mechanically is a wrong way of offering prayer to God. They pointed out that bathing in sacred rivers does not absolve us of sins committed by us. They preached that to seek God‚ we should turn inwards. Swami Dayanand Saraswati‚ the founder of the Arya Samaj‚ was another votary of religious and social reforms in India. He condemned idol worship and other evils which had crept into the Hindu religion. He opposed child marriage‚ casteism and untouchability. He favoured widow re-marriage. He commended the
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Dalit Empowerment in India: Dalits movement for empowerment started way back during second half of the nineteenth century with reformatory efforts to uplift the backward groups of Indian society‚ especially ‘Dalits’. Later on‚ it turned into seeking state intervention and generating the idea of paying special attention to Dalits/untouchables. Dalits/Untouchables have been described as “The oppressed of the oppressed and lowest of the low”‚ who have not been benefited from the opening up of modern
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Rural Retailing in India-The Road Ahead Shikhar Das Srivastava* ABSTRACT The decision to liberalize the Indian Economy in 1991 had far reaching consequences‚ which is still continued into the new millennium also. On the marketing front‚ there was the arrival of many well-known Multi National Companies especially FMCG product dealers. In the initial years the focus was on the easily accessible well developed urban markets but soon it got saturated because of proliferation of brands and intense
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not-undertake the journ-ey- A second source of income comes from fhe-11dar ljg‚n" .The "darshans" are timed throughout the day and the entry fee can vary from Rs 200 toRs QO [for special functions]. In addition there are also weekly sevas at
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The Indian caste system describes the system of social stratification and social restrictions in India in which social classes are defined by thousands of endogamous hereditary groups‚ often termed jātis or castes. Within a jāti‚ there exist exogamous groups known as gotras‚ the lineage or clan of an individual. In a handful of sub-castes such as Shakadvipi‚ endogamy within a gotra is permitted and alternative mechanisms of restricting endogamy are used (e.g. banning endogamy within a surname). The
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Public Organiz Rev (2010) 10:31–47 DOI 10.1007/s11115-009-0087-6 E-Government in Kazakhstan: Challenges and Its Role to Development Shahjahan H. Bhuiyan Published online: 9 July 2009 # Springer Science + Business Media‚ LLC 2009 Abstract This paper critically examines the progress made in introducing and implementing e-government programs and policies in Kazakhstan. It argues that in order to achieve the articulated development goals‚ the Kazakh government has moved toward e-government
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worked twice as hard for half of the salary. * Dr. V has been the driving force behind the hospital * 90% of annual budget is self-generated‚ 10% from sources around the world‚ such as Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind (UK) and the SEVA Foundation (USA). * Expend all surplus on modernizing and updating equipment and facilities with the generosity support from local business community * Spiritual approach sustaining the mission at Aravind * Challenges: franchising
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‘Local NGOs in Bangladesh’ Course title: Operations and Management of NGOs Course code: MGMT- 461 Assigned by‚ Nasima Niaz Lecturer Department of business administration Accomplished by‚ Monzurul Islam Chowdhury Id.: 04012911 B.B.A Batch: 40(F) Date of submission: 05/12/2012 Department of business administration Stamford University Bangladesh December 5th‚ 2012 To Nasina Niaz Lecturer Stamford University Bangladesh Sub: submission
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Corporate Social Responsibility Q1. Discuss the CSR Practices of any one organization of your choice. A: The World Business Council for Sustainable Development in its publication "Making Good Business Sense" by Lord Holme and Richard Watts‚ used the following definition. "Corporate Social Responsibility is the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as of the
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RABINDRANATH TAGORE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was the youngest son of Debendranath Tagore‚ a leader of the Brahmo Samaj‚ a religious sect in nineteenth-century Bengal which attempted a revival of Hinduism as laid down in the Upanishads. He was educated at home; and although at seventeen he was sent to England for formal schooling‚ he did not finish his studies there‚ In addition to his many-sided literary activities‚ he managed the family estates‚ which brought
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