Women were considered inferior to men in practical life. But in scriptures they were given high position. Thus in past‚ the status of women in India was not clear. It was theoretically high but practically low. Women were prohibited to take part in domestic as well as in external matter. They were under the influence of their parents before marriage and their husbands after marriage. Thus‚ the position of women in ancient India was inferior. The position became worse even during the Moghul rule
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coming of Raja Rao‚ R.K. Narayan‚ Mulk Raj Anand‚ the journey of Indian English Novel began. The early Indian novels which were merely patriotic gained a rather contemporary touch with the coming of Mulk Raj Anand‚ Raja Rao and R.K.Narayan. The social disparity of India which was aptly described by Mulk Raj Anand in his "Coolie"‚ the imaginary village life with its entire unedited realities in R.K. Narayan`s "Malgudi Days" and last but not the least the aura of Gandhism depicted by Raja Rao in his
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Ramabai Ranade The late Smt. Ramabai Ranade - whose birth centenary was celebrated in India on January 25‚ 1962 - was born in January 1862 in a small village in Sangli District near Pune. Her father had not imparted education to her. Educating Girls was a taboo in those days. As a little girl of 11 years she was married to Shri Mahadev Govind Ranade‚ a pioneer in the social reform movement. He devoted all his apparel time to educate her in face of all opposition of the women in the house and helped
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Dream Dare Win www.jeywin.com Modern India; Economic & Commercial Policy The British conquerors were entirely different from the previous conquerors. Through laws and administrative‚ economic and fiscal policies‚ the British government in England and Company’s administration in India used their powers to the advantage of British manufacturers and to the detriment of the Indian socio-political and economic fabric. The gradual “development of underdevelopment’ has been traced through the
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practice in some parts of the counter‚ which received deification. The popular belief ran that the goddess enters into the body of the woman who resolves to become a sati. The practice of sati has been abolished by law with the initiative of Raja Ram Mohan Roy in the early decades of nineteenth century. However‚ there has been a significant revival of the practice of sati in the last few decades. Indeed‚ Rajasthan has been the focal point for this practice in recent years. Violence against women
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India‚ the cradle of civilization‚ is now beset with a number of social evils. They are so numerous that one shudders to think of them. There have been social reformers like Raja Ram Mohan Ray‚ Maharishi Daya Nand and Swarni Shradhanand. They fought against social evils but these evils were so deep-rooted that try as they did some of them persist to this day. We may first take the position of women. Women do not enjoy a social position equal to that of men. The constitution does allow them equal
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in English was by Sake Dean Mahomet‚ titled Travels of Dean Mahomet; Mahomet ’s travel narrative was published in 1793 in England. Early Indian writers used English unadulterated by Indian words to convey an experience which was essentially Indian. Raja Rao ’s Kanthapura in terms of its storytelling qualities was
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References: 4.^ abLal‚ Mohan (2006). "Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar". The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 4567–4569. ISBN 9788126012213. 6.^ Nikhil Sarkar [Sripantho]‚ "Bat tala"‚ (Calcutta: Ananda‚ 1977) p. 66. (This text is in Bengali and is‚ unfortunately
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the clutches of British rule the women of India were fighting their own battle to emancipate themselves from wicked customs and social systems. The movement for women’s upliftment was initiated by Brahma Samaj under eminent social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy. The isolating and secluding custom of purdah was broken by Brahma women in the 19th century when they moved freely in society. But perceptible changes did not come before the beginning of the twentieth century. It was the genius and farsightedness
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Essay And Article On : Our Cultural Heritage !! March 24‚ 2012 By parm Leave a Comment inShare India Is A Unique Cultural Heritage !! A safe and secure society is needed for blossoming of arts and sciences. India has a rich cultural heritage. Though it has been subjected to a series of cultural invasions‚ yet it has retained its originality and traditional character even after absorbing the best of the external influences. India is the cradle of one of the earliest civilizations of the world – the
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