started gaining national and international attention for her efforts in the movement. Awards and Honors • She was a recipient of Right Livelihood Award (1991) • M.A.Thomas National Human Rights Award (1999) • Deena Nath Mangeshkar Award • Mahatma Phule Award • Goldman Environment Prize • Green Ribbon Award • Human Rights Defender’s Award Biography Medha Patkar (Marathi: मेधा पाटकर‚ born December 1‚ 1954) is a Indian social activist. She is known for her role in Narmada Bachao Andolan. Medha
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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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To educate a woman is to educate a nation Let her use skill in estimation Let her learn what is real; not hallucination Give her a chance to get that that salutation Which men do get because of education SOMEONE HAS RIGHTLY SAID THAT IF YOU EDUCATE A MAN YOU EDUCATE HIM BUT IF YOU EDUCATE A WOMAN YOU EDUCATE THE WHOLE GENRATION. IF A WOMEN IS EDUCATED SHE UNDERSTAND THE NEED OF EDUCATION AND THUS ARGUES HER CHILDEREN TO BE MORE EDUCATED THEN HER IN RETURN HER CHILDEREN UNDERSTAND THE NEED
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psychological barriers around women. This male dominated society imposed so many bindings against women. Therefore role of women was confined only to the kitchen and kids for many years. Social movement started by Raja Ram Mohan Roy‚ Mahatma Phule‚ Savitribai Phule‚ Maharshi Karve and other social activists opened doors for women’s education. Women have benefited greatly as education provided information to them about their rights and their equal status in the society. In spite of these efforts
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Reservation in India is a form of affirmative action designed to improve the well-being of perceived backward and under-represented communities defined primarily by their ’caste ’ (quota-system based on ’gender ’ or ’religion ’) is a phenomenon that commenced with the coming into force of the Indian Constitution (the Constitution initially provided reservation to Christians‚ with the proviso that it wouldautomatically reduce gradually with the efflux of time) – however‚ lately preferential treatment on
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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL‚ JALANDHAR Holiday Homework (2013-2014) Class VIII ENGLISH Note : The work should be done in the Red Notebook. General instructions: Answer all fill in the blanks on the sheet itself Answer all the short questions and the long questions in a new thin Red notebook Stick to the word limit Article writing Write articles on the following topics:1. People have become overly dependent on technology. 2. Most study- abroad programs should be renamed “party abroad”: they are
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Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar Alternate name: Baba Saheb Date of birth: April 14‚ 1891 Place of birth: Mhow‚ Central Provinces‚ India Date of death: December 6‚ 1956 Place of death: Delhi‚ India Movement: Dalit Buddhist movement Major organizations: Independent Labour Party‚ Scheduled Castes Federation‚ Republican Party of India Religion: Buddhism Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Marathi:डॊ.भीमराव रामजी आंबेडकर) (April 14‚ 1891 — December 6‚ 1956)‚ also known as Babasaheb‚ was an Indian nationalist
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Maharashtra‚ Chokkamela. The origins of dalit literature in the contremporary usage of the term‚ which is largely written and published in regional Indian languages‚ are in the late nineteenth century. In modern times‚ because of the legacy of Mahatma Phule and Babasaheb Ambedkar‚ dalit literature got impetus in Maharashtra and Ambedkarist thought is still the lifeblood of much dalit literature. Although most of the pioneering works have been produced in Maharashtra and the adjacent Gujarat‚ dalit
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undertook a detailed study of the religion and met numerous Buddhist scholars. He was greatly influenced by the writings of P.L.Narasu and other Tamil Buddhists‚ and also of Mahatma Jotiba Phule‚ a nineteenth century radical social reformer of Maharashtra. Ambedkar claimed that he had three gurus the Buddha‚ Kabir and Jotiba Phule. He travelled to Ceylon and Burma to see Buddhism being practised in these countries. In the World Buddhist Brotherhood held at Rangoon (Burma) in 1954‚ Dr.Babasaheb
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AND HS-15250A Submitted by: VARUN BALI Roll No. 09EI59(EE) B.Tech. 4th Year (Electrical Engineering) DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY MAHATMA JYOTIBA PHULE ROHILKHAND UNIVERSITY‚ BAREILLY (2012-2013) ACKNOLEDGEMENT I am extremely grateful to Mr. M. A. Ansari (Senior Lecturer)‚ Mr. Sanjay Singh(Head)‚ Department of Electrical Engineering for their regular guidance and kind co-operation in
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