“STATUS OF WOMEN IN CONTEMPORARY INDIAN SOCIETY” - KRITIKA RASTOGI STATEMENT OF PURPOSE To critically analyse the role and status of women in the contemporary Indian society and the crimes committed against them. INTRODUCTION Within the Indian subcontinent‚ there have been infinite variations of the status of women‚ differing according to the cultural milieu‚ family structures‚ caste‚ class‚ property
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THE AFTERMATH OF THE TSUNAMI AND CONSEQUENTIAL POVERTY SUBJECT: LAW AND POVERTY SUBMITTED BY: NISHANT K PRASAD 2010-50 SUBMITTED TO: PROFESSOR AMITADHANDA DEAN(ACADEMICS) NALSAR UNIVERSITY OF LAW‚ HYDERABAD A large number of people to the extent of 220‚000 people were killed in the tsunami which hit South Asia in 2004. There were disastrous consequences of this natural calamity. Loss of millions
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considered Buddhist. While Buddhism used to be a primarily Asian religion in the ancient times‚ it is now widespread with American and European regions. There have also been a number of Buddhist movements since the late twentieth century‚ including the Dalit Buddhist Movement and Engaged Buddhism. In conclusion‚ Siddhartha Gautama was an important historical figure because he is the founder of the world’s fourth largest religion‚ Buddhism‚ after Christianity‚ Islam‚ and Hinduism. The Sangha created
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Incoming graduates of political science are aware of the restriction that the structure of the government imbeds‚ including the branches of the government generating unfair control of power in the executive branch‚ and partisan polarization. America’s basic construction of government‚ the three branches in parallel with the checks and balance system‚ creates problems such as a single executive leader inducing unfair policy making‚ and two main political party advancing partisan polarization. Partisan
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Baffling as certainly an endeavour to provide an exhaustive list of Tagore’s achievements in the various fields like music‚ dance‚ painting‚ histrionics‚ education‚ etc.‚ would be‚ even the effort to describe his output within the limited field of literary and poetic writing would be‚ difficult. Indeed his contribution to ever so many types and forms of writing is amazing‚ if not defying adequate enumeration. As one of his admirers‚ the lateMahamahopadhyaya Harprasada Sastri‚ said: “He has tried
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proportions of Goliath and is threatening the very integrity of the nation. The society in India is rather divided on the basis of caste and not a single day passes without an incident where caste becomes the focal point. Recently in Maharashtra State a Dalit family of four was done to death by the upper caste Hindus and there was big riot and arson in the State. Similar incidents also take place in other State from time to time. Trains were burnt‚ shops were looted and life came to stand still. A caste
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Shudras‚ the servants‚ and the Dalits‚ a group of people who do the worst jobs in the society. Hinduism follows a soul called Atman‚ and that this soul is born into the world over and over‚ with the ultimate goal to achieve Moksha‚ or enlightenment. One person must fulfill their duties of their caste in order to receive a higher caste position in their next lifetime. This allowed no social motivity. The social distinctions of Hinduism are so strong that if one touches a‚ Dalit‚ it is considered a disgrace
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surprising in a culturally diverse country such as India. There is no one common man. He is common and identifiable only to a region. The regional political parties are his mouthpiece espousing the cause of their common man. In such circumstances my quest is not merely to describe the manner in which the regional political parties have surfaced as dominant partners in the Indian political culture but also the kind of role that these parties are fulfilling. One of the ways in which the regional parties
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Comparing Short Stories Kate Chopin’s "The Story of an Hour" and Charlotte Gilman’s "The Yellow Wallpaper" are both centralized on the feministic views of women coming out to the world. Aside from the many differences within the two short stories‚ there is also similarities contained in Chopin’s "The Story of an Hour" and Gilman’s "The Yellow Wallpaper‚" such as the same concept of the "rest treatment" was prescribed as medicine to help deal with their sickness‚ society’s views on the main character’s
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