The hijras of India are unlike any you might see in any other part of the world. You might have occasionally come across men dressed as women‚ wearing garishly bright makeup. They immediately attract attention to themselves for all the wrong reasons and most often win ridicule. We are really not sure if eunuch‚ transvestite‚ gay or transgender is actually the right term for a hijra as their social mores are very unique and are almost above classification by western terms. One can attempt to
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Psych 540 Ms. McManus & Ms. Smith 9/28/2010 Women vs. Women: Bullying Broads A recent article on a website hosted by the ABC news show‚ Good Morning America‚ has brought a new workplace problem to light (Wild & Brady‚ 2009). This is the problem of women bosses bullying other women. Though this is probably not actually a new problem for our society‚ it is just recently being brought to attention because of one woman’s struggle with her female boss. The woman in the article attempted to sue
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Women in India: Facts in Figures [Gandhimathi‚ Ekta‚ Madurai] • Sex Ratio 933 • Literacy Male 75.85 • Literacy Female 54.16 • 1 to 3% of executive positions only occupied by women • 9 % of women in execute bodies of political parties • 3 % of women as Supreme Court Judges • 7 % of women in civil services • 6 % women in trade unions • Infant mortality is 67 for boys and 78 for girls • 40 % women are assaulted by their intimate partners • 65 % women reported some kind of abuse • Rural women are paid
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Independence of India ¤ Sailing of San Gabriel To India When the San Gabriel sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to finally dock at Calicut‚ a prosperous port and an independent principality on the Malabar Coast in May‚ 1498‚ half a century of the Portuguese tentative to find a sea route to India was finally crowned with success. The man behind the quest was Vasco da Gama (1460-1524) – a devout Roman Catholic whose nightlong vigil in a Lisbon chapel before commending himself to the unsure
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SINGLA‚PRASHANT COURSE:B.COM(HONS)I SUBJECT:COMMUNICATION SKILLS TOPIC:INCREDIBLE INDIA ENROLL NO.:A3104609020‚42 SUBMITTED TO: Mrs. DEEPALI SHARMA ABOUT INDIA INDIA - a land of dreams and romance. A land blessed by the Sun‚ Shimmering Waters‚ Landscapes Painted golden with its rays‚ Silhouetted mountained‚ And a warm glowing welcome. A land of enormous Contrasts from North to South‚ East to West. India unfolds for you‚ a Series of diversities. The People‚ The Culture‚ The Languages‚ The
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NATIONALISM IN INDIA TIMELINE 1914 1918 The First World War 1913 1918 The war prices increased in double 19181919 & 19201921 Crop failure 1921 Famines and the epidemic Mahatma Gandhi 1916 Mahatma Gandhi organized satyagraha movement in Champaran(Bihar) 1917 Mahatma Gandhi organized satyagraha movement in Kheda District (Gujarat) 1918 Mahatma Gandhi organized satyagraha Movement in Ahmedabad. 1919 Rowlatt Act was Passed (It gave the govt. enormous powerto represspolitical activities
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The Politics of Representation in A Passage to India The discussion on A Passage to India as a political fiction has for long been dominated by the followers of a mimetic theory of literature‚ whose quest for empiricism tied to didacticism is achieved when they find the narrative content to be an authentic portrayal of India and a humanist critique of British-Indian relations during the last decades of the Empire. Since the accession of critical methods concerned with representation as an ideological
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Domestic Violence and Abuse Abstract Domestic Violence is one of the most occurring situations found in the United States. This form of violence‚ also known as spousal abuse‚ happens within a relationship that is intimate or within a marriage. This particular issue seems to be found to affect women more often than men in varying ways such as injury or even death. Some of the injuries found in domestic violence cases are the head‚ neck‚ chest‚ face‚ breast‚ and abdomen‚ which are the most
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Child Sexual Abuse: A Review of the Literature Abstract Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a hidden epidemic of child abuse and neglect. Approximately there are 3 million reports of CSA in the United States every year involving nearly 6 million children. CSA take place across ethnic and cultural lines‚ in all socioeconomic levels‚ all levels of education and within all religions. Numerous adverse effects correlate with CSA some examples include‚ anxiety‚ avoidance depression‚ low self-esteem‚ post-traumatic
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he Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles‚ establishes the structure‚ procedures‚ powers‚ and duties of government institutions‚ and sets out fundamental rights‚ directive principles‚ and the duties of citizens. It is the longest[1] written constitution of any sovereign country in the world‚ containing 444[Note 1] articles in 22 parts‚ 12 schedules and 118 amendments. Besides the Hindi version‚ there is an official English
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