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    Female feticide- ← aborting a female fetus after sex determination test ← ultra-sonography‚ helps determine abnormalities in the fetus. ← misused to find out sex of the fetus and abort it if it is a girl. India from centuries has never welcomed the birth of daughter. Indian culture either treats woman as a goddess or an object‚ pretentiously as goddess but actually as an object. Daughters were never welcome as is evident from the blessings given by Rishis – “Ashta Putra Saubhagyavati

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    Nayar of India Ashford University ANT 101: Introduction to Anthropology Jeri Myers 29 November 2010 The Nayar of India that I focused on is known as the Nayar of Kerala. They live in the southern tip of India and have a very unique society and culture. The Nayar or Nair culture is an agricultural state and a warrior caste and a matrilineal society. The Nayar also believe that they come from a supernatural beginning‚ and are of a royal lineage and are a high class as they enforced laws‚

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    Pride and Prejudice vs Bride and Prejudice - More than a change of One LetterThe film‚ Pride and Prejudice directed by Joe Wright‚ had more of a natural tone setting and feeling to it. The scenery really draws the audience in by nature and the assumed innocence of the characters. Bride and Prejudice directed by Gurinder Chadha‚ is considered to be a Bollywood style movie. Bride… had a complete makeover of Pride… with an Indian traditional style twist. The main characters in both films were Lizzie

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    CASE OF FEMALE GENITAL `MUTILATION: THE TENSION BETWEEN CULTURAL RELATIVISM AND UNIVERSALISM Dianne Camille T. Corales University of the Philippines Mindanao Department of Social Sciences‚ BA Anthropology December 2014` 2 INTRODUCTION Over the past years‚ the practice of Female Genital Mutilation has received an increasing global attention and mass condemnation from the West in general along with the Feminists and Human Rights Advocates. According to the statistics of UNICEF in 2013‚ Female Genital

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    rule of equality. Males and female are born to be equal. Lets shun this fact that males are born to dominate. Males need to understand that without women their train of life would come to a halt. In fact‚ the entire life on earth would stop. God never sent us for this. Did He? No‚ not at all. Then why are we distinguishing between men and women. I think there should be no reservation‚ however‚ it should become a rule of law that equality prevails‚ with males and females on equal parameters. The fairer

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    In Malcome Browne’s photo called The Burning Monk‚ the ethical issue raised is the means and extent of protest. The monk‚ Thích Quảng Đức wholehearted believed in the freedom to practice Buddhism and was willing to sacrifice himself to garner attention. However‚ many people would argue that his form of protest was too radical and not ethically correct; self-immolation takes protest too far. Regardless of how radical and shocking a protest may be‚ or how uncomfortable it makes people feel‚ it is still

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    marriages in India Arranged marriages continue to be normative in many Asian cultures‚ such as Japan‚ India‚ Korea‚ and so on (Applbaum‚ 1995). Specifically‚ among Hindus in India‚ they continue to be the most popular form of organizing a marital relationship (Mullatti‚ 1995). Despite globalization‚ modernization‚ and urbanization‚ the number of arranged marriages continues to outnumber ’love ’ or ’self-arranged ’ marriages. In fact‚ an estimated 95% of all Hindu marriages in India are still arranged

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    but also benefit the centuries to come. There is a lack of success in passing an amendment; for example‚ banning flag burning. The history of the constitution gives us an idea of why it is relatively difficult to amend the U.S. Constitution. The plan was designed to embrace a federal system of government. Checks and balances were incorporated so that they did not give too much power to one particular branch of government (“The U.S. Constitution 2009). Federalist wanted to be certain that we had amendments

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    You may have heard about an outlandish crazy party called burning man where they run around naked‚ do drugs‚ and burn massive amounts or artwork.If you have heard this you may be right but it is so much more than just a party. Burning Man is an annual experiment in a temporary community dedicated to radical self-expression and radical self-reliance and it can be anything you want it to be as long as it is an experience.Burners are the most functional and dysfunctional people I have ever met. They

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    SINGLA‚PRASHANT COURSE:B.COM(HONS)I SUBJECT:COMMUNICATION SKILLS TOPIC:INCREDIBLE INDIA ENROLL NO.:A3104609020‚42 SUBMITTED TO: Mrs. DEEPALI SHARMA ABOUT INDIA INDIA - a land of dreams and romance. A land blessed by the Sun‚ Shimmering Waters‚ Landscapes Painted golden with its rays‚ Silhouetted mountained‚ And a warm glowing welcome. A land of enormous Contrasts from North to South‚ East to West. India unfolds for you‚ a Series of diversities. The People‚ The Culture‚ The Languages‚ The

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