Sarojini Naidu was born in Hyderabad to a Bengali Hindu Kulin Brahmin family to Aghore Nath Chattopadhyay and Barada Sundari Debi on 13 February 1879. Sarojini Naidu passed her Matriculation examination from the University of Madras. She took four years’ break from her studies and concentrated upon studying various subjects. In 1895‚ she travelled to England to study first at King’s College London and later at Girton College‚ Cambridge. Sarojini Naidu joined the Indian national movement in the wake
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Introduction. Kerala has a unique Geographical position. Kerala has a rich culture and is the meeting point of many types of ideologies‚ Ideas and religious views. Travelers‚ merchants and rulers visited kerala and influenced its History. Story Behind the birth Of Kerala. Parasurama the 6th Incarnation of Lord Vishnuthrew an axe far into the sea and commanded the sea to retreat. The land that emerged from the waters became Kerala. From where does the term kerala come from
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religious Brahmin‚ who lives with his wife Parvathi and daughter Vedika‚ in Benares. His life takes an unexpected turn after he adopts an abandoned baby boy (who was brought into the house by his daughter) and raises him as his own son. The boy‚ who is named Karthikey‚ fills Pandit Chaturvedi’s life with joy and happiness. However‚ this happiness is short lived for Karthikey’s mother returns. It is at this point that Pandit Chaturvedi realizes that he had been bringing up a Muslim boy as a Brahmin. The
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WOMEN IN ANCIENT INDIA The sub-continent of India is both diverse in its history and geography. It was not until the Mauryan Empire in the third century b.c.e. when most of India was brought together under one ruling dynasty. Before the Mauryans there was the ancient era known as the Indus Valley or Harappan civilization‚ and then the invasion and settlement of the Aryans along the Ganges River plain. The Ganges and Indus Rivers are known as the mother and father of India. Other rivers traverse
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470-400 B.C.E.) and partner of the statesman Pericles who was famed for her learning and wit. Ban Zhao A Chinese woman writer and court official (45-116 C.E.) whose work provides valuable insight on the position of women in classical China. Brahmins The Indian social class of priests. Caste The system of social organization in India that has evolved over millennia; it is based on an original division of the populace into four inherited classes (varna)‚ with the addition of thousands
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as authorities are referred to by traditional Hindu texts as "heterodox" or "non-orthodox" (nāstika) schools.[9][10] In addition to Buddhism and Jainism‚ Sikhism[11][12] and Brahmoism‚[13] many non-Brahmin Hindus in South India [14] do not accept the authority of the Vedas. Certain South Indian Brahmin communities such as Iyengars
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MUHAMMAD BIN QASIM Muhammad bin Qasim was among the finest colonialists in the Arab history‚ and a worthy soldier. Unfortunately‚ our modern writers have tried to paint him as a saint‚ and in the process they have lost all those features that made this Arab general an interesting human being. It is high time we restore his true picture from authentic sources of history written by the earliest Muslim historians. Muhammad bin Qasim was born around 694 AD (if we are to believe the tradition that
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result for both protagonists was the same which is discovering themselves. Both the father discourages them for leaving their house and going on their journey. Siddhartha the protagonist in Siddhartha is the son of the respected and wealthiest Brahmin. However he is not happy even though he has everything he could ever ask for. Siddhartha realized that he made everyone else happy but that he himself wasn’t. He also got the feeling that he had already learned the best of what his teachers had to
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Final Paper ASIA 358 Introduction: Bhakti poetry is in some ways essentially poetry of subversion. The way that poets lived their lives and expressed themselves in poetry went against societal expectations and norms. This can be seen through the poetry and hagiography of various poets. Poets like Mirabai‚ Mahadeviakka‚ Ravidas and Basavanna have played a significant role in the bhakti movement and are known to have lived a life that may be called ‘troublesome’:
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P11 Ashram life in Allahabad “You are Brahmin or not?” Swami Agnijoga asked one day after few months. He was sitting with some of his followers. The place was imposing. Swami Agnijoga was the founder of the ashram. Jagan and Raghu already admitted in the ashram. They had given job of cleaning the ashram and the garden also helping the coock at the kitchen. “I don’t know.” Jagan replied Swami Agnijoga’s question. He was standing just opposite to Swami Ji. “I grew up in rail station. My parents left
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