Witch hunting in Adivasi Society (Special Reference to North Bengal) Malay saha‚ research scholar‚department of history North Bengal University Adivasi is an umbrella term for a heterogeneous set of ethnic and tribal groups believed to be the aboriginal population of India. They comprise a substantial indigenous minority of the population of India.
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Peter Singer’s Article on “Famine‚ Affluence and Morality” Barbara Shinualt PHI 208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning Instructor Daniel Beteta March 25‚ 2013 In his article‚ “Famine‚ Affluence and Morality”‚ philosopher Peter Singer observes that that there are millions of people around the world who are leading misery lives and suffering death‚ because of famine ‚ war‚ lack of shelter‚ and adequate medical care. He states that although rich nations have contributed great sums of money for these
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Social policy Essay 2000 words The single most important event in the shaping of social policy in the 19th century was the great famine of 1845-1849 (Burke 1987). Discuss the impact of the famine on the Irish Poor Law and on the development of Irish social policy and after the famine. Before the Great Famine hit‚ Ireland was already one the poorest countries in Europe. Income per capita in Britain was over double what it was in Ireland (Ó Gráda‚ 1993). Despite the existence of poor laws in
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Gerald Keegan’s Famine Diary Written by: James J Managan The Irish Famine was a very important event that happened in 1847. It had killed between 500‚000 and 1.5 million people (The Irish Potato famine‚ 1847). The potato was not even a native crop to Ireland‚ until around 1570 when it was brought over from The Americas. In the beginning‚ the potato seemed like it was the ideal crop for reasons such as it grew perfectly in the Irish climate‚ it was easy to grow‚ and it did not take up much
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Issues in Sustainability in the Tourism Industry in West Bengal: Moving towards Eco-Tourism Shomik Saha Assistant Professor Department of Management Salesian College Siliguri Campus Abstract For humans‚ sustainability is the potential for long-term maintenance of well-being‚ which has ecological‚ economic‚ political and cultural dimensions. Sustainability requires the reconciliation of environmental‚ equity (social) and economic demands - also referred to as the "three pillars" of sustainability
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Comparisons between The Hispanic Migration to the United States & the Irish Potato Famine The Irish Potato Famine and The Hispanic Migration are completely different things that happened at 2 different times‚ but there are some things that are similar. The push and pull factors of these 2 migrations are the environmental‚ social‚ and political reasons. These reasons are very important when it comes to leaving or going to a new country or place. The environment of Mexico is very rough and very
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does Source O challenge the interpretation of the famine in sources M and N. From studying source O one can say that‚ to some extent source O does challenge the interpretations of sources M and N however in source M it states that ‘disaster inflicted by heaven’. This is supported by Source O as it also suggests that the famine had been caused due to God related actions ‘dispensation of providence’. This also implies that the God had given the famine to the Irish. On the other hand if we examine
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1961 is known as the Three Years of Great Chinese Famine. It is also referred to as ‘The Three Years of Natural Disasters’ or ‘The Difficult Three Year Period’ because China doesn’t want to admit the true cause of the disaster. (Branigan‚ 2013) Natural factors do play a major role in this disaster‚ but one questions whether the famine would have been this severe if it had taken place in a democracy. The economist Amartya Sen said for example: ‘no famine has taken place in the history of the world in
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CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF PETER SINGER’S “FAMINE‚ AFFLUENCE AND MORALITY” In his article “Famine‚ Affluence and Morality” Peter Singer gives a seemingly devastating critique of our ordinary ways of thinking about famine relief‚ charity‚ and morality in general. In spite of that very few people have accepted‚ or at any rate acted on‚ the conclusions he reaches. In light of these facts one might say of Singer’s arguments‚ as Hume said of Berkeley’s arguments for immaterialism‚ that “… they admit of no
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<chatterjee23_pratip@yahoo.co.in> | | Jul 19 (3 days ago) | | | to kothari65‚ me | | | Innocence Turning Ugly: Note on Politics around a Student Death in West Bengal Pratip Chattopadhyay* Abstract In the first week of April 2013‚ West Bengal witnessed a tragic death of a college student‚ Sudipta Gupta‚ while participating in a ‘law-breaking’ rally led by the CPI (M) student wing – SFI (Student Federation
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