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    The Role of Women in Hinduism Historically‚ the female life cycle in Hinduism has been different from that of males. In the classical‚ medieval and most of the modern periods‚ females have followed a three-stage pattern. Today‚ the roles of women in Hindu society are changing‚ as they are throughout the world. Increasingly‚ the life pattern of females resembles the stages of life for males. The basic principles governing the roles of girls and women in Hindu history were set forth in the Laws

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    Havisham‚ a wealthy spinster. Throughout his journey‚ Pip matures from having innocence to losing innocence‚ marking his change in character and expectations. In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ Pip transforms when he encounters a convict‚ visits Satis House‚ and experiences London. In the beginning of the novel‚ Pip transforms when he encounters and aids an escaped criminal on the marshes. This act is the beginning of Pip’s gradual change because it exposes him to the harsh reality of the world

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    below: Table 1: Time adverbials |Time adverbs | | | | | |before |asati [third person] |usati [you] OR |da sati [I] | | | | |usati wa |asati da | | |after |a |

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    different tone. When Pip first goes to the Satis House as a young boy‚ he is amazed at the size and stature of the decaying home. However‚ the fact that the house is so poorly cleaned and basically falling apart suggests a shadow of dejection and despair has been cast over the house. This coincides with how Miss Havisham acts in most parts of the novel. She too‚ like the house‚ always appears to be in a constant state of depression. Although the Satis House conveys a lot of the stories tone‚ Joe’s

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    outrageous religious rituals that resulted in deaths‚ such as the murderous religious ritual known as “Sati”. Sati is a brutal religious traditional ritual that consists of the widow jumping onto the fire burning her deceased husband’s body. The problem surrounding the ceremony is that not all women who participated would willingly do so. Jonathan Wholier elaborates‚ “I was horrified to see a traditional Sati in 1852‚ and I became central to its banning by the middle of the decade.” By banning this horrific

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    The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. From equal status with men in ancient times[6] 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. 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 and the Leader

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    man’s marriage‚ social circle‚ profession and Wealth This Cast and religion is to control large amount of people‚ they belive there should be some regulating and monitoring system which people does follow automatically without being knowing. Sati Practice Sati is described asa Hindu custom inIndia in which thewidow was burnt toashes on her deadhusband’s pyre. Child Marriage Marrying a youngchild (generallydefined as below theage of fifteen) to anadult is describedas child marrigae. Inpractice

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    The cases I will use to support this claim in South Asia are British India’s issue of the land-tenure system that established a new class hierarchy of landowner and tenant and the British handling of the controversial Hindu religious tradition of Sati that classified women as a weaker

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    HONOR KILLING –“No Honor in Killing” In Pakistan and around the world‚ crimes against women in the name of honor have been occurring for long time but the level of exposure and coverage given to such crimes was not there until a decade ago. One does not find any discussion or usage of the term “Honor” or “Honor Killing” in the Print or Electronic Media 15 or 20 years back. I could find only a couple of articles written about honor killings just in the beginning of the 90s. Then‚ from 1995 onwards

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    cold‚ cruel‚ and uninterested in him. As they grow up together‚ she repeatedly warns him that she has no heart. Read an in-depth analysis of Estella. Miss Havisham - Miss Havisham is the wealthy‚ eccentric old woman who lives in a manor called Satis House near Pip’s village. She is manic and often seems insane‚ flitting around her house in a faded wedding dress‚ keeping a decaying feast on her table‚ and surrounding herself with clocks stopped at twenty minutes to nine. As a young woman‚ Miss

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