------------------------------------------------- Feminism in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Part of a series on | Feminism | Women and femininity[show] | History[show] | Variants[show] | Concepts[show] | Theory[show] | By country[show] | Lists and indexes[show] | Feminism portal | * v * t * e | Feminism in India is a set of movements aimed at defining‚ establishing‚ and defending equal political‚ economic‚ and social rights and equal opportunities
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Bibliography: Aghamkar‚ Atul Y.‚ and Vishwas Padole. Christian mission in Maharashtra: retrospect and prospect. Bangalore‚ [India: TETRAWPOI (The Evangelical Theological Research and Writing Project of India)‚ 2010. Allen‚ Roland. The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church. Grand Rapids‚ Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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corruption and disadvantaged groups at the popular Jaipur literary festival. Sir Salman himself is asked to stay away from a film promotion and a literary festival in Calcutta‚ supposedly one of India’s more liberal cities‚ because authorities fear protests from fringe Muslim groups. Similar groups have demanded a ban on actor-director Kamal Haasan’s new film Vishwaroopam‚ prompting the star to complain about "cultural terrorism". The outsize controversy over the remarks made by Prof Nandy‚ who was
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Shri (1990) Padma Bhushan (1992) | Anti-corruption protests in Maharashtra Anna Hazare listening to the problems of people at Nanded‚ Maharashtra. In 1991 Hazare launched the Bhrashtachar Virodhi Jan Aandolan (BVJA) (People’s Movement against Corruption)‚ a popular movement to fight against corruption[30] in Ralegaon Siddhi. In the same year he protested against the collusion between 40 forest officials and timber merchants. This protest resulted in the transfer and suspension of these officials
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inter-generational discrimination that Dalits have been subjected to. However‚ rights won through people’s movements‚ transformative social reforms’ processes and progressive legislations are easily lost if not backed by programmes and resources‚ capacitated institutions to deliver the same and a vigilant citizenry to monitor it. There are many challenges which pose a danger to erode the rights and the entitlements scripted in all policies‚ provisions and programmes‚ but additionally: dalit under-nutrition cannot
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in recent years primarily because of two important‚ yet distinct‚ reasons. The publication of the Sachar Committee report (The report of the Prime Minister’s High Level Committee on Social‚ Economic and Educational Status of Muslims in India – PMHLC 2006) is the first reason behind the apparent revival of this debate. Although‚ the Sachar Committee was not asked to collect data/information on the ‘political backwardness’ of Indian Muslims‚ the main finding of the report and its various recommendations
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) Attitude to hierarchy A) The India’s caste system India has a hierarchical caste system in the society. Within Indian culture‚ Hindu or Muslim‚ urban or village‚ virtually all things‚ people‚ and groups of people are ranked according to various essential qualities. The social Hierarchy is present everywhere in India. Although India is a political democracy‚ in daily life there is a little adherence to notions of equality. Castes systems in India and caste like groups‚ classified in five groups
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------------------------------------------------- Electoral and Party Politics - निव़़डणुका आणि पक्षांचे राजकारण (10 Lectures) 1.1 Elections (1952‚ 1977‚ 1989‚ 1998‚ 2004) - निवडणुका - 1952‚ 1977‚ 1989‚ 1998‚ 2004 1.2 Political Parties- National and Regional Parties - राजकीय पक्ष - राष्ट्रीय आणि प्रादेशिक पक्ष 1.3 Coalition Governments - आघाड्यांची सरकारे ------------------------------------------------- After the constitution came into force‚ the country was ruled by an interim government
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1. Inequalities among citizens a. Explain what the caste system is Æ The Dalits‚ p. 151 – division of society into four unequal hereditary social classes /castes + the Dalits (or Untouchables) who are outcastes… b. Point out the gap between rich and poor Æ A country on the march‚ p. 24 – From Bombay to Mumbai‚ p. 31 – Two stories‚ p. 32 – fourth highest number of billionaires in the world (55) vs 42% people living below 80p (0.93€) a day… – Dharavi slum in Mumbai: overpopulated (314‚887
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throughout the country. A boycott of foreign goods was proclaimed on August 7‚ 1905. At this time‚ the Indian National Congress gave only conditional support to the plan‚ but a year later‚ under the influence of more radical leaders like Tilak from Maharashtra‚ Bipin Chandra Pal and Aurobindo Ghosh from Bengal and Lajpat Rai from Punjab‚ the Calcutta session of the Congress in 1906 proclaimed for the first time‚ the concept of ’swaraj’‚ i.e self-rule and called for support to the boycott movement. Although
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