Chipko Movement‚ started in 1970’s‚ was a non violent movement aimed at protection and conservation of trees and forests from being destroyed. The name of the Chipko moment originated from the word ’embrace’ as the villagers used to hug the trees and protect them from wood cutters from cutting them. Chipko movement was based on the Gandhian philosophy of peaceful resistance to achieve the goals. It was the strong uprising against the against those people‚ who were destroying the natural resources
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the Youth Movements of the 1960s The 1960s are a decade that have become known as a time of “peace and music”; a time when large parts of the youth population came together to try and change the things that they did not find right in the world. However‚ it was a decade spattered in blood which had its share of horrific‚ brutal events. The 1960s were marked by extreme changes in social norms and culture that shocked the elders of society‚and served as a time for educational reform as well as social reform
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The Green Movement Persuasive Essay In today’s society‚ we have become very wasteful. Many Americans have never lived or been exposed to an environment where resources were not plentiful‚ so there is a lack of appreciation for the resources that are easily reachable. The United States of America generates hundreds of million tons of solid waste per year. The commonly known term for solid waste is trash or garbage. Solid waste has become a major problem- it is a potential threat to public health
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KHILAFAT MOVEMENT 1. INTRODUCTION The First World War brought crises for the Muslim as the Turkish Ottoman Empire fought alongside the German and the Austrian empires against Britain‚ France and Russia. The Turkish defeated and at the end of the war‚ Muslims all over the world were concerned about how turkey would be treated. The Turkish sultan was recognized as the Khalifa‚ or Caliph: (the Khalifa had been the head of the world). It still had great symbolic value for all Muslims because the
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Women’s Movement in Manipur Introduction Women play a very important role in the social life of Manipur. A study of social life and social change of Manipur will be incomplete without a study on women. Women participate in multifarious activities of socio-economic and political matters. They does not raised only women’s issues‚ but raised all others social issues such as discrimination of the minorities‚ negligence to culture‚ language ‚ marginalization due to developmental process leading to displacement
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Helmet Laws Discriminate against Bikers It has been proven by many people that it is safe to wear a helmet. One main reason‚ is that there have been so many deaths of people without helmets on bicycles and motorcycles. In the essay‚ Helmet Laws Discriminate against Bikers‚ the author argues that motorcyclists should have a choice on whether or not they would want to wear helmets. I will argue that this author’s argument is weak. The author’s basic argument can be summarized as follows: 1. Freedom
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court case against her producer when he sexually assaulted her. Domestic violence still occurs in America today and us as religion and laws taught a country that it was okay to stay in the vicious cycle. There have been cases that have explored what domestic violence is and what the outcomes become show how violence against women is an ongoing social issue. That is to say; religion has played a fraction in the history of domestic violence against women. In the article‚ “Violence Against Women and
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The term Indian independence movement encompasses a wide range of areas like political organizations‚ philosophies and movements which had the common aim to ending the company rule (East India Company)‚ and then British imperial authority‚ in parts of South Asia. The independence movement saw various national and regional campaigns‚ agitations and efforts‚ some nonviolent and others not so. Movements led by Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi‚ commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi or Bapu (Father of Nation)
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sexual abuse developed within radical feminism and eventually produced robust movements to end violence against women and children as well as to end pornography‚ which radical feminists saw as anti-woman propaganda and a source of sexual violence. This collided with but did not merge with the demands of a growing conservative movement to police sex more rigorously and also incited opposition within the feminist movement as some activists were concerned about a return to state censorship and the intensification
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The Freedom Movement Leaders These men had a choice; a choice was between saving the hometown by surrendering it to the Americans or wreaking destruction on the city by resisting the foreigners. Those who decide to surrender were considered as collaborators and those who decide to fight led a resistance. The seven personalities to be discussed hereafter are Luis Flores‚ Bonifacio Aranas‚ Juan Climaco‚ Arcadio Maxilum‚ Leon Kilat‚ Candido Padilla and Julio Llorente. The discussion of these seven
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