In a global context‚ Liberalization‚ Privatization and Globalization (LPG policy) are no longer an option but a fact. Whether one likes it or not‚ it is bound to influence all spheres of life and activities. Developing countries like India may have to learn to manage the process far more skillfully and efficiently for the development of the country. In the broad setting of reforms in many countries in the 1980s‚ India was an apparent anomaly. India was at the crossroads. She was facing a macroeconomic
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Sixty years ago‚ in the summer of 1948‚ our nation‚ then newly born‚ was struggling for its very survival. In January‚ Mahatma Gandhi had been murdered by a Hindu fanatic. The act had shocked many Indians‚ but apparently it had the approval of some. According to one news report‚ the jailed assassin‚ Nathuram Godse‚ received an average of 50 letters a day expressing admiration for his action. This was part of a much wider right-wing‚ religious‚ reaction against Partition. Hindu and Sikh refugees
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Interpreting Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj is not rejection of the liberative contribution of modernity. Rather his effort can be interpreted as an attempt to integrate these positive elements with a liberating re-interpretation of tradition. With his critique from within the tradition‚ Gandhi becomes the great synthesizer of contraries within and across traditions. GANDHI’s Hind Swaraj (HS) is surely a foundational text for any understanding of the man and his mission. In dialogue
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References: Ansari Saghir Ahmad (2007)‚ “Mircro Finance in India”‚ Asian Economic Review‚ August‚ Vol.29 (2)‚ pp 327-336. Chavan Pallavi (2007)‚ “ Access to Bank Credit : Implications for Dalit Rural Households”‚ Economic and Political Weekly‚ April‚ Vol Kamath Rajalaxi (2007)‚ “ Financial Inclusion vis-a-vis Social Banking”‚ Economic and Political Weekly‚ April‚ Vol. XLII (15)‚ pp 1334-1335. Khandelwal Anil‚K‚ (2007)‚ “Microfinance Development
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Divisions in India Society: The Caste System There are different theories about the establishment of Caste system. There are religious‚ mystical‚ biological and socio-historical theories about the Caste system. The word “caste” is derived from a Portuguese word “casta” which means “bread” or “lineage” (Encarta). A Class vs. a Caste System In any country’s history‚ a high stage of social development is reached only when the main social divisions are formed. “The caste system penetrates the Hindu
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Anna Hazare was born and lived the 1st 6 years of his life in Bhingar which is a small town in Ahmednagar district. It is in the state of Maharashtra in India. Bhingar got its name from a rishi called Bhrigu that did tapsya there on a hillock and later a temple was erected in his honour. Aurangzeb‚ the last Mughal emperor‚ died at Bhingar in 1707. Also‚ there is a very famous and very old temple of Lord Shiva called Shukleshwar Temple in Bhingar. In 2001‚ the total population was 7620 people
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ELT in Technical Education: An Analysis of the Existing Hurdles in a Non – English Social Milieu and Some Viable Solutions SARAKANAM SRINIVAS M.A.‚ M.Phil.‚ (PhD) Faculty of English‚ Samalkot - 533440‚ East Godavari District‚ Andhra Pradesh‚ India Mobile: 91+ 9959343424‚ 9154957348 vasu.vasu14@gmail.com Abstract One of the major challenges any English Language Teacher often confronts is ‘imparting of speaking skills’ to the students of engineering
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International Management assignment – managing across cultures The determinants of a culture are the evolutionary product of a number of factors‚ including the prevailing political and economical philosophies‚ the social structure of a society‚ and the dominant religion‚ language and education. Language Is a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds‚ or conventional symbols. Language is one of the most defining characteristics of a culture. Countries with more than one language
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“Women Empowerment” is a government slogan. There is a ministry for Women and Child development. There are laws against female foeticide‚ domestic violence and sexual harassment in the workplace. Determined women are carving their own niche in every field including those which were entirely male dominated till 1947. Despite all this they remain second class citizens in almost every sense in rural areas across India. Crime against women continues to increase‚ female foeticide is very common among
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ARE WOMEN SAFE IN INDIA? ARE STRINGENT LAWS ENOUGH TO CURB THE SEXUAL OVERDRIVE? The condition of women in India has always been a matter of grave concern. Since the past several centuries‚ the women of India were never given equal status and opportunities as compared to that of their male counterparts. The patriarchal nature of Indian society‚ which even though gives respect to women as they are our mothers and sisters‚ has greatly hampered both the independence as well as the safety of women.
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