celebrations is still the same for years. However‚ since India has a majority of Hindus‚ there is a preponderance of Hindu festivals. Cities or states are famous for the celebration of particular festivals e.g. Kolkatta (West Bengal) for Durga Puja‚ Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) for Holi and Janmashtami‚ Maharashtra for Ganesh Chaturthi‚ Kerala for Onam. Similarly‚ Muslim festivals of Id-ul-Zuha and Muharram are famous in Muslim community‚ Parsi festival of Jamshed Nav Roz in Bombay‚ Christian festivals
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Conventions of the Epic Poem with special reference to Mahabharata:In origin both ballad and epic have the same sources. Ballad is the simplest form of narrative poetry and epic is sophisticated and more complicated. R.J.Rees comments on this difference‚ “The difference between them is like the difference between two sisters both born in the same quiet‚ country place. One of them has stayed there and kept all the charm of her natural simplicity while the other has gone to the big city to find sophistication
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Elizabeth Cress 3/7/16 World Studies Mr. Ressler How Religion Affects the Lives of its Followers Religion plays a big part in the everyday lives of its followers. The followers of a religion can be affected by their religion both positively and negatively‚ depending on the interpretation of their religion. All religions are similar in this aspect. Hinduism‚ Buddhism‚ and Judaism all have their own interpretations on how they should live life which ends up affecting how they live their lives
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The book ‘Gandhi’s contribution to the emancipation of women’ by Aloo J. Dastur and Usha H. Mehta focuses on the work done for the women of India. And how much did Gandhi contribute towards their emancipation. The book has altogether 5 chapters‚ starting with the first chapter which is ‘Position of women in before Gandhi’. Chapter 2‚ 3‚ 4 is about ‘Social regeneration’‚ ‘Economic regeneration’‚ and ‘Political regeneration’ of the women in our Indian Society when Gandhi came into the scene. And
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did the following people support? a)Rammohun Roy Spread of Western education Reforming Hinduism Greater freedom and equality for women Upliftment of widows Campaigned against the practise of sati Critical of caste inequalities b)Dayanand Saraswati ReformingHinduism Supported widow remarriage Education for girls c) Veerasalingam Pantulu Supported widow remarriage d)Jyotirao Phule Education for girls Critical of the caste system Critical of all forms of inequality e)Pandita Ramabai
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*****Books and Authors***** Books by Award Winning Authors Books by Nobel Laureates Rabindranath Tagore Gitanjali Gora Gardner The Post Office Hungry Stones The King of Dark Chamber The Home and the World Chandalika VS Naipaul In a Free State A Bend in the River An Area of Darkness The Mystic Masseur India: A Million Mutinies Now Amartya Sen The Argumentative Indian Growth Economics The Idea of Justice On Economic Inequality Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny
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Chapter IV 4. Design of the study 4.1 Statement of the problem A career based education should impart a quality and a professional education so as to make the students industry – ready. But nowadays career education never leads to take a successful profession in most of the colleges primarily due to its low quality of syllabus in schools and frequent changes in government policy. The students who pursue higher education don’t have a strong base in subjects to carry out their further studies towards
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The Bhagavad-Gita: The Song of God contains spiritual details that are constructed towards Hinduism. The Bhagavad-Gita is the conversation between a man called Arjuna‚ and God himself in a human form. God in a human form is called Lord Krishna. The teachings of the Bhagavad-Gita primarily focus on the importance of the yoga and the awareness of the many paths to self-awareness and insight. Spiritual self-realization is the theme of The Bhagavad-Gita. The Bhagavad-Gita teaches readers that there is
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The old name of DHAKA is JAHANGIRNAGAR. It is the capital and the largest city of Bangladesh. Dhaka is located in the geographic center of the country .With its colorful history and rich cultural traditions‚ Dhaka is known the world over as the city of mosques and muslin. Its fame attracted travelers from far and near throughout the ages. Today it has grown into a mega city of about 10 million people becoming the hub of the nation’s industrial‚ commercial‚ cultural‚ educational and political activities
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HISTORY PROJECT MUNSHI PREMCHAND Munshi Premchand (Urdu: منشی پریم چند‚ Hindi: मुंशी प्रेमचंद‚ pronounced [mʊnʃi preːm t͡ʃənd̪] ( listen)) (July 31‚ 1880 – October 8‚ 1936) was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent‚[1] and is regarded as one of the foremost Hindustani writers of the early twentieth century.[2] Born Dhanpat Rai Srivastav‚ he began writing under the pen name "Nawab Rai"‚ but subsequently
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