In the novel Great Expectations which is written by Charles Dickens‚ and the play Macbeth which is written by Shakespeare the themes portrayed are very similar especially between the two leading characters‚ Macbeth who starts of the play as the Thane of Cawdor and Pip who starts of the novel as a blacksmith son from Great Expectations. Macbeth and Pip both ambitious people and strive have higher in status and are will stop at nothing to achieve that goal. In both Great expectations and Macbeth they
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6.1. Why Almajirci? Invisible Facts The question why Almajirci with respect to Traditional Almajiri Education System is very necessary giving its present state. Although Almajiri system was built upon the philosophy of acquiring‚ teaching and spreading Islamic education‚ Islamic religion and productive citizenry. Today‚ it has lost those glories and wander viciously along undetermined route. Abdulkadir‚ (2003) argued that‚ the woes of the Traditional Almajiri System were inflicted by the British
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Indian history has excited more controversy than India ’s history of social relations. Western indologists and Western-influenced Indian intellectuals have seized upon caste divisions‚ untouchability‚ religious obscurantism‚ and practices of dowry and sati as distinctive evidence of India ’s perennial backwardness. For many Indologists‚ these social ills have literally come to define India - and have become almost the exclusive focus of their writings on India. During the colonial period‚ it served
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The National Policy for Empowerment of Women 2001 aimed at bringing about advancement‚ development and empowerment of women in all spheres of life. However‚ a close examination of social and economic status of women‚ especially in the rural areas shows unsatisfactory achievements in most human development indicators. Citing published facts and figures‚ evaluate the reasons for the failure of the government of India in areas such as growing feminization of poverty; exploitation of women in low paid
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Indian politics: Why Savarkar was avoided by Indian governments (INC)? SAVARKAR was the first Indian political leader to call for Swadeshi‚ and the first Indian leader who publicly performed a bonfire of foreign clothes (1906). (MANY YEARS BEFORE GANDHIJI) He was the first Indian student who was rusticated from a hostel of an institution aided by British Govt (reason was the bonfire). He was the first Indian leader of India to daringly proclaim absolute political independence of India as her
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In ‘Skeletons of Men’ and ‘A Woman Like Me’‚ Enchi Fumiko and Xi Xi explore the construction of a female self and the idea of a female voice within systems that suppress them. With the use of a female narrator and the process of storytelling‚ the female characters in these texts are given a voice through which their experiences are told indirectly. This alternative channel of communication‚ despite ultimately still being limited in reach‚ allows these oppressed women to express their personal self
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The history of feminism in India is regarded as mainly a practical effort and very limited in scope. Compared to some other countries‚ there has been only sparse theoretical writing on feminism in India. Contents [hide] 1 Defining Feminism in the Indian context 2 History 2.1 First phase: 1850–1915 2.2 Second Phase: 1915–1947 3 The Concepts of Feminism and Equality 4 Beginnings of the “Feminist” Movement in India 5 Obstacles 6 Hindu Women in India 7 Muslim Women in India 8 Women at Work
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Colonialism is the establishment and maintenance‚ for an extended time‚ of rule over an alien people that is separate from and subordinate to the ruling power‚ Colonization is the control or governing influence or acquiring full or partial political control over another country. Occupying it with settlers‚ and exploiting it economically. With these in mind‚ this paper aims at describing how colonial occupation has brought a modern economy and modern state system of governance which has been good
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towards basic food security‚ self-reliance in strategic areas‚ speedier economic growth‚ and the new thrust we see in information technology are steps in the right direction. How does one develop scientific temper in a country which can still have sati and where politicians look to astrologers to form governments? Do not evaluate a nation by isolated incidents. In a nation of a billion people‚ everyone has a right to practice whatever he or she thinks is right. All the nation needs is a big aim
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If I have learned one thing in my life‚ it is that true love comes at a price higher than anything that you can buy at a store. I thought I could manipulate and deceive Drummle in order to get him to love me. I was proud then‚ and I was convinced that he would love me because I was flawlessly beautiful. In fact‚ for our first year of marriage it seemed that Drummle really did love me. He whispered sweet words into my ears at night and told me all the things that I wanted to hear. Now‚ I recall the
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