śūdras [workers] — can attain the supreme destination.” The Bhagavad Gita told many story about the Hindu history‚ what was most enlightening to me was the tradition of the women‚ and how they were viewed. The women were viewed as many other early societies dated back as far as Mesopotamian time and even as now. The women were looked at as lower breeds of human‚ more so like slaves. The women of the Hindu society were treaded as belonging not as gifted possessions‚ only giving life could occasionally
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700 B.C. when Hinduism came into effect. Hinduism is associated with the territory of India. Hinduism portrayed gods intervening in political and military activity on a regular basis. The Bhagavad Gita is the most famous Hindu religious text. During this period of Hinduism Hindu kings were not only in charge of the secular administration‚ but also the administration of temple estates. Brahmins were the only supporting forces of king rulers they were expected to endorse the king’s authority. Hindus
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the film goes downhill and go for the worst. In most cases to the untrained eye‚ the story line still looks accurate‚ but with any‚ even basic prior knowledge the errors are easily apparent.While many parts of the movie are relatively close to real Hindu life in India‚ like: the presence of a Thugee Cult‚ the government in India at which the time in the movie takes place (set in 1935)‚ and the religious and political structure of India. Besides these components most other depictions involving India
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Ram is a prince who is exiled to the forest. So what is the nature of injustice to the hero in these epics? What customs/values inform the heroes’ responses to this injustice? How do differences in customs/values inform differences in Greek and Hindu literature? What do arête and dharma mean in these cultures? What roles do the gods play in these heroes’ predicaments? The Iliad starts off with sacking of a Trojan’s allied town and two maidens are taken as prized possession from the town‚
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was disappointing because I had hoped to learn more about Hinduism and its place in the modern day. My expectation was that somehow the author would reconcile so called rational theorisations (that I too am very attached to) and the in-explainable Hindu concepts that I was familiar with. Unfortunately‚ other than seeing shadows of faith based thinking in Hegel‚ the section on Hinduism and modernity abruptly ends with little or no understanding on Hinduism and the assortment of modern day theorists
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people of India and has developed over a period of time. The word Hindu is derived from the name of river Indus‚ which flows through the northern part of India. In earlier times the river was called ‘Sindhu’. A lot of migrants from Persia settled down in India and started calling the river as ‘Hindu’. India is popularly called Hindustan and its inhabitants are Hindus. The religion followed by Hindus is thus termed as Hinduism. Hindu identity is determined by several factors; they act as a unification
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[10][11][12] The latter are similar to the caste system reported in the Igbo-Osu Christian community in Africa.[13][14] Caste is commonly thought of as an ancient fact of Hindu life‚ but various contemporary scholars have argued that the caste system was constructed by the British colonial regime.[2][15][16][17][18] Caste is neither unique to Hindu religion nor to India; caste systems have been observed in other parts of the world‚ for example‚ in the Muslim community of Yemen‚ Christian colonies of Spain‚
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CONTEMPORARY INDIA | The Great Indian Young Middle Class If you are living in the UK or USA‚ chances are that every time you lose your credit card‚ buy an insurance policy‚ report a fault on your mobile phone‚ you have probably spoken to someone who is unfailingly courtesy and impeccable English. And the chances are very high that the response satisfied you. Millions of faceless voices toil away nights at business process outsourcing companies across India at the end of a telephone line.
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spectator‚ I do believe that both cultures are privileged in different parts of the books‚ and the influences on both generation of acculturation and assimilation in this book also need dialectic discussion. But the author ‚as I think‚ cares more about Hindu culture and tends to foreground it. The life for the first-generation immigrants is very hard. They should not only get used to the new environment‚ but also bear loneliness. This book reminds me another story that I have read before‚ "American
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CONTEXT British context Forster was a British writer and most of his readers were British. His work reflects also England and the period in which Forster lived and wrote. He is commonly regarded as an Edwardian novelist‚ because his first four novels were published during the reign of King Edward VII (1901-1910); in this period his values and outlook were developed. England had undergone the traumatic experience of the First World War; more than 750000 soldiers were killed‚ along with another
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