Media‚ Youth and Civil Society Dr. Govind Ji Pandey Associate Professor‚ Dept. of Mass Comm & Journalism Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Univrsity‚ Lucknow Email- govisaheb@gmail.com Mob.0919198915357 The pen is mightier than the sword‚ and the alternative media may become mightier than the mainstream media. This is not a mere conjecture the process has already begun. The alternative media has emerged as a key player in promoting the cause of marginalized section of the society‚ an alternative
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fictional stories have also been created describing its origin. One known story as believed by Virginians is that the word Yankee derived from the Cherokee word “eankke” and was said to have the definition of slave or coward. This theory has since been rejected by Oscar G Sonneck of the Librarian of Congress after a thorough study and being unable to prove any such Cherokee word exists. (The Encyclopedia Brittannica Inc.‚) Regardless of its origin Yankee is a term that has developed in to geographical
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events and government molds our future and society. The American Civil War did just that by causing advances in our society whether or not they were wanted. Some of the advances are the creation of the Emancipation Proclamation and 13th amendment. Which even when they were created they were not accepted by the society that is our nation. Many people were still looking for and finding loopholes on how to keep their slaves as ¨free¨ slaves. Society before the civil war was already rough and divided if it
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Cleopatra Cleaopatra was born in 69 BC and died august 12 30BC She was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty‚ a family of Greek[2][3][4][5][6][7] origin that ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great’s death during the Hellenistic period. Cleopatra originally ruled jointly with her father Ptolemy XII Auletes and later with her brothers‚ Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV‚ whom she married as per Egyptian custom‚ When her father Ptolemy XII died in 51 BC‚ Cleopatra became co-regent with her 10-year-old
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Origins of Surnames In today’s society we all want to know who we are and where our names originated from. Our names are what give each of us our own style and individuality‚ the importance of style and individuality can be related back to our original surnames. Our surnames have come from all areas of the world‚ each with specific meanings to our family. Surnames or last names have an important meaning to all of us‚ they give us identity through our family’s history. Looking back into
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separated from Asia. The similarity of the natural plants and animals in the mainland of Asia and that of the Philippines may prove that the Philippines were once a part of the mainland of Asia. There are several theories given by scientists as to the origin of the Filipinos. One of these theories explains that the Philippines was once inhabited by the Tabon men who resembled the Java men and who lived about 250‚000 years ago. These people lived in caves and used stones as tools for gathering food. A
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Mexican-Americans in the past objected to being known as Chicanos? Why do so many Mexican-Americans today take pride in being Chicanos? There questions are frequently asked when the subject of the Chicano Movement comes up. This paper will seek to clarify the origins and meaning of the term Chicano and attempts to explain some of the implications of being a Chicano. A Chicano is an individual (usually with a Spanish surname) of Mexican parentage or ancestry who lives in the United States. Chicano is often used
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According to academic sources‚ there are 5 theories about the origins of the Dusun in Sabah. 1) The Dusun are believed to be from Indo-Malayan clan from southern China to Southeast Asian countries (T.R. Williams: 1955.) In their study‚ social scientists and historians take into account the physical‚ speech‚ blood group and artistic material created by the Kadazan Dusun community. 2) The origins of the Dusun were associated with the migration of Mongols‚ Chinese or Kanchin and Annamese from Myanmar
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The origin of the Polynesian people has been one of the most disputed scientific mysteries regarding ancient maritime migrations. The roots of the people of Polynesia had always thought to have been South Asia‚ namely the island nations like Indonesia. This was the common dogma until Thor Heyerdahl‚ a ethnologist at the University of Oslo‚ Norway‚ set sail across the Pacific ocean on a balsa wood raft to declare the true ancestors of the Polynesians to be the South Americans. Dr. Heyerdahl initially
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do something they want. The origins of torture date back to 530 A. D. were in many ancient civilizations such as Romans‚ Jews‚ and Egyptians practiced the arts and ways of torture to force others to say something they want. With their lewd ways of doing the job and their inhumane machinery‚ it has become one of the most depraved forms for the extraction of truth. Their fundamental roots of their form still remain today in our society. This essay will outline The Origins of Torture where it came from
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