Winter Semester 2014- 2015 Family Law-I Project Desertion as a Ground for Divorce under Hindu Law This project has been submitted by: Anubhuti Gupta I.D. No.- 214072 Introduction- “Divorce is a thorny question‚ especially in Hindu marriages”1. Hindu marriages are considered as sacramental institution which is to be preserved till death. Thus‚ typically‚ Hindu law did not provide for divorce except in certain socially lowly stratified communities. But this was inequitable to thousands
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“Gandhi was a good man who used his Hindu and religious beliefs in a brilliant way” To what extent do you agree with this statement? Gandhi was never known as just a bad person. He always had the reputation/view of being either all good – or some good some bad. He was a major asset to the struggle of independence in India. And had inspired many other speeches today. All in all‚ I think the father of four born in the second of October 1869‚ Gandhi... was a good man – however has a lot behind the
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There are four paths to "Brahman" in the Hindu religion. This sets it aside from most of the other religions around today. There are four basic spiritual personality types for which Hinduism gives a distinct yoga that focuses on the type’s strong point. The point of the yogas is to reveal the underlying divinity in humans. These are the different paths to God. Jnana yoga is the path to God through knowledge. This is for those who are thinkers. The Jnana strive to identify with God. It is an intuition
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promised limited representative democracy Split between AIML and INC 1919 India Act‚ Rowlatt Satyagraha beginning of mass politics 1920-22 Non-cooperation-Khilafat Movement under Gandhi; introduction of Satyagrapha policy and non-violence; Hindu-Muslim unity; ended because of rising violence 1920 Jinnah leaves Congress 1928 Landless labourers resisted dominant peasants in Bardoli 1929 Congress formally accepts goal of purna swarah (complete self-rule) 1930-31 Second Civil Disobedience
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is miraculous in its blend of Eastern and Western thought. In the poem‚ Emerson assumes the role of Brahma‚ the Hindu God of creation. Emerson is able to use clever‚ yet complex paradoxical logic in order to present his philosophy in poetic terms. Throughout the poem‚ Emerson alludes to Hindu mythology. The knowledge of which he gained through reading the Bhagavad-Gita and other Hindu scriptures. In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem‚ "Brahma"‚ the overall theme is the divine relationship and continuity
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Choose one of the four major paths of Hindu “discipline” (i.e. Raja Yoga‚ Jnana Yoga‚ Karma Yoga or Bhakti Yoga) and explain its approach to religious self-transformation in terms of the foundational principles of Hinduism—Brahman‚ Atman‚ Karma and Moksha. In Hinduism‚ there are four main ways to reach towards the divine reality‚ whether the ultimate goal is a better life‚ union with the divine‚ or a release from life. Each yoga puts on its followers a set of actions that help lead the
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recognized as the products of the minds of the great sages. However‚ smruti texts often carry almost as much authority as sruti‚ and the religion of the older sruti texts bears little resemblance to modern Hinduism and is largely unknown to the average Hindu. Nevertheless‚ the sruti are still held in very high regard and portions are still memorized for religious merit. The only texts regarded as sruti are the Vedas‚ which include both ancient sacrificial formulas and the more philosophical Upanishads
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scholarly interest but a personal experience of discrimination and marginalization. The deep sense of injustice felt by him motivated Dr. Ambedkar to challenge all oppressive institutions of society. Throughout his life he was passionately critical of the Hindu caste system which was the basis of social‚ cultural‚ economic and political subjugation of those considered “lower castes”. In his struggle against caste based discrimination‚ Ambedkar held that emancipation of Dalits in India was possible only through
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The Hindu Religion hold the belief that through yoga‚ forms of meditation people can live spiritually enlightened. Yoga is thought to help people build a bond with the Divine. The Hindu people believe that meditating through yoga‚ the union between the person and the Divine can actually be perfected! There are several different types of yoga‚ each type having their own specialties. Those specialties may consist of; healing‚ balance‚ breathing‚ strength‚ endurance‚ and mental and physical enlightment
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HINDUISM Historical basis of Hinduism: Hinduism does not have a founder. Its origins can be traced back as far as 3500 B.C.E‚ the date given for the civilisation of the Indus Valley. ‘Hindu’ derives from the word ‘Sindu”‚ the word the Persians gave to the Indus River. This civilisation included a religion that centred on the worship of fertility gods and goddesses. In 1500 B.C.E‚ the nomadic tribal group‚ the Aryans invaded India. They brought with them the worshipping of nature gods‚ an economic
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