The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. From equal status with men in ancient times[6] through the low points of the medieval period‚ to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers‚ the history of women in India has been eventful. In modern India‚ women have held high offices in India including that of the President‚ Prime Minister‚ Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Leader of the Opposition. As of 2011‚ the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Leader
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man’s marriage‚ social circle‚ profession and Wealth This Cast and religion is to control large amount of people‚ they belive there should be some regulating and monitoring system which people does follow automatically without being knowing. Sati Practice Sati is described asa Hindu custom inIndia in which thewidow was burnt toashes on her deadhusband’s pyre. Child Marriage Marrying a youngchild (generallydefined as below theage of fifteen) to anadult is describedas child marrigae. Inpractice
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The cases I will use to support this claim in South Asia are British India’s issue of the land-tenure system that established a new class hierarchy of landowner and tenant and the British handling of the controversial Hindu religious tradition of Sati that classified women as a weaker
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HONOR KILLING –“No Honor in Killing” In Pakistan and around the world‚ crimes against women in the name of honor have been occurring for long time but the level of exposure and coverage given to such crimes was not there until a decade ago. One does not find any discussion or usage of the term “Honor” or “Honor Killing” in the Print or Electronic Media 15 or 20 years back. I could find only a couple of articles written about honor killings just in the beginning of the 90s. Then‚ from 1995 onwards
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cold‚ cruel‚ and uninterested in him. As they grow up together‚ she repeatedly warns him that she has no heart. Read an in-depth analysis of Estella. Miss Havisham - Miss Havisham is the wealthy‚ eccentric old woman who lives in a manor called Satis House near Pip’s village. She is manic and often seems insane‚ flitting around her house in a faded wedding dress‚ keeping a decaying feast on her table‚ and surrounding herself with clocks stopped at twenty minutes to nine. As a young woman‚ Miss
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change who he is on the inside. Pip goes through a great deal of hardships throughout the beginning of the book. Pip is hardly aware of his social and educational condition‚ but everything changes when he is exposed to the life of the rich at the Satis House. Pip moves to London due to the generosity of a benefactor‚ and attempts to become the gentleman he had wanted to be. When Pip just about thought his life was over‚ Joe comes to the rescue. Pip’s coming of age was a rollercoaster ride‚ and out
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appreciation for Pip’s loyalty at this point? 3. What apparently is the cause of the hostility between the two convicts? 4. Explain: “like a wicked Noah’s ark" at the very end of the chapter. Chapter 6 1. Who is Pumblechook‚ and how does he get Pip into Satis House? Chapter 7 "I was to be apprenticed to Joe"--a
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and common boy whose change in fortune allows him to become a gentleman. As Pip visits Satis House‚ Miss Havisham’s adopted daughter‚ Estella‚ becomes the object of adolescent Pip’s affection. Although Pip and Estella are both orphans‚ they differ in several areas such as their upbringing and ability to love‚ yet resemble each other in their defining moments. From rags to riches‚
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own with their fatherless children. In addition‚ there is a tradition called "Sati" in India. According to the historian and writer Dr. Jyotsna Kamat: " Sati’ means a virtuous woman. A woman who dies burning herself on her husbands funeral fire was considered most virtuous‚ and was believed to directly go to heaven‚ redeeming all the forefathers rotting in hell‚ by this meritorious’ act. The woman who committed Sati’ was worshipped as a Goddess‚ and temples were built in her memory". This tradition
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The first is when Pip’s indenture papers are burned by the fire at his house. He was reeling with resentment towards his family. He looked down on them because he had been spending time in the pro-aristocratic atmosphere of the Satis house. When the indenture papers are burned‚ Pip sees it as freedom to go and be a better version of himself. The second occurrence where fire is tied to somebody’s freedom is when Magwitch is taken back into custody for the first time. As Magwitch
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