CONTRIBUTION OF MEDHA PATKAR TO THE INDIAN SOCIETY Medha Patkar was born on December 1‚ 1954 in Bombay to socially active parents. Her father Vasant Khanolkar was a well known freedom fighter and trade unionist while her mother‚ Indu Khanolkar‚ runs a women’s organization‚ Swadhar. Coming from such a family background‚ she grew up to be highly motivated‚ exceptionally brave and unafraid to speak out for social causes. Her ideological orientation to values of equity‚ justice and democratic socialism
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There are varieties of ways leisure can be correctly defined‚ since definitions are always partly a matter of perspective. That perspective may be based on certain philosophical presuppositions‚ cultural biases‚ or personal preferences. Some definitions are useful for particular purposes. Leisure is not a very specific concept‚ because if it was‚ we wouldn’t be studying the various definitions of leisure. My definition of leisure is essentially free or unoccupied time when and where we are free
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We know Elvis Presley as the King of Rock and Roll‚ and although he died more than three decades ago many of his songs are still popular today. In fact‚ most of today’s generation views Elvis in a positive light. However‚ in the 1950s when he was first becoming famous he was seen as a rebel who went against social norms. In 1956 Elvis burst onto the scene in the entertainment world. “Elvis exploded on the American entertainment scene from every angle imaginable. In 1956 Elvis seemed to be everywhere—on
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that will positively change the communities around us. I already do this in my high school with the National Honor Society by volunteering for different events around my community in forms of beautifying‚ reforestation‚ and giving back to my fellow citizens. I also expect to work together and collaborate ideas with my fellow peers to pursue our goals of completing a post-secondary education that not many high school students around the nation have the opportunity
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My work as an organizational and management consultant with Mobil Oil has given me an ideal portfolio of professional and personal skills to bring to business school. During my time with the firm‚ I have used a wide range of tools‚ concepts and theories to help teams analyze problems‚ develop solutions and build action plans. On a regular basis‚ I help teams clarify their values to determine the roles and responsibilities of each member. By sharing my practical experience in organizational and
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Describe the contributions to society of the Cognitive and Psychodynamic Approaches‚ and compare the two approaches in terms of their scientific status (18) The Cognitive Approach provides two contributions to society; Reliability of Eyewitness Testimonies and Cognitive Interviews. The cognitive interview technique has been developed from a number of models of memory and forgetting from the cognitive approach‚ which is used to interview eyewitnesses of crimes. The major two contributors are cue-dependency
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Positivism is the structural perspective of seeing society as a whole. Positivists stress greater importance on society rather than solely focussing on the individual within as society influences individual human behaviour. This has resulted in a variation of different social structures e.g. family‚ education system and religion. Positivists believe the collection of data should be collected objectively and categorised. Data should be expressed in numerical form‚ e.g. percentages‚ statistics
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Here’s to Your Health In the essay‚ “Here’s to Your Health”‚ Joan Dunayer contrasts the false ideas about alcohol‚ as presented in advertising and popular culture‚ with the reality. She tries to persuade the audience by giving examples that shows the real effects of alcohol such as: lack of success‚ heart disease‚ loneliness and many more. Joan Dunayer‚ in her text “Here’s to Your Health” informs the readers about the myth of alcohol given by the media and compares it to real life. First‚ TV commercials
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you know how you hear the saying "education is the key to success" well as a matter of fact that is true. Educaion is the key because without that you get no where in life‚ you may only get so far but in the end you go no where. People succeed with their amount of education‚ not saying you have to have a high education just saying always go far and never fall back and to keep striven for the best!!! Giving up droppinng out or quitting will leave a person with no success later on down the line‚stuff
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I am going to apply 3 psychological concepts or principles to explain one of my previous experience related in education. First‚ there is a concise introduction of the experience. It was happened when I studied in primary two. I was not interested in Chinese before. It was because I used to think Chinese is something which very difficult. I used to be not confident in my Chinese standard since I always answer incorrectly. After I met a teacher‚ I totally changed my mind. She gave students stickers
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