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    need of society Law as an instrument of social change • In static societies‚ law can be used as instrument of social change • Law induces patterns of behavior conducive to prosperity • Where there are evil customs‚ they can be eliminated by law (sati) • Law abolishes those customs (child marriage) • It is instrument to achieve peaceful change. Legislation to bring about social change • • • • • • Law as an instrument of change Recent origin in our country The British initiated it Legislation

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    The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia.[4][5] From equal status with men in ancient times[6] through the low points of the medieval period‚[7] to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers‚ the history of women in India has been eventful. In modern India‚ women have held high offices in India including that of the President‚ Prime Minister‚ Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Leader of the Opposition. As of 2011‚ the Speaker of the Lok Sabha

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    Namaha || Mein (Your Name) is Shikshak Divas jaise Vishesh Din mein aap sabka swagat karthi hoon.. Hum har saal 5 Sithambar ko shikshakon ko vishesh sammaan dene ke liye shikshak divas ka aayojan karthe hain.. Yeh Samaj ek Bade parivar Jaise hai.. Is parivar mein kayi Dharma aur kayi Jaat-paat ke log rehte hain.. Is samaj ko samaj banaye rakhne ka mahatvapoorna kaam karthe hai Samaj ke Shilpakar yaani Shikshak.. Shikshak Samaj ke aise shilpakar hain jo bina kisi moh ke is samaj ko Sajathe hain

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    Hello Team‚ I have been busy researching all the various schools of Buddhism this week‚ attempting to discern how many there are‚ what the real differences between the schools‚ and compiling all the research. Theravada Mahayana Vajrayana Zen (Translation) “Doctrine of Elders” “The Great Ship” “The Great Vehicle” Tantric/Esoteric “Chan” Followers 124‚000‚000 185‚000‚000 600‚000‚000 10‚000‚000 Temporal Origin 100 BCE 100 CE 500 CE 650 CE Geographic Origin India & Sri Lanka India India China

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    her past experiences with Compeyson. This realization causes him to give up his desire to remain a gentleman. After the identity of his benefactor is revealed‚ and Pip finally acknowledges the “deep injury” that Miss Havisham gave him‚ he returns to Satis house‚ where Miss Havisham repeatedly begs him to “forgive her” after she too realizes what she has put him through.(380/383) Pip’s character quickly grows more forgiving and remorseful after Miss Havisham admits what she has done to him. The dramatic

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    could have gone forever without him complaining about the simplicity and commonness of his ways had not he met Miss Havisham‚ an old lady who owns a vast estate‚ and Estella‚ a young girl whose beauty makes a love-slave out of Pip. In Miss Havisham’s Satis House‚ Pip’s contentment is shaken by Estella’s insults on Pip’s status and commonness—her words hit Pip so gravely that he started to want to become “uncommon” by being a gentleman. Later on‚ when Pip has stated his apprenticeship to Joe‚ Mr. Jaggers

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    harassment‚ and (vii) importation of girls. (2) Crimes under Special and Local Laws (SLL)‚ which include seventeen crimes‚ of which the important ones are: (i) immoral traffic (1956 and 1978 Act)‚ (ii) dowry prohibition (1961 Act)‚ (iii) committing Sati (1987 Act)‚ and (iv) indecent representation of women (1986 Act). It is equally important to clarify the concept of ’violence’ against women. If we take ’violence’ as "conduct which incurs the formal pronouncements of the moral condemnation of the

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    Blessed Teresa of Calcutta‚[1] born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (Albanian: [aˈɲɛs ˈɡɔɲdʒa bɔjaˈdʒiu]) and commonly known as Mother Teresa of Calcutta (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997)‚ was an ethnic Albanian‚ Indian Roman Catholic nun. She knew she had to be a missionary to spread the love of Christ. At the age of eighteen she left her parental home in Skopje and joined the Sisters of Loreto‚ an Irish community of nuns with missions in India. After a few months’ training in Dublin she was sent to India

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    referred to in the text as Mahamaya‚ the "great goddess of illusion‚" who takes on many forms depending on her mood. Devotees also call her Kameshwari ("beloved goddess of desire").The temple is primary amongst the 51 Shakti Peethas related to the myth of Sati‚ and remains one of the most important Shakti temples and Hindu pilgrimage sites in the world. The exact date of the original temple is not known. It is believed that‚ the temple is an ancient temple. The Temple was rebuilt in 1665‚ after being destroyed

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    History of Indian Women In The Past And Today Introduction The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. From a largely unknown status in ancient times through the low points of the medieval period‚ to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers‚ the history of women in India has been eventful History There are very few texts specifically dealing with the role of women; an important exception is the strIdharmapaddhati of Tryambakayajvan

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