When India attained independence‚ she was no nation‚ she was divided into princely states and provinces; she was backward economically‚ educationally‚ scientifically and even culturally. It needed men of genius and destiny like Gandhi‚ Nehru and Patel to knit her into a nation. Since the dawn of independence‚ we have been striving to solve various problems facing the motherland to make her a united democratic and solvent nation. What we have achieved is praiseworthy‚ what we have failed to achieve
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Social and Cultural Continuity and Change: Focus Country – India Part A – Outline the features of continuity And change Gender roles and the status of men and women is a part of the social and cultural continuity and change among India. Men in India are frequently recognized to be more superior to the women. Gender roles within India are considered to be backwards in contrast to many westernised societies. Women are often to be seen as a nurturer and less educated than men. Once the women become
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The women of Nervous Conditions live in a world still fraught with patriarchy and inequality. It was the way of life in the 60’s‚ in Rhodesia especially. Inequality was a cultural normality‚ a repression of the mind‚ body‚ and spirit from birth. For Tambu‚ a simple poor Rhodesian girl‚ this repression was only revealed to her through a series of events unforeseen and unimaginable to anyone. These events led to a women’s education‚ another woman’s fall‚ and a mother’s growth. And just like everything
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and subsequently‚ the rise in LSD and marijuana use being brought to mind. The hippie did not attempt to alter society with the use of violence‚ but as an alternative‚ tried to revolutionize society by means of peace and love. These international changes in popular culture during the sixties era had significant affects on the illegal drug use patterns in New Zealand‚ influencing the increase in drug related statistics. Hippies had become an established social group by 1965 in the U.S and the movement
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Student Number: 107002 Date: 2013-5-28 Can India exceed China in economy after 20 years? 1 Contents Introduction ---------------------------------------------------------------- P3-P4 1. Chinese and Indian Existing Economies ---------------------------- P4- P6 2. How Big is the Gap between Chinese and Indian Economy? ---- P6-P8 3. How other domestic factors effect on Chinese and Indian economy in the next 20 years? ----------------------------------------------------------
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30 years ago and former‚ people thought differently about the idea of marriage‚ then we do now. Both men and women had very strict roles. Husband was the one‚ who was supposed to work‚ earn money and eventually spend some time with childrean over the weekend. Wife’s role was to cook‚ clean and take care of childrean every day. Nowadays that kind of family model would be rather unacceptable‚ becouse relationships between the sexes have changed their character. Until the end of former century‚ woman’s
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It was in the year 1947 that both India and Pakistan were granted independence on the midnight of August 14-15 but Pakistan celebrates its independence on August 14 and India on August 15. Ironic but interestingly‚ Pakistan first independence day was celebrated as August 15 and later on it became August 14. Another reason was that British Viceroy Mountbatten‚ who chose August 15 symbolizing the surrender of Japan to Allies two years ago as the date‚ preferred to transfer power to Pakistan on August
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The Last of the Romanovs The fall of the Romanov Empire changed the face of Russia forever. The royal family‚ led by Nicholas II‚ we’re imprisoned and eventually assassinated by the Bolsheviks‚ a political party founded by Vladimir Lenin and Alexander Bogdanov whose main focus was to eliminate the monarchy and employ their own form of democracy. Tsar Nicholas II‚ his wife‚ Alexandra‚ and their only son‚ Alexei‚ heir apparent to the throne‚ were all integral figures in this historical evolution
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JURISPRUDENTIAL APPRAISAL OF LAW AS AN INSTRUEMENT OF SOCIAL CHANGE IN INDIA INTRODUCTION The subject of the relationship between law and social change involves extensive jurisprudential‚ sociological and philosophical discussions and learning done over centuries by a wide range of renowned commentators and authorities. The history of mankind reveals that human wisdom has devised different methods and means to meet the structural changes in the social system which take place with the advancement
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CHAPTER 14 The Last Great Nomadic Changes: From Chinggis Khan to Timur CHAPTER SUMMARY The nomads of central Asia during the thirteenth century returned to center stage in world history. The Mongols ended or interrupted the great postclassical empires while extending the world network of that era. Led by Chinggis Khan and his successors‚ they brought central Asia‚ China‚ Persia‚ Tibet‚ Iraq‚ Asia Minor‚ and southern Russia under their control. The states formed dominated most of Asia for
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