued that the existence of a unfettered and independent press within each nation is essential in the process of democratization‚ by contributing towards the right of freedom of expression‚ thought and conscience‚ strengthening the responsiveness and accountability of governments to all citizens‚ and providing a pluralist platform and channel of political
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THE WINNERS AND LOSERS OF GLOBALIZATION It is impossible to discuss in one paper all concepts and issues that relate to the winners and losers of globalization‚ but ‚ this paper briefly discusses who the pronounced winners and losers of globalization are in today’s world economy. The paper pays close attention to the factors that account for the successes and failures of the winners and losers of globalization respectively. To start with‚ globalization‚ as Hill and Hernandez described in their
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INDIA UNBOUND: A Book Review Presented by: Ananya Sri Aksha Anand Deeksha Kaul Garima Sekhri Karan Thakur Naveena Vejella INTRODUCTION ³The story I will be telling is soft drama. It is taking place quietly and profoundly in the heart of Indian society.´ - Gurcharan Das India Unbound is the story of a nation. It is a journey through five decades that portrays the challenges‚ the developments‚ political and social upheavals that have created the fabric of modern India. The book not only celebrates
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lover’s delight housing hundreds of bookshops. The Annual Book Fair is the city’s major attraction for international visitors too. The city is intellectual and has been the home for famous people like the brave Netaji‚ noble laureate Tagore and Amartya Sen‚ the famous scientist Acharya Jagadish
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