INTRODUCTION: World is becoming multi-faith day by day. There isn’t any single country in the world occupied by the people of a single belief. Each country has different faiths in the form of minorities and majorities. People of different communities are living with each other around the world and coming closer day by day. This is an era of globalization which calls for “interfaith awareness and understanding”. A basic understanding of the diverse range of cultures‚ faiths and their histories has
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not exist in a vacuum and are relevant and inter-connected to other topics‚ such as religion‚ economy‚ politics‚ etc. The analysis will use the ecological feminist critiques elaborated in the last few decades by theorists‚ such as‚ K. Warren‚ V. Shiva or M. Mies‚ and contemporary postmodern approaches‚ to reject and deconstruct these and any other discourses attempting to establish an absolute ground for knowledge and therefore a breeding ground 1 www.ecofem.org/journal for patterns of domination
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TRIBAL WOMEN IN CHIPKO MOVEMENT -AN APPRAISAL DEBASREE DE UGC Junior Research Fellow at Department of History‚ Jadavpur University‚ Kolkata. The women of Chipko movement have added to the world’s consciousness of environmental issues significantly by their slogan of ‘mitti pani aur bayar’. Major afforestation programmes have also been launched as a result of the movement. To celebrate the Chipko week (30th May to5th June) let us spread the message of Chipko to protect our natural resources
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Table of Contents: Abstract ………………………………………………………………………………………..... 2 Introduction: The Two Faces of Globalization ...…………………………………………….. 2 Destruction of Local Economies‚ Corporate Takeover of People’s Land and Resources‚ Ecological Degradation and Limited Wars ...………………………………………………… 4 Divide and Rule and the Role of the Left ……………………………………………………... 7 Commodification of Art‚ Culture and Education ...………………………………………… 12 Conclusion: Art as a Form of Resistance and Creative Maladjustment ..…………………
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of Hindu deities—Shiva‚ Kali and Krishna—are typically represented dancing.[5] Shiva’s cosmic dance‚ tandava‚ Kali’s dance of creation and destruction and Krishna’s dance with the gopikas (cow-herd girls)—Rasa Lila—are popular motifs in Hindu mythology.[6] In ancient India‚ there were no dedicated auditorium halls or theaters‚ and dance was usually a functional activity dedicated to worship‚ entertainment or leisure. Dancers usually performed in temples‚ on festive occasions and seasonal harvests. Dance was
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The Green Revolution had a positive‚ negative‚ or possibly both consequences on the way human beings have evolutionized through out the years. Each of these documents specifically proves that whether good or bad the different societies have been able to incorporate a little from what the Green Revolution has left them into their daily lives. The Green Revolution on one-side has ignited the revolution for new ideas and traditions. On the other side the Green Revolution has become a form of destructing
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Q1) If the movement of people‚ food‚ and manufactured goods can have such a negative impact on public health‚ should steps be taken to reduce these flows? What other options are there for lowering the spread of global diseases? In a battle between money and health‚ usually nations take money rather than health. They will instead find remedies to lower spread global diseases. In globalization point of view‚ reduce the flow of people‚ goods and foods will have detrimental effect toward nations economic
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In Encountering Development‚ Escobar’s intention is to rethink the entire notion of development by approaching the subject via deconstruction‚ prejudicial detachment‚ and the contextualization of development as a hegemonic all-encompassing cultural space. Relying heavily on “Foucault’s work on the dynamics of discourse and power in the representation of social reality‚” Escobar compares his conception of development as a historically produced discourse to Edward Said’s groundbreaking work on “Orientalism
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that they most probably emerged in the Indus Valley civilization (2500-1500 B.C.E). The civilization‚ relying mainly on agriculture‚ likely worshipped female earth deities that represented fertility‚ regeneration‚ life and death‚ to aid in their harvests (Erndl 19). Scenes depicted in their seals also pointed to the fact that the Indus Valley people were perhaps “goddess-revering” (McDermott 3608). Some people have raised the point of feminism as a notion of commitment to a Hindu goddess‚ as
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DANCE ELEMENTS RELATED WITH MYTHOLOGICAL STORIES INTRODUCTION OF KATHAK The word ‘Kathak’ comes from the root katha‚ which means story- telling. Literal meaning of the word kathak is related to katha‚ the art of story-telling‚ “Katha Kahe So Kathaka Kahave”‚ which means “one who tells a story is a story-teller”. According to M. Monier Williams‚ Katha denotes conversation‚ story‚ speech‚ tale or fable. Katha also means to ‘ sing in praise’‚ ‘to say or inform something’. Thus‚ kathakars were originally
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