Jharkhand Festivals [edit] In whole Chotanagpur Plateau Region‚ among the local people the Karam Festival is celebrated with great pomp and show. Among the Oraon Tribe‚ the Karam festival is one of the most important festivals and holds a very important place in their social and religious life. It is usually celebrated 15 days after the Kunwaar-Shukl-Paksh. After the fixation of the date for the festival‚ the local population start their preparation; for instance‚ they start buying the culinary-items
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India is the birthplace of Hinduism‚ Sikhism‚ Buddhism and Jainism‚ from where they propagated to different parts of the globe. India cherishes the celebration of its gamut of festivals like Holi‚ Diwali‚ Eid‚ and Christmas. The ancient texts The Mahabharata‚ the Ramayana and the Bhagavad-Gita teach the Indians that survival can only be in terms of quality of life. They provides a framework of values that have since generations made the Indian citizen morally sound to walk through all phases of life
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Business Ethics and Customer Satisfaction Issues & Challenges All of us would have heard an old saying “It’s all fair in Love‚ War & Business”. I am not sure about love and war but not everything is fair in business as today’s civilization is sensitized and present to how the business is conducted. All big business houses today have an ethical code of conduct or value system in place which guides them on how to function or how to take business decisions which confirms to their ethical code of
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Kalidasa’s Sakuntala is the best-known Sanskrit drama‚ and widely considered a masterpiece. It is based on an episode from the Mahabharata (book 1‚ ch. 62-69)‚ though Kalidasa takes significant liberties in his version. Widely translated -- there were "no fewer than forty-six translations in twelve different languages" in the century after Sir William Jones’ groundbreaking first translation (1789) alone‚ Dorothy Matilda Figueira notes in Translating the Orient -- new editions continue to appear regularly
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Rig-Veda by a group of people called the Arayans. Around the 1st century B.C. two more important Hindu scriptures emerged. These Hindu scriptures were two epic poems called the Ramayana and the Mahabharata‚ which tell stories of warfare‚ religion and kings. (Messina‚ Colleen. p. 1) The Ramayana‚ Mahabharata‚ and another Hindu scripture called the Upanishads contain the core beliefs of Hinduism. (Messina‚ Colleen. p. 4) Hinduism is a peaceful religion. It stresses non-violence and believes in dharma
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belief system that a large society and a country was built on. A beautiful thing about time and people are Stories! There are many. Some are real‚ some are myths‚ some are both. Again I want to distance myself from the argument of whether the Mahabharata and the Ramayana happened for real‚ whether Krishna and Rama existed for real‚ were they fictional or just normal kings who were exaggerated in volumes by fanaticising poets in verbose literature. Yet‚ basic inquisition does not pull back though
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divinity known as Vishnu underwent a cosmic change. In the Vedas‚ Vishnu was a minor solar god who was closely associated with Indra‚ in which he was rarely mentioned and was submissive to the king of the gods. By the time of the epics of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana‚ Vishnu had greatly risen in importance and power in the world of the gods. Vishnu is now known as "The Preserver" among the three books of the Hindu religion. Vaishnavas‚ worshippers of Vishnu‚ made up 70% of Hindus in 1997.
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In Hinduism‚ the distinction was between good and evil (181). Apart from the sacred Hindu Upanishads‚ in a Second Century B.C.E. tale recorded in the Hindu Mahabharata titled Bhagavad Gita‚ Krishna‚ an incarnation of the god Vishnu‚ counsels a warrior to remain devoted‚ even when faced with the prospect of slaying his own kin in battle (201). Islam produced similar doctrines such as the Quran‚ from the seventh
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Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). (2000). (Revised version September 2004). UNESCO and the issue of cultural diversity: Review and strategy‚ 1946-2004. Stenou Katérina (Ed.). Paris: UNESCO. Van Buitenen‚ J. A. B. (Ed. & Trans.). (1973). The Mahabharata (incomplete). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Younger‚ P. (1972). Introduction to Indian religious thought. London: Darton‚ Longman Todd Limited. 102 Asia Journal of Global Studies
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literature. The T’ang dynasty was another period where literature flourished‚ specifically poetry. India’s ethnic‚ religious and linguistic diversity led to a diverse oral and written literary tradition is constantly evolving. The Ramayana and Mahabharata are two popular Indian epics. During the reign of the Guptas‚ improvements were made in literature. The Roman Empire had its literary works in Latin and began with the translation of the Odyssey. The four Gospels and other documents were combined
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