something else. Women have been put behind walls from ages. Sati Pratha is the bitter truth which shows to what extent our women folk have been exploited. Child marriage and a contemptuous attitude towards the widows are other examples of woman-exploitation. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the first who raised voice against these unhealthy systems prevalent in Indian society. He took up the cause of the women and worked hard to abolish ’Sati Pratha.’ It was due to his courageous work that Indian women dared
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and culture and it’s apt to think so because India is the country which is famous for its diversity in these aspects. The land where the great Raja Ram Mohan‚ Tagore‚ Gandhi transformed the thinking of people and removed the social stigmas like sati pratha (the practice of widows being forced to sit on the pior of their husbands)‚ untouchability and many more. India was known as “Sone Ki Chidiya” (The Golden Bird) but the shine has faded away gradually with the change in I‚ YOU and WE. Indian society
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India became miserable and a burden. In that time several other customs were introduced of which some are even today valued: Sati (Suttee) – “The term is derived from the name of the goddess Sati‚ also known as Dakshayani‚ who self-immolated because she was unable to bear her father Daksha’s humiliation of her husband Shiva.“ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sati_(practice)) Sati appears in the Hindi and Sanskrit and is synonymous with “good wife”. It is a practice in which women burn on the funeral pyre
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy‚ one .JT\of the great reformers of renaissance India has commanded respect to the point of veneration and has been acclaimed as a Versatile presence on the Indian Historical firmament. All his life‚ he fought to reform the society because he believed that social and religious reform was the very foundation of political advancement. A harbinger of the idea of universal humanism‚ an apostle of monotheism‚ the founder of the Brahmo Samaj‚ an advocate of the freedom of the press and
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The study of social movements is not an area for historians alone. Sociologists studying social structure‚ processes and change would logically be interested in social movements. It is a process through which a collective attempt is made at mobilisation for change or resistance. However‚ in the context of change it differs from evolutionary process of social mobility and change in the sense that movements are based on a perception of injustice or oppression of a certain section or sections
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of the Vedanta school of philosophy as found in the Upanishads. He preached about the unity of God‚ made early translations of Vedic scriptures into English‚ co-founded the Calcutta Unitarian Society‚ founded the Brahmo Samaj‚ and campaigned against sati. He sought to integrate Western culture with features of his own country ’s traditions. He established schools
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Bride burning in the Hindu religion is a hideous custom enforced by the Brahmin priests to eradicate non-Brahmin women‚ in order to destroy the non-Brahmin races. Other methods used are wife-burning‚ sati or widow-burning‚ jauhar‚ and witch burning. Most of these murders are passed off or regarded as kitchen fires and are never brought to justice. This is a result of the low status of women in India who are viewed more as personnel property that can be disposed of at anytime. About eighty percent
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1772 Died: September 27‚ 1833 Achievements: Founded Atmiya Sabha and Brahma Samaj. He played a key role in abolition‚ and Sati. He fought for the rights of women. Raja Ram Mohan Roy is known as the ’Maker of Modern India’. He was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj‚ one of the first Indian socio-religious reform movements. He played a major role in abolishing the role of Sati. Raja Rammohan Roy was a great scholar and an independent thinker. He advocated the study of English‚ Science‚ Western Medicine
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favoured widow re-marriage. He commended the study of the Vedas. He was in favour of women’s education. In modern times‚ Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the first person to raise his voice against social evils. It was at his instance that the evil practice of “Sati” was banned by Lord William Bentick‚ the then Governor-General of India. Mr. Roy had a modern outlook. He welcomed the introduction of English language in India because he thought that it gave Indians access to modern knowledge. He was in favour of
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high priest of Universalism and Love. The best example of his life-long crusade against social evils was the historic agitation he organized against the inhuman custom of women becoming Sati. When the orthodox Hindus petitioned to Parliament to withhold its approval of Bentinck`s action of banning the rite of Sati‚ he organized a counter-petition of enlightened Hindus in favour of Bentinck`s action. He was a champion of women`s rights. He attacked polygamy and the degraded state to which widows were
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