Decline in Her Status In ancient India‚ however‚ woman was never an object of pity - neglected‚ weak and needing help. The pages of our cultural history are aglow with ideals like the scholarly Gargi and Maitreyi‚ the chaste Sita and Savitri‚ the devoted Parvati and that paragon of mothers‚ Madalasa. Far from being treated as a ‘commodity’‚ woman enjoyed the highest respect in society - that accorded to a ‘mother’. As a matter of fact‚ she was looked upon as the veritable representation
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The Subaltern in India The ground breaking text Orientalism written by Edward Said widened the arena for the post-colonial thinkers to consider the text with a new mechanism in Third World context. Orientalism has developed a purported approach of binary opposition to dismantling the East/West dualism in relation to Eurocentric edifice. The focal point of Said’s study is the ‘West’ and its observation of the ‘East’. The former having all positive traits: white‚ brave‚ dynamic‚ civilized‚ cultured
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Common female stereotypes found in the media have a powerful influence over how society views women and how women view themselves. What is the media portrayal of women today and how does this impact how young girls perceive themselves? With programs such as The Bachelor and Flavor of Love showing a dozen women competing for the attention of one man‚ often using their sexuality‚ magazine ads displaying a half-naked female body to sell a fragrance or cosmetic product‚ and television commercials highlighting
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Annotation for the poems: How do you annotate the poem "The Harp of India" by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio? Why hang’st thou lonely on yon withered bough? Unstrung for ever‚ must thou there remain; Thy music once was sweet - who hears it now? Although the above post gives some interesting suggestions about labeling meter‚ there are other focuses for annotating a poem. For example‚ you can annotate for figurative language and the meaning it grants the poem. The title “The Harp of India”
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Book review On BUSINESS MAHARAJAS -GITA PIRAMAL [pic] Business Maharajas concentrates on the strategy and decisions Strategies Introduction An Insight into Some of India’s Most Powerful Business Tycoons and the Eight of India’s most powerful men. It focuses on their personal experiences and visions to expose how they think and conduct their businesses. Let’s find out more about them. • DHIRUBHAI HIRACHAND AMBANI • RAHUL KUMAR BAJAJ • ADITYA VIKRAM BIRLA
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About Iyers. Iyers like all other Brahmins trace their paternal ancestors to one of eight rishis or sages. Accordingly they classify themselves into eight gotras‚ based upon the ancestor rishi. The term Iyer derives from the term Ayya used by the people of the Tamil regions to denote a respected person and are seen as representatives of Vedic Culture. The term is believed to have originated from the Sanskrit word ’Arya’ which means a ’noble person’. Iyers have many sub-sects among them
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Gods for making Vajra Facts about Param Vir Chakra: 1. Of the 21 Paramveer Chakra awardees‚ 20 are from the Indian Army and one from the Indian Air Force. 2. Som Nath Sharma‚ the first recipient of the award‚ was the award designer Mrs. Savitri Khanolkar’s son-in-law posthumous. 3. Grenadiers Regiment have received the most number of Param Vir Chakras‚ with 3 awards‚ one each for the Indo-Pakistan 1965 war‚ 1971 Indo-Pakistan war and the Kargil War. The Gorkha Rifles have also received
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Day 1 WORK DONE: Since it was the first day of the field work during the rural camp‚ the team decided to start off by understanding the village of Jamak through the first tool of transect walk. The work done on day 1 is briefly described as under: Transect walk: It was done with two informants of the village‚ Mr. Gajender Singh and Mr. Dheeraj Rohtela who gave the team a brief introduction of Jamak Village. They informed that the village is spread over an area of about 10 kilometres and encompasses
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Adi-Parva‚ First Book: The Origins of the Families The story opens as Sauti‚ a storyteller returning from the snake sacrifice of King Janamejaya‚ approaches several wise men‚ or rishis‚ in the forest of Naimisha. He relates to them the Mahabharata as he has heard it from Vaisampayana‚ a disciple of the poet Vyasa. Sauti begins by recounting the death of King Parikshit of the Bharatas at the hands of Takshaka‚ aNaga‚ or snake-man. King Janamejaya‚ Parikshit’s son and successor‚ had held the snake
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P1: FXS/ABE P2: FXS 9780521740517c22.xml CUAU031-EVANS October 20‚ 2011 14:38 CHAPTER 22 MODULE 4 Revision: Business-related mathematics 22.1 Multiple-choice questions 1 Bennet invested $15 000 for 3 years. He earned 6.5% per annum interest‚ compounding annually. The value of his investment at the end of three years‚ to the nearest dollar‚ is: A $15 004 B $18 119 C $18 220 D $17 925 E $35 850 2 Chen purchased a second-hand car for $20 250. She paid a deposit
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