Nayar of India Latonya Myles ANT 101 Instructor Wendell Johnson April 25‚ 2011 Nayar of India Nayar is a Hindu caste of the India state of Kerala. The region contained small‚ feudal kingdoms‚ in each of which royal and noble lineages‚ the militia‚ and most land managers were drawn from the Nayars and related castes. Unlike most Hindus‚ Nayar traditionally were matrilineal. Their family unit‚ the members of which owned property jointly‚ included brothers and sisters‚ the latter is children
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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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The hijras of India are unlike any you might see in any other part of the world. You might have occasionally come across men dressed as women‚ wearing garishly bright makeup. They immediately attract attention to themselves for all the wrong reasons and most often win ridicule. We are really not sure if eunuch‚ transvestite‚ gay or transgender is actually the right term for a hijra as their social mores are very unique and are almost above classification by western terms. One can attempt to
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PEACEKEEPING Introduction about Peace Keeping: Peacekeeping refers to activities that tend to create conditions that favour lasting peace. The Peace Keeping emphasised non-coercive activities aimed at re-establishing and maintaining peaceful international intercourse. Nonviolent accompaniment or interventions‚ Speaking out for those who have little or no voice‚ Bearing witness to the facts‚ mechanisms‚ dynamics‚ and results of violence and oppression‚ standing in the way of i.e.‚ nonviolent resistance
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“INDIA IN 2020” Unless and until there is rather a global war or a great‚ devastating natural calamity during the coming six-seven years‚ I am confident of witnessing a number of great changes in our over-all set-up. On the population front‚ we are sure to be the first in the world‚ leaving even China far behind. There would be far less room for each of us to live on‚ the availability of water‚ medical-care and jobs would be another comparatively much reduced. However‚ the only ray of hope amidst
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Biodiversity is the part of nature which includes the difference in genes among the individuals of a species‚ the variety and richness of all the plant and animal species at different scales in space‚ locally in a region‚ in the country and the world and various types of ecosystems‚ both terrestrial and aquatic within a defined area. Biodiversity deals with the degree of nature’s variety in the biosphere. Types of biodiversity Genetic diversity - the genetic variability within a species. Species
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of a fine specimen of the partition literature is a rather non-serious depiction of an extraordinary event. The blurb‚ the translator’s note and the acknowledgement point at the author’s profound sense of loss in the aftermath of the partition of India in 1947. But shuttling between the chapters‚ the reader quickly realises it’s less about partition and more about everyday trivia in the life of Dayamoyee‚ whose morbid memory of that sordid event accounts for only a tiny slice of the 172-page memoir
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Students as well as for those who are preparing for essay competition. It must be noted down that this essay can be translated to other languages such as Hindi‚ Urdu and etc by using the Google Language translation services. Free Essay on Festivals of India. There are occasions in the life of a community when its members give themselves up to jollity. There is joy and excitement. The dull routine of life is broken. People dress themselves up in their best. Such occasions are called festivals. There
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because the monsoons which fed the rivers that supported the civilisation‚ migrated to the east. With the rivers drying out as a result‚ the civilisation collapsed some 4000 years ago. The study was conducted by a team of scientists from the US‚ the UK‚ India‚ Pakistan and Romania between 2003 and 2008.[29] While the new finding puts to rest‚ at least for the moment‚ other theories of the civilisation’s demise‚ such as the shifting course of rivers due to tectonic changes or a fatal foreign invasion‚ it
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SST 2383 Discussion Question 1. The large store variety and layouts of merchandise would likely appeal to consumers in India for a few reasons. One reason would be that these large retailers could create more efficiency in that they would allow a customer to purchase a wide assortment of goods in one stop. Another reason is that they could sell brand-name products at more affordable prices. It may be wise to also take into consideration that more than half of India’s population consists of people
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