India should stop obsessing about how to become one of the world’s great powers and focus on solving its biggest problems to become a great nation‚ Sundeep Wasleka‚ the president of Strategic Foresight Group‚ writes in this month’s Forbes India. At present‚ regardless of the hype‚ India is failing‚ Wasleka suggests. Politicians and business leaders are always thumping their chests over India’s rising importance in the G20 and lobby for a new G10 (the G8 plus India and China). But 200 out of the
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A Passage to India‚ written by E. M. Forster in 1924‚ is a novel exploring the widespread and uncontrolled tension and prejudice that existed in India in the 1920s. This tension was caused by animosity between the native Indians and the British officials who were ruling India at the time - in this novel‚ Dr. Aziz and the City Magistrate. Most of the conflict takes place between Dr. Aziz and the City Magistrate’s family and friends‚ who were visiting India at the time. Forster describes in detail
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Equality in India Introduction Equality in India is a relatively recent concept as enshrined in our Constitution. The Right to Equality is a Fundamental Right‚ and our Constitution gives all Indians the right to practice it‚ irrespective of caste‚ creed‚ economic status‚ race or gender. Ancient Indian civilization was steeped in inequalities‚ mostly of caste. With the advent of Buddhism and Jainism‚ the caste system received a jolt‚ as the common man started questioning its very basis. Later
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UNTOUCHABILITY IN INDIA Untouchability is not unique to India; it was practised in parts of Europe until a few centuries ago‚ and Japan still has a large number of ’untouchables’‚ called the burakumin. But it is in the Indian sub-continent that this system survives‚ closely bound with culture‚ religion‚ history and contemporary politics. Today over 170 million men‚ women and children in the India are considered untouchable‚ and improvement in their lot has been slow despite legal safeguards and
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history of the Indian subcontinent prior to the partition of India in 1947. For the modern Republic of India‚ see History of the Republic of India. For Pakistan and Bangladesh‚ see History of Pakistan and History of Bangladesh. "Indian history" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Native American history. Part of a series on the | History of India | | Chronology of Indian history | Ancient India | Prehistoric India and Vedic India Religions‚ Society‚ Mahajanapadas | Mauryan PeriodEconomy
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POPULATION RISE IN INDIA: A MOJOR CONCERN India has experienced extraordinary population growth: between 2001 and 2011 India added 181 million people to the world‚ slightly less than the entire population of Brazil. But 76 per cent of India’s population lives on less than US$2 per day (at purchasing power parity rates). India ranks at the bottom of the pyramid in per capita-level consumption indicators not only in energy or electricity but in almost all other relevant per capita-level consumption
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Along with Africa and China‚ India was found to be another greatly impacted victim of the imperialization of the British. Cotton was a priority in the British’s eyes‚ and India was ripe for imperialization. The fact that India was a great source for cotton made things worse‚ and the British were ready to hop on that opportunity. Great Britain decided it was best to take over India‚ and they manipulated taxes in order to benefit themselves. By doing this‚ the British were more likely to have more
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Maybelline entry into India Introduction This is an analyze report about how MAYBELLINE entry into India market. First of all I will introduce making-up market background of India based on the case materials. Next I will offer some issues which MAYBELLINE is going to meet on India making-up market. Especially‚ it’s uniform global marketing theme‚ which capitalize on the “New York” look and focus on young demographic‚ whether it still effective in India? and what price strategies
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twenty three year old student was gang raped on a moving bus and later died in New Delhi‚ India. This attack led to the breakout of aggressive protests for India’s officials to strengthen their laws to better protect women against this kind of violence. Now India is being criticized for a slow response to the attack. Most recently‚ a five year old little girl was kidnapped‚ raped‚ and tortured in New Delhi‚ India. It was a brutal attack and doctors even say they had to remove foreign objects from the
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Concerns Affecting Foreign Tourism in India? If recent news reports are to be believed‚ the writing is on the wall. There has been a 25% drop in the number of foreign tourists visiting India over the last three months‚ following a widely publicized spate of sexual attacks on women. Even worse‚ the number of foreign female tourists has decreased substantially‚ by 35%‚ over the same period. The findings come from a survey of 1‚200 tour operators in cities across India‚ conducted by the Associated Chambers
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