several passionate adherents to a particular cause to bring about a significant change in society and its cultural practices. For instance‚ there was a time in India when ‘sati’ was a part of our cultural heritage but it took diligent efforts on the part of many reformers which could eventually help eliminate the brutal practice of sati. There are societies where the youth take it upon themselves to bring about a revolution and then‚ there are others where they think that what difference could one or
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Towards the Elimination of Cast Discrimination: The Indian caste system is the traditional organization of Hindu society. It divides Indian into a hierarchy of hereditary groups called castes or jatis. In broad outline‚ marriage occurs only within caste (endogamy)‚ caste is fixed by birth‚ and each caste is associated with a traditional occupation‚ such as weaving or barbering. Hindu religious principles underlay the caste hierarchy and limit the ways that castes can interact. The caste system
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The status of women in modern India is a sort of a paradox. If on one hand she is at the peak of ladder of success‚ on the other hand she is mutely suffering the violence afflicted on her by her own family members. As compared with past women in modern times have achieved a lot but in reality they have to still travel a long way. Their path is full of roadblocks. The women have left the secured domain of their home and are now in the battlefield of life‚ fully armored with their talent. They had
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SURROGATE MOTHERHOOD – CHANGING PARADIGM IN INDIAN SOCIAL SCENARIO ** Dr. Mrs. Vijaya Sharma * Mrs. Jaya Dadhich In all cultures of the world‚ motherhood is something which is considered to lie at the heart of the meaning of love. The concept of a woman’s love for her children is viewed as the most powerful‚ ferocious‚ tender and unconditional love that exists. Motherhood for Indian women is a psycho-spiritual phenomena and
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In the novel Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens the settings impacts Pip’s emotions as well as the storyline itself. The forge‚ Satis House‚ and London represent Pip’s jusxepiditon and the things he has learned‚ feared‚ or was ashamed of. Each location represents an event and person that changed the course of Pip’s life. The forge‚ was Pip’s home and was all he knew. The forge represents his foundation which was made by Joe‚Biddy‚ and Mrs.Joe;however‚ it also represents the fear
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AP World History DBQ Catherine Phamduy 3/18/12 Western Imperialism As the human population grew in numbers‚ the world became smaller‚ leading to imperialism‚ and as a result‚ a rise in racial superiority‚ native culture intrusions‚ and the expansion of many different colonies. Additional documents that would further support this statement are the informal letters written by leaders addressed to one another. Also important is hearing the voices of the natives whose lands were taken. It would be
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manipulated by Miss Havisham to become the ideal girl for Miss Havisham. She has a very bold and strong character but is trapped within the confinements of Miss Havisham and society. She is regarded as a dark character‚ luring Pip and others into the Satis House and using him for her and Miss Havisham’s own entertainment. Biddy‚ who was “brought up by hand” by Mr. Wopsle’s great-aunt‚ is simple and kind-hearted. “She was not beautiful‚—she was common‚ and could not be like Estella‚—but she was pleasant
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practices. One important manifestation of these customs and practices has been that of Sati. It is seen as a pinnacle of achievement for a woman. This custom of self-immolation of the widow on her husband’s pyre was an age-old 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
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Today’s generation‚ particularly the youth‚ are all out to ape the Western culture. It has become a craze among the youth to have a lifestyle like that of Westerners. No doubt that this is an impact of print and electronic media on our generation. The elders in the society state that our generation has become a slave of Western culture. Some of the orthodox minds go still further to stress that the Western culture takes our youth to a wrong destination and that the strange behaviour of our youth
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good values. He preached that rituals are meaningless and the only true way to obtain God is by praising him. He showed that he was a leader by teaching Hindus not to practice Sati‚ which is widow burning. A long time ago when Hindu males died the women were preached. Guru Nanak Dev Ji said that men and women are equal‚ so sati shouldn’t be practiced. He also taught his followers to do selfless service. This service should not be done for personal gain‚ but it should be done out of the kindness from
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