Thakur and eventually the family name got anglicised to Tagore.Tagore family patriarchs were the Brahmo founders of the Adi Dharm faith. The loyalist "Prince" Dwarkanath Tagore‚ who employed European estate managers and visited with Victoria and other royalty‚ was his paternal grandfather.[16] Debendranath had formulated the Brahmoist philosophies espoused by his friend Ram Mohan Roy‚ and became focal in Brahmo society after Roy’s death.[17][18] The last two days a storm has been raging‚ similar
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PLACE OF WOMEN IN A SOCIETY “God reside where women are respected” - Manusmriti There are two main pillars of human life-man and woman. Both share equal responsibility in the making of society and hence both are supplement to each other. But from the very beginning‚ there has been a big question mark on the status of women in our society. All talk of their role and responsibility but none care for their position. They have been exploited and
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Ram Mohan Roy‚ Indian Social Reformer Ram Mohan Roy was born in an rich family in the 1774. He is also known as ’The Father of the Bengal Renaissance’. As a student he studied Persian‚ Arabic and Sanskrit languages. In his youth he had differences with his father about his religious views. He eventually came to Varanashi and expectedly studied the English language. His father died in 1803 and the same year he published his first book `Tohfat-ul-Mohiddin` in which he criticized idol worship and declared
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in the field of Arya Samaj Swami Dayananda’s creation‚ the Arya Samaj‚ unequivocally condemns‚ animal sacrifice‚ ancestor worship‚ pilgrimages‚ priest craft‚ offerings made in temples‚ the caste system‚ untouchability‚ child marriages and discrimination against women on the grounds that all these lacked Vedic sanction. The Arya Samaj discourages dogma and symbolism and encourages skepticism in beliefs that run contrary to common sense and logic. To many people‚ the Arya Samaj aims to be a "universal
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discover his separate identity. All credit is due‚ for this transformation‚ to his philosopher and guide‚ Lolita.” (Ray 174) Lolita is a Brahmo girl and Binoy is an orthodox Hindu youth. As their determination grows stronger‚ they forget “that they were Hindu or Brahmo‚ and only remembered that they were two human souls.’’ (Tagore 306) and feel that:”If love is unable to acknowledge differences‚ then why there are differences anywhere in this world?” (Tagore 306) Binoy’s marriage is not a sacrifice
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THE ARYA SAMAJ AS A MOVEMENT Every religious movement aims at not only initiating a spiritual awakening but also reforming the contemporary society by trying to remove ignorance‚superstitions‚doubts and dogmas from the minds of people‚thus ushering in a new kind of religious renaissance.In this respect‚the Arya Samaj‚as a religious movement‚did not fall far behind‚as it made a dynamic impact upon the Indians‚forming
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[pic] http://planningcommission.nic.in/plans/planrel/fiveyr/1st/1planch8.html 17. The constitution of the Bharat Sevak Samaj and the National Advisory Committee for Public Cooperation in August 1952‚ are important preliminary steps recently taken for securing public cooperation on a nationwide basis. The National Advisory Committee‚ which is representative of different sections of opinion in the country‚ is expected to : 1. review and assess the programmes of public co-operation in relation
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Prarthana Samaj‚ ( “Prayer Society” Sanskrit was used)‚ (bombay) Hindu reform society established in Bombay in the 1860s. In purpose it is similar to‚ but not affiliated with‚ the more widespread Brahmo Samaj and had its greatest sphere of influence in and around India’s Mahārāshtra state. The aim of the society is the promulgation of theistic worship and social reform‚ and its early goals were opposition to the caste system‚ the introduction of widow remarriage‚ the encouragement of female education
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This article is about an essay on the important role of teacher’s in curing students indiscipline. Today there is a general complaint against what is called ’student indiscipline’. Student indiscipline is largely a function in mathematical term. Unless teacher functions as a real Guru respected by the public and assured of a proper competence and a worthy status in the public eye the problem of indiscipline cannot be adequately dealt with. "Respect is commanded and not demanded" is an old saying
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BIOGRAPHY OF MAHATMA PHULE by Dr. Y. D. Phadke. for the bo... http://www.dalitstan.org/books/slavery/slavry_b.html 1 of 6 6/23/2005 1:02 PM ------- O ------- Slavery by Mahatma Phule ------- O ------- Biography of Mahatma Phule Dr.Y.D. Phadke. [This brief Life Sketch of Mahatma Jotirao Phule is written by the noted the scholar Dr.Y.D. Phadke. He is the editor of the Collected Words of Mahatma Phule in Marathi. He is also an eminent scholar of Mahatma Phule and the Satyashodhak Movement
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