Devadasi system is not only exploitation of women‚ it is the institutionalized exploitation of women; it is the exploitation of Dalits‚ the lower class of untouchables; it is the religious sanction given to prostitution of helpless economically and socially deprived women; It is the glorification of humiliation of women. Inherent in this system is the fascistic belief that a certain section of human population‚ the lower caste‚ is meant to serve the ‘higher caste’s superior men’. Inherent in it is
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Anti +arrack movement Anti +arrack movement means movement against alcoholism. An anti- arrack movement was created in a remote village in Dubagunta‚ in Andhra Pradesh in 1972. It began as a spontaneous movement of women against alcoholism and agitated to force the closure of the arrack (liquor) shop in the village in Nellore district and adopted by the other districts of Andhra Pradesh. There was no organized leadership to start with in the anti-arrack movement. Most of the groundwork
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Buddhism vs. Hinduism Recent studies show religion derives from many sects of life. It has changed very much over time and has been studied more frequently through all of our lives. Religion is developed by the base of beliefs‚ myths‚ and rituals. In life many people learn and discover different religions that form their drive of which path to follow and how to set standards for others to view and relate to. There are several and many different kinds of religions some that vary into small and even
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Minorities have to pay the price whenever instability is caused due to communal politics On December 6th 1992‚ about a million and a half men‚ ‘Kar Sevaks’‚ all members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)‚ the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS)‚ the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bajrang Dal‚ attacked the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya‚ Uttar Pradesh and reduced the historic mosque to rubble. The demolition was carried out under the supervision of the BJP government. In 1990‚ BJP leader‚ L. K. Advani
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Poverty in India is widespread with the nation estimated to have a third of the world’s poor. According to a 2005 World Bank estimate‚ 42% of India falls below the international poverty line of US$ 1.25 a day (PPP‚ in nominal terms 21.6 a day in urban areas and 14.3 in rural areas); having reduced from 60% in 1981.[1] According to the criterion used by the Planning Commission of India 27.5% of the population was living below the poverty line in 2004–2005‚ down from 51.3% in 1977–1978‚ and 36% in
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The article ADIVASIS‚ NAXALITES AND INDIAN DEMOCRACY by Ramachandra Guha focuses on the condition of adivasis who are caught between the government and naxalites. Adivasis ‚which is a term used for the tribes of central and eastern India who share certain attributes in terms of cultural‚ social‚ economic and political entities that makes them distinct from north-eastern tribes and other Indian and thus treating them as a single segment. According to the author there are roughly 70 million tribals
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Thailand for the several billion tourism industry. In Sabah‚ a new marketing group has been created to promote golf in the Eastern Islands of Sabah and Sarawak. The creation‚ called Sabah Golf‚ formed by Sutera Harbour and Shangri-La Rasa Ria at Dalit Bay‚ is to capitalise on Malaysia’s growing golfing
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Vince Aaron A. Leonardo TC 1-6 Curriculum Vitae Name: Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal Alonzo Y Realonda Sex: Male Born: June 19‚ 1861 Place of birth: Calamba‚ Laguna Died: December 30‚ 1896 Civil Status: Single Religion: Roman Catholic Nationality: Filipino Height: 4’11 Father’s Name: Francisco Mercado Occupation: Farmer Mother’s Name: Teodora Alonso Realonda Occupation: House Wife Siblings: Saturnina Mercado Maria Mercado Paciano Mercado Conception
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STREET CHILDREN IN INDIA WAN SARAH WAN RUSLI TOPIC: STREET CHILDREN DISCOVERY SEMINAR ON RURAL LIFE (UE141SEM - B1) INSTRUCTOR: PROFESSOR SURAJIT SEN (PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS‚ SUNY BUFFALO) DEFINITION: A street child is any boy or girl who has not reached adulthood‚ and for whom the street and unoccupied dwellings have become his/her home and/or source of livelihood. These children are neither protected‚ directed‚ nor supervised by adults. + India is the ninth largest economy in the
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society are overlooked as sources‚ contributors and reporters. There is a perception that the media is not taking up the causes of the underprivileged and oppressed or rural masses and there is hardly any coverage of farmer suicides or of atrocities on Dalits across the length and breadth of the country. Regional media outlets may not include more information to help their audience understand the rights‚ traditions and needs of the different minority groups living among them. Instead‚ journalists all
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