UNIT 17 IDENTITY POLITICS IN INDIA (CASTE‚ RELIGION‚ LANGUAGE AND ETHNICITY) Structure 17.1 17.2 17.3 Introduction What is Identity Politics? Identity Politics in India 17.3.1 17.3.2 17.3.3 17.3.4 17.4 17.5 Caste Religion Language Ethnicity Summary Exercises 17.1 INTRODUCTION Identity Politics has become a prominent subject in the Indian politics in the past few years. 1 Rise of low castes‚ religious identities‚ linguistic groups and ethnic conflicts have contributed
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The Impact of Development-induced Displacement on the Income of the Poor Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Economics Honors By Pradeep 0914308 Supervisor: M. Xavier DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS CHRIST UNIVERSITY BANGALORE- 560029 2012 The Impact of Development-induced Displacement on the Income of the Poor Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Economics Honors By Pradeep 0914308
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Secularism in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. | This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research may be removed. (April 2012) | | This article has been nominated to be checked for its neutrality. Discussion of this nomination
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Introduction Introduction The Microcredit Summit 1997 defined Microcredit as programs that provide credit for self-employment and other financial and business services like savings and technical assistance to low income people. The meaning of Micro finance includes small scale financial assistance to people who work in agriculture‚ animal husbandry‚ fishing‚ poultry farming‚ trading‚ herding and running small or micro enterprises etc. It also renders services like insurance‚ group
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U ANNUAL REPORT – –– SHANGRI-LA HOTELS (MALAYSIA) BERHAD CONTENTS 2 4 10 22 23 24 25 30 35 38 42 49 49 51 109 112 115 Group Financial Highlights Chairman’s Statement Operations Review Corporate Structure Financial Calendar Corporate Data Profile of Board of Directors Statement on Corporate Governance Statement on Internal Control Audit Committee Report Corporate Social Responsibility Additional Compliance Information Statement on Directors’ Responsibility Financial Statements Group
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Social Inequality "...all animals are equal here‚ but some are more equal than others." [G‚Orwell‚ Animal Farm] What does Social Inequality Mean? Differential Access to Wealth Power Prestige In What Areas does Social Inequalities Exist Gender Race Age Ethnicity Religion Kinship How does differential access to wealth‚ power and prestige arise from differences between people? Differences are accorded varying degrees of value Those who are most similar to “me” have the highest value Those
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Eco-degradation AND PHYTODIVERSITY OF PULICAT LAGOON‚ EASTCOAST OF SOUTHREN INDIA S.K.M.BHASHA‚ M. JOHNPAUL‚P.SIVA KUMAR REDDY NBKR Medicinal Plants Research Institute‚ SPSP Nellore (DT)‚ Bharathiyar University‚ Coimbatore. drskmbasha@gmail.com ABSTRACT: Pulicat Lake is the second largest brackish water lagoon after Chilika Lake of Orissa along the east coast of India. Estuaries and lagoons have brackish water which shows high biological productivity
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Adivasi Adivasi is an umbrella term for a heterogeneous set of ethnic and tribal groups claimed to be the aboriginal population of India.[1][2][3] They comprise a substantial indigenous minority of the population of India. The same term Adivasi is used for the ethnic minorities of Bangladesh and the native Vedda people of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ආදී වාස).[4] The word is also used in the same sense in Nepal as is another word janajati (Nepali: जनजाति; janajāti)‚ although the political context differed
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WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN INDIA: ACTS‚ LAWS AND POLICIES Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act‚ 2005 (PWDVA) The PWDVA came in to force on the 26th of October 2006 as a National Law spanning all of India except for the state of Jammu & Kashmir. The Act is supposed to provide quick protection and relief to women facing domestic violence. Some of the salient features of this Act are: * Only women can avail of the remedies provided under this Act. * The Act provides a broad definition
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I ONLY ENTERED THIS PAPER TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT CULTURE/ETHNOCENTRICITY – be able to identify‚ define and interpret Culture – the way of life for an entire society; food‚ beliefs‚ dress‚ language‚ music‚ festivals‚ art‚ holidays‚ religion‚ behaviors‚ values‚ rituals‚ manners Ethnic – race‚ origin‚ religion‚ culture‚ common ancestry and genealogy; kin/tribe‚ people of one country not all same ethnicity but are same nationality Diversity – different cultures‚ broad range of differences Prejudice
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