The Nayar of India (Kinship‚ Beliefs‚ and Values) Richard Cantu Introduction to Cultural Anthropology: 101 Instructor: June Maul August 9‚ 2011 The Nayar of India are ethnographic and folk-culture society. They are a complex and interesting large and power cast society that live in extended matrilineal family groups. Hinduism is the main religion of these people and that combined with their social and economic structure make for an interesting combination of kinship‚ gender relations‚ beliefs
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especially in a country like India with a population of more than 100 crore. Out of this total‚ those falling in the 15-30 age group constitute 40 percent. This means that nearly 40 crore young men and women stupendous man power by all counts indeed‚ are available for handling various tasks of national reconstruction. History bears out the undesirable fact that all great movements of nationwide importance have succeeded on the strength of massive youth power. In India‚ the epoch-making Indian National
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’’Superstitions are based on ignorance and there is no place for superstitions but in the darkness. The best way to remove superstitions is to educate the people and given them light of reason. A true knowledge of Nature and God will take the place of blind beliefs and false traditions and this only can should the death-knell of superstitions. —Samuel Smiles. Superstitions are unreasoned and irrational beliefs of the people living in the past or in the present age. When certain happenings cannot
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HALF-CASTE and PARADE’S END M-meaning Half-Caste is a poem written by John Agard‚ and is a protest about the way he is treated because of his mixed parentage. He believes that humour is an effective way of challenging people’s opinions. He mocks the idea of mixed race people being ‘incomplete’; he is baffled and amused at the idea of being a half a person; he is angry that people are prejudiced and narrow-minded. He speaks with his native accent in English and this along with his anger makes his
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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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imprisoned numerous times for civil disobedience. The nationalist movement achieved its goal when India gained its freedom at midnight on August 14‚ 1947. Upon Britain’s withdrawal‚ Nehru became independent India’s first prime minister (1947-1964) and a leader of the Nonaligned Movement during the Cold War. Jawaharlal nehru wrote his major books‚ Toward Freedom (1936)‚ an autobiography; The Discovery of India (1946); and Glimpses of World History (1934)‚ a series of letters to his daughter‚ Indira
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1. The lowest level of India’s society‚ considered “untouchables” were called _______ Pariahs‚ “harijans”‚ “Untouchables”‚ “Outcastes”‚ Dalit‚ “Children of God” 2. The priests in Hinduism belong to what caste? Brahmins 3. What is “Dharma”? “Path of Life”‚ religious teachings of Hinduism – (“eternal order‚ religion & law of the universe)‚ Also – the teachings of Buddha in Buddhism. 4. Which of the religions or philosophies does not worship clergy or gods? Confucianism‚ Buddhism
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[pic] DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT (LSM) TERM PAPER OF BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT ON CORRUPTION IN INDIA-STATUS AND SOLUTIONS SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: MR. SANJAY JINDAL SALEEM ANWAR (MBA-IT) ROLL NO: A 06
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Culture of India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Bharatanatyam‚ one of eight designated classical dance forms of India. The culture of India refers to the religions‚ beliefs‚ customs‚ traditions‚ languages‚ ceremonies‚ arts‚ values and the way of life in India and its people. India’s languages‚ religions‚ dance‚ music‚ architecture‚ food‚ and customs differ from place to place within the country. Its culture often labeled as an amalgamation of these diverse sub-cultures
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League‚ the founder of Pakistan‚ didn’t hold the same opinion with the most people. Fearing that their privileged position might be threatened in a democratic India society with Hindu majority‚ the Muslim elite from the All-India Muslim League proposed a plan calling for a separate Islam homeland ---- Pakistan for all the Muslims in India. In order to support their perspective‚ they drew the inspiration from Muhammad Iqbal’s philosophy and poetry and created a new viewpoint called “two-nation theory”
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