Pandora’s Box of knowledge is opened‚ its consequences are unstoppable. Indians quickly became aware of the enormous leaps made by Western political thought over the centuries. This awareness laid the seeds for subsequent demands for self-rule. But India faced a steep learning curve first. It had not paid the slightest heed to what had been going on elsewhere for centuries‚ if not millennia. But in the meantime the world had completely changed. People’s power was on the rise as never before in Britain
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Introduction In Sanskrit ‘Go’ means Cow and Gotra means ‘cow-pen’. Cow was supposed to be the valuable commodity and the family were recognised by the cow-pens and later the term was linked with the family group and its lineage. In the ancient world as well as the modern society‚ people tend to form cohesive groups based on Language‚ Castes‚ Culture‚ Gotras etc. In Hindu society‚ the term Gotra means clan and it broadly signifies the descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor
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IS INDIA REALLY SECULAR? SOCIOLOGY TUTORIAL II SHRUTHEE SRINIVASAN 210056 INTRODUCTION How did laws actually originate? If one thinks in the Indian perspective‚ we come to the conclusion that religion provided the base for the formulation of all the traditional laws in our country. According to Robert D. Baird1‚ the sacred Hindu texts; Manusmriti‚ derived through spiritual insight‚ provided the basic platform for the formation of
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Naxals‚ though in some states the pockets are small and have been contained. Our interrogations and materials obtained from raids indicate that the target of this group is to bring‚ by 2010‚ 30-35 per cent of India under their sway. In order to prevent incidents like Murkinar‚ India has to train at least 10‚000-20‚000 policemen in counter-insurgency tactics. This is no
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loans from private lenders for high interests ) -hence suicide +Unemployment - std of education ‚ not industry ready ‚no skilled labours Jobs are there but less skilled workers.. +Sanitation ----abt the sewage cleaners ‚ +no major city in India is known to have a continuous water supply and an estimated 72% of Indians still lack access to improved sanitation facilities. +Health problems - diseases - malaria‚ TB ‚ aids‚ +Superstitious --- IT IMPACTS THE SCIENTIFIC TEMPER +Female foeticide
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Medieval Indian Women Medieval India was considered the "Dark Ages" for Indian women. It would not be correct to say that the caste system was the only baneful feature of Hindu society. There was a progressive deterioration in the position of women in the society since Manu’s times‚ which reached the lowest point during this period. The practical recommendations given in the Manu-samhita were those of a bigot. Though not exactly regarded as a piece of property‚ the woman’s secondary
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history of the Indian subcontinent prior to the partition of India in 1947. For the modern Republic of India‚ see History of the Republic of India. For Pakistan and Bangladesh‚ see History of Pakistan and History of Bangladesh. "Indian history" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Native American history. Part of a series on the | History of India | | Chronology of Indian history | Ancient India | Prehistoric India and Vedic India Religions‚ Society‚ Mahajanapadas | Mauryan PeriodEconomy
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http://www.studymode.com/essays/Essay-On-India-Of-My-Dream-1445580.html http://www.studymode.com/essays/India-Of-My-Dreams-1315397.html Home About Site Content Quality Guidelines Suggest Us Report Errors Contact Us Our country India has completed 63 years of her independence. In every walk of life‚ we find Indians on the top. For example‚ earlier in sports we found Indians winning only in cricket‚ but now we have been captivating other sports like Chess‚ Boxing‚ and Badminton
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Honor killing in India Recently‚ there has been a spate of honor killings in the country and this has led the government to decide what laws should be put in place to stop this heinous crime. More than 1‚000 young people in India have been done to death every year owing to ’Honor Killings’ linked to forced marriages and the country needs to introduce stringent legislation to deal firmly with these heinous crimes. Supreme Court has said the government must explain what it is doing to prevent "honor
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of Mysore was built during 1897-1912. It is the official residence of the descendants of the King of Mysore. Victoria Memorial‚ Kolkata The Victoria Memorial is dedicated to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom who was the Empress of India during the British rule. Charminar‚ Hyderabad The Charminar was built in 1591 by Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah‚ the 5th ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty. He built this famous structure to commemorate the elimination of a plague epidemic in the
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