10-3 BSGE Humanities April 14‚ 2011 The Colonization of India The colonization of India was very slow and very subtle. Europe’s first contacts in India were made initially by the Portuguese. The Portuguese traveled there by sea and took over Indian trade and commerce. In 1492 a Papal Bull was declared‚ allowing the Portuguese to go to Kerala (May 18th
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Neither Man Nor Woman: The Hijras of India In our culture‚ it is for us a belief and an evidence tha the biological term and gender term of “sex” refers for two sexes‚ males and females. Throught this book Neither Man Nor Woman by Serena Nanda‚ focused on the hijras of India‚ a community of outside members‚ I will examine how hijras are categorized as a third sex group and how homosexuality and transexuality takes place in their community with the importance for a hijras of having a husband. Second
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MALNUTRITION IN INDIA India is one of the world’s fastest growing economies sitting on a population of 1.241 billion [1]. Yet still‚ since its independence in 1947 majority of Indian population is either at or below the National Poverty Line. According to a report by the World Bank‚ malnutrition in India is more common than in Sub-Saharan Africa. More than a third of malnourished children live in India. The number is almost 5 times higher than that of China. Malnutrition thus has alarming implications
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India has a large number of climatic regions‚ tropical climate in the south to temperate and alpine in the north Himalayan regions. The elevated Himalayan regions receive snowfall in the winter months. Himalayas and the Thar Desert substantially influence the Indian climate. The Himalayas block the cold winds from Central Asia. This keeps the Indian subcontinent warmer than places with similar latitudes. Thar Desert attracts the south west monsoons during the June to October post summer months‚
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to you the country of India. A country one-third the area of the United States (total land mass is 2‚973‚190 sq. kilometers) borders China on the northeast‚ Pakistan on the west‚ Nepal and Blutan to the north‚ and Burma and Bangladesh to the east. It is divided into three categorical geographic regions: the Gangetic Plain‚ the plateau region in the south‚ the Himalayan region in the north‚ which contains some of the highest mountains in the world and a central part. India has a population of 1
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116TH INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE PARTICIPANTS’ PAPERS CRIME IN INDIA Sanjiv Kumar Upadhyay * I. CRIME IN INDIA A. General There were 61.8 million criminal cases reported in 1998 with a rate of 6366 per million population. 77.8% of cases investigated were chargesheeted in a court of law. There were 5.7 million cases pending in courts of which trail was completed in 15.8% of cases and of these‚ 37.4% cases ended in conviction. There are 41.6 police personnel per sq. kilometers and 1360 per million
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Poverty in India is widespread‚ with the nation estimated to have a third of the world’s poor. In 2011‚ World Bank stated‚ 32.7% of the total Indian people fall below the international of US$ 1.25 per day (PPP) while 68.7% live on less than US$ 2 per day. According to 2010 data from the United Nations Development Program‚ an estimated 37.2% of Indians live below the country’s national poverty line. A 2010 report by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) states that 8 Indian states
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Outline Thesis statement: The purpose of this paper discuss what role does the caste system play in India today? The word “caste” finds its origin in the Portuguese word “casta” which means “race” or “breed”. Thus caste basically means people belonging to the same breed. According to E.A.G. Blunt‚ ‘caste is an endogamous group or collection of endogamous groups‚ bearing a common name‚ membership of which is hereditary; imposing on its members certain
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customers in 119 countries across the world through 30‚000 restaurant outlets. McDonald’s opened its door in India in October 1996 in Vasant Vihar a colony of New Delhi. From 1996 till today McDonald’s has successfully a total of 58 restaurants and is also planning to add another 90 new restaurants within the next three years. THE TRADITIONAL INDIAN FOOD AND RESTURENT AVAILABILITY India is a country of tradition and culture‚ its tradition and culture is like a pearl necklace where every beautifully
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Project Report "Transport System in India" TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORT: Transport is a system in which passengers & goods are carried from one place to another. Modes of Transport: Transportation is generally divided into three modes-LAND‚ WATER & AIR. The Land Transport consists of roads and railways. Water Transport is also divided into two types: (a) RIVER OR INLAND TRANSPORT (b) SEA OR OCEANIC TRANSPORT. The latest and the fastest mode of transport is Air Transport. IMPORTANCE
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