India in ancient time was the place of high superstitions and much disbelief. Wives were to self-immolate themselves after the death of their husbands. The practice of this widow self-immolation was abolished by the great reformer of Bengal‚ Raja Ram Mohan Roy. With the help of Lord William Bentick‚ the then Governor-General of India‚ Bengal Sati Regulation Act‚ 1829 came into force wherein the practice of Sati or of burning or burying alive the widows of Hindus was declared illegal and punishable
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universal adult franchise. Ram Mohan Roy‚ with whom the history of Indian liberalism begins‚ showed great concern for social reform and the upliftment of women‚ education as a means of social transformation‚ freedom of press and no censorship‚ all of which were inherited by the great liberals of India. Jawaharlal Nehru‚ ’the chief architect ’ of the modern Indian State‚
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1. CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS The Constitution of India not only grants equality to women but also empowers the State to adopt measures of positive discrimination in favour of women for neutralizing the cumulative socio economic‚ education and political disadvantages faced by them. Fundamental Rights‚ among others‚ ensure equality before the law and equal protection of law; prohibits discrimination against any citizen on grounds of religion‚ race‚ caste‚ sex or place of birth‚ and guarantee equality
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TYRANNY OF CUSTOM Customs‚ traditions and usages are the result of long experience of people living at a particular period. When certain things are found to be useful for a certain society‚ these things are being adopted by the people of that time. Later on those practices are transmitted to the posterity‚ and then they take the form of the customs and traditions. Customs an therefore‚ the expression of the accumulated wisdom of our ancestors Our ancestors in all walk of life setup. Customs and
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INDIA and WOMEN Women empowerment is a moot subject. At earlier times‚ women got unprejudiced status with men. But the post-Vedic time was a difficult period when many were treated as slaves‚ a commodity earned by the man‚ a mode of produce kids. From the early twentieth century (national movement) their statuses have been slowly and gradually undergone changes. In this regard‚ we may mention the name of the English people. After then‚ independence of India‚ the constitutional makers and national
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the most important ghats and is conveniently central. Nearby is the grand Man Mandir Ghat (1637) and an observatory both built by Sawai Raja Jai Singh of Jaipur in 1710. Mir Ghat leads to a Nepalese temple‚ which has erotic sculptures. Dattatreya Ghat bears the footprint of the Brahmin saint of that name in a small temple nearby. The Ram Ghat was built by the Raja of Jaipur. Panchaganga Ghat‚ where India’s five holy rivers are said to merge. The Trilochan Ghat has two
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stay there for a whole day. I hope I can join the club again after I come back to my country. Descriptive essay Describe an afternoon at the bus station (SPM 97) It was two o’clock in the afternoon. I was heading towards the bus station with Mohan after Mrs Wong’s extra class. The sun was beating mercilessly on my back and I could feel my sweat trickling down my spine. I have often wished that my mother would allow me to ride a motorcycle to school. She
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” I chose this topic because this article was very interesting to me. It gave me a better understanding of the application of Roy Adaptation Mode (as the framework). The article explained Roy’s four mode of adaptation including physiological mode‚ self-concept/group mode‚ role function mode‚ and interdependence mode. The study showed a strong relationship in between Roy Adaptation modes and heart failure patients. I have seen many of heart failure patients on the unit and they have to adapt or
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Post colonialism should be referred to as the legacies of colonialism and not the end of colonialism. British interests in Indian languages arose from the necessity to cultivate the medium of intercourse between the government and its subjects. Lord Macaulay minute on Education 1835 very clearly signifies his agenda that is the Dissemination of the English language and English culture. The Englishmen wanted a class of persons who can act as interpreters between them and their subjects. People
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