Vishu is a festival celebrated in the state of Kerala Kerala ‚ is a state located in southwestern India. The state was created in 1956 on linguistc basis‚ bringing together those places where Malayalam formed the principal language... in South India . The festival marks the first day of Malayalam Year and falls in the month of Medam (April – May). and generally falls on April 14 of the Gregorian year. Vishu follows the sidereal vernal equinox An equinox occurs twice a year‚ when the
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A Kerala King in Salalah Mohammed Ali Thottoly Since I landed in Oman‚ Salalah had been at the top of the places I planned to visit. It continued to beckon me and people and pictures attested that it is very much like Kerala‚ one of the southern states of India‚ where I belong. The long weekend in December was enough to make a quick visit. Just before our trip‚ in one of the working days in the college‚ my colleague in ELC Mr. Waqas Ahmed had a casual talk with me. He asked whether I had any
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SOCIAL GOSPEL MOVEMENT The Social Gospel Movement was a religious movement that came about in the second half of the nineteenth century. Christian preachers and ministers led liberal Protestant progressives in retaliation to the abrupt change in society with urbanization‚ industrialization‚ and increased immigration. Many of these Christians lived in the cities and witnessed for themselves the social conflicts of society. This brought out of those a liberalist attitude and an ambition to honor
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Sanjay Valen Bahadur Chetri a/l K.Sundar SCM001805 Principles of Sociology Individual Assignment Set 16 1.a) What are the various types of collective behavior? Localized collectivities are collectivities whose members are in close physical proximity. More specifically‚ a crowd is a temporary gathering where people are in one another immediate vicinity so that they influence each other’s behavior and share a common focus of attention. Herbert Blumer (1969) distinguished different types of
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Amr Amr 12/10/2013 Egypt Burning: How one Egyptian revolutionary movement overthrew a dictator while one another overthrew a democracy. On the 17th of December‚ 2011 a vegetable vendor lit himself on fire in response to the corrupt and inefficient bureaucratic system in Tunisia. This small event by an unknown vendor led to the biggest and fastest spread of social movements in the history of the Arab world known as the Arab spring. Yet while the
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Tactics have characteristically now become performances in which activist use to advance their cause. Some movements seeking change are increasingly using new forms of tactics so that their messages are more contentious and effective. Some tactics‚ such as marches‚ sit-inn and even riots have been used by many different social movement organization and activists over the years to enact change. As some of these tactics have become routinized‚ some activist‚ have taken it into their own hands to change
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Social Movement: Women The topic I chose to discuss was women‚ and I took it upon myself to explore more about women’s liberation during the years of 1967-1980. During these times there were significant changes being made in favor of women‚ as far as better opportunities that were just as equal as men‚ health changes that were placed in effect within the desires that they wanted‚ as well as employment opportunities being made available‚ other than sticking to the same routine in either completing
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population and the areas of the two regions (the rural and the urban) expanded ferly quick. The social welfare suffered a lot of changes and transformation as well. There were so many new situations and problems to explore due to the immense need and‚ soon‚ it became more of a social duty‚ leaving the religious believes behind. Involving more of a spiritual aspect... Three social work movements emerge ……. Social work emerged in the United States during the Industrial Revolution in the mid late 1800’s‚
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SLIDE 1- ROAD ACCIDENTS IN KERALA Traffic accidents are a major cause of death and injuries world wide‚ but while they are declining in many parts of the developed world‚ fatalities are still on the rise in many developing countries including India. In our state more than half of the road accident victims are in the age group of 20 to 55‚ the key wage earning and child raising age group. The loss of the main bread winner and head of household due to death or disability can be catastrophic‚ leading
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Social Sciences Social Science: It is defined as: “Social Sciences is the study of behavior of how individuals interact with the society.” Every discipline except finance and accounting comes under the umbrella of social science. Branches of Social Science: Following are the branches of social sciences: * Anthropology * Archaeology * Public Administration * Communication * Criminology * Economics * Education * Government * Linguistics
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