The physical features of the Indian subcontinent have contributed to the development of India¡¯s civilizations. India is cut off from other civilizations because of the various mountains ( for example‚ the Himalayas‚ Vindhya Mountains‚ etc.) and the rivers (for example‚ the Ganges River). Therefore‚ India‚ unlike many other cultures at the time‚ was free from the influences of the outside world. They were able to develop their own culture. In terms of the physical features‚ the value of the environment
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Festivals in India are characterized by color‚ gaiety‚ enthusiasm‚ prayers and rituals. The word festival means feast day‚ festive celebration. As kids‚ when there used to be festivals the only thing that came to our minds was holidays and sweets that in turn meant lots of fun. India being a society of may religions there are a lot many festivals. For the Hindus there is diwali‚ for the Muslims there is id‚ for the Christians its Christmas and for the Parsis it’s the New Year and apart from all these
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Terrorism and India A Common definition of terrorism is the systematic use or threatened use of violence to intimidate a population or government and thereby effect political‚ religious‚ or ideological change.[1][2] Terrorism in India‚ according to the Home Ministry‚ poses a significant threat to the state. Terrorism in India is basically two types external and internal‚ external terrorism emerge from neighboring countries and internal terrorism emulates from religious or communal violence and Naxalite–Maoist
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Corruption In India “Corruption is Social Evil” “Power tends to corrupt‚ and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” In its simplest sense‚ corruption may be defined as an act of bribery or misuse of public position or power for the fulfillment of selfish motives or to gain personal gratifications. It has also been defined as "Misuse of authority as a result of consideration of personal gain which need not be monetary". In recent Centuries India has earned a place among the THREE most corrupt
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COMMENTARY Corruption in India A Quantitative Analysis Vani K Borooah This article represents one of the first attempts at quantifying the level of corruption in India. This has been made possible by the unique website ipaidabribe.com which invites people who paid a bribe to record their experience. By choosing a specific issue – identity verification by a police officer prior to issuing a passport – it was able to focus on a “harassment” bribe‚ that is a bribe paid for something a person was
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National organization before the birth of Indian National Congress: Several organizations were formed in India before the birth of Indian National Congress. In 1837 Landholders’ Society was formed to safeguard the interests of the zamindars. The British India Association was formed in 1851. Its leading members were Debendranath Tagore‚ Prasanna Kumar Tagore and Radhakanta Dev. Its aim was to present the demands of the Indians before the British Parliament. Dadabhai Naoroji established the East
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SUBJECT: Social behavior and personal space of India DATE: July 16‚ 2005 MESSAGE: In doing research‚ I found the following information to be of great value when doing business in India. Personal space in not a concept that the Indians have thoroughly developed in their country (Moxon‚ 1998). They are very curious people and will start a conversation with you the moment they see you. They will ask many questions including questions of a personal nature (Mathew‚ 1996). Indians
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CIP71 – Constitution of India and Professional Ethics QUESTION BANK Constitution of India Important Cases Case 1 Maneka Gandhi vs. Union of India (1978) The fact situation in this case was as follows: Section 10(3)(c) of the Passport Act authorizes the Passport authority to impound a Passport if it deems it necessary to do so in the in the interest of the sovereignty and integrity of India‚ the security of India‚ friendly relations of India with any foreign country
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series of reforms undertaken with respect to industrial sector‚ trade as well as financial sector aimed at making the economy more efficient. With the onset of reforms to liberalize the Indian economy in July of 1991‚ a new chapter has dawned for India and her billion plus population. This period of economic transition has had a tremendous impact on the overall economic development of almost all major sectors of the economy‚ and its effects over the last decade can hardly be overlooked. Besides‚
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opportunity to realize our dream of India Shining? There has been a lot of talk about the opportunity divide in India. This Opportunity Divide is that by the year 2022‚ 800 million people will be in the working age group but out of these only 200 million will be graduates while the remaining will be in the unskilled group. According to research done by NSDC‚ between the year 2008 and 2022‚ 347 million jobs will be created across 22 different high growth sectors in India. For example‚ the jobs available
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