recent years. In his essay‚ Ramanujan offers a large number of tellings of Rama (an important Hindu God) in accordance with how different cultures or religions tell the story. For example‚ one of the more prominent tellings of the story‚ written by Valmiki in Sanskrit‚ the God Indra seduces a willing Ahalya and loses his testicles when Gautam‚
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Adivasi Adivasi is an umbrella term for a heterogeneous set of ethnic and tribal groups claimed to be the aboriginal population of India.[1][2][3] They comprise a substantial indigenous minority of the population of India. The same term Adivasi is used for the ethnic minorities of Bangladesh and the native Vedda people of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ආදී වාස).[4] The word is also used in the same sense in Nepal as is another word janajati (Nepali: जनजाति; janajāti)‚ although the political context differed
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Mahabharat and mgt. The Mahabharat‚ the longest epic in the world‚ is about couple of million words in total. Its not just the length of the epic that makes it grand and superior‚ but also the quality‚ reach and teachings it consists. The Mahabharat’s scope is best summarized by one quotation: “What is found here‚ may be found elsewhere. What is not found here‚ will not be found elsewhere”. Mahabharat is not plainly the story of a war or a source of wisdom for philosophers. It exposes the secrets
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A REPORT ON THE FATE OF TRADITION – INDIAN CULTURE By P.SANDEEP ID.NO.2005S5P4483 A report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of TAGC 312: Technical Report Writing 12 March 2007 a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am grateful to Dr.CHAGLA‚ my instructor for the course TECHNICAL REPORT WRITNG‚ for many valuable ideas and suggestions he gave for the
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INCARNATION Hinduism‚ being a dynamic religion caters for all types of people‚ high thinkers and common people as well. High thinkers can think of or conceive God as Impersonal (without attributes/form) whereas common people with attributes‚ i.e. they can think of God as being Personal. Concerning the Personal aspect of God‚ Hinduism believes in the Hindu Trinity where we have Brahma as the Creator‚ Vishnu as the preserver and Shiva as the Destroyer. Since Vishnu’s function is to preserve. Whenever
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Name: ADETUNJI HAKEEM ADEMOLA Dept: SOCIOLOGY Course: CRIMINOLOGY (409) Group: B REG. Number: 272040201 Level: 400 Question: DISCUSS HOW CRIME CAN BE REDUCE IN THE SOCIETY Answer: Introduction In Sociology‚ crime is identified as a deviant behavior. It is deviant in that it goes against accepted or written rules and laws that guide a society. All deviant behavior isn’t a crime. A crime occurs when someone breaks the
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disciplines. They also used to participate in public functions and take part in intellectual debates. There used to be no ban of any sort in the field of knowledge‚ this is established very clearly from the account of Gargi’s life. 2. Sita Sita in the Valmiki Ramayana is not exactly representative for Vedic stridaharma. To begin with‚ she chooses her own husband in a competitive svayamvara‚ only the strongest and the smartest prince will do. Again‚ after Kaikeyi’s intervention‚ when Rama goes into forest
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Hindu house; they worshipped Rama as the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu. In Ramayana we find a mention of recitors who were specialised in story-telling. Lava and Kusha‚ the two brave sons of Rama rendered Ramayana in verses composed by Sage Valmiki. While reciting the stories‚ they also added the element of acting-Abhinaya. From that time nomadic bards who narrated the Ramayana were known as ‘Kushilavas’. As a matter of fact‚ the term kushilavas has been associated with dancers and actors.
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SONG OF RADHA‚ THE MILKMAID ---text and critical study by Mandira Chattopadhyaya Labels: Literary Criticism I carried my curds to the Mathura fair… How softly the heifers were lowing… I wanted to cry‚ “Who will buy The curds that is white as the clouds in the sky When the breezes of Shravan are blowing?” But my heart was so full of your beauty‚ Beloved‚ They laughed as I cried without knowing: Govinda! Govinda! Govinda! Govinda! How softly the river was flowing! I carried
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Introduction In all parts of the world the rural population compares favourably with the people who inhabit the cities in matters of religion‚ being more inclined in this direction. This disparity arises from a number of factors of which the most prominent is the pre-occupation with agriculture‚ which depends very much upon Nature despite stupendous progress that science may have made in any country. This dependence upon Nature gives an added importance to the natural forces in the life of man‚
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