Salt March The Salt March‚ also mainly known as the Salt Satyagraha‚ began with the Dandi March on 12 March 1930‚ and was an important part of theIndian independence movement. It was a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly incolonial India‚ and triggered the wider Civil Disobedience Movement. This was the most significant organised challenge to British authority since the Non-cooperation movement of 1920–22‚ and directly followed the Purna
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“Mortality is a matter of money. Poor people cannot afford to have money‚ so they have religion.” This quote by Khushwant Singh gives one an idea of Khushwant Singh’s condescending view of religion. Khushwant Singh‚ the insightful writer that he is‚ has a deep understanding of the social problems faced by Indians. His forceful‚ brilliant and passionate writings torment the Indian spirit in contemporary times‚ constantly prodding the society towards positive introspection and betterment. A deep analysis
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Sarfo K. Mensah Jr. Buddhism Paper 3/22/00 Siddharta Gautama was twenty-nine years of age when he abandoned his family to search for a means to bring to an end his and other ’s suffering. He studied meditation with many teachers. At the age of thirty-five‚ Siddharta Gautama sat down under the shade of a fig or bo tree to meditate; he determined to meditate until he received enlightenment. After seven weeks he received the Great Enlightenment: the Four Noble Truths and the Eight-fold Path. Henceforth
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RL ST 001: INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGIONS STUDY GUIDE FOR THE FIRST EXAM The most consistent feature of the various religions that originated in India is belief in karma and reincarnation. HINDUISM Hindus call their religion Sanatana Dharma‚ which means Everlasting Teaching. Hinduism has no single founder‚ and is not centrally organized. Who is a Hindu? A Hindu is anyone who • accepts the authority of the Vedas. • is a native Indian and not a Parsee (Zoroastrian)‚ a Jew‚ a Christian
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REL/133 NOTES CHAPTER 1 agnosticism: “Not know” (Greek); a position asserting that the existence of God cannot be proven. animism: From the Latin anima‚ meaning “spirit‚” “soul‚” “life force”; a worldview common among oral religions (religions with no written scriptures) that sees all elements of nature as being filled with spirit or spirits. atheism: “Not God” (Greek); a position asserting that there is no God or gods. deconstruction: A technique‚ pioneered by Jacques Derrida
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Modern education before Independence Modern education system Modern education system was implanted by British rulers. Before the advent of British in India‚ education system was private one. In 1835‚ Lord Macauley introduced modern education in India. It was the introduction of Wood’s dispatch of 1854‚ known as Magna Carta of Indian education that laid the foundation of present system of education and changed the scenario. The main purpose of it was to prepare Indian Clerks for running local administration
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WORLD HISTORY I EXAM REVIEW CHAPTER 1: THE EARLIEST HUMAN SOCIETIES PALEOLITHIC ERA: ~8000 BC Old Stone Age; earliest people Hunting and gathering food‚ vitamins‚ and minerals Buffalo‚ deer‚ herd animals that could be tracked Stayed next to rivers so they could follow the animas as they migrated (nomadic) Small societies Around 50-150 Support of environment Large enough for biological diversity Communication by sound (ghost communication) Slow development of technology Houses: caves
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CHAPTER ONE: Before History IDENTITIES: Complex Society Paleolithic Venus Figurines Metallurgy Social Class/Social Structure Lucy Neolithic Lascaux Cave Paintings Neolithic Revolution Agricultural Revolution MAP: Olduvai Gorge Neander Valley Catal Huyluk Lascaux CHAPTER TWO: Early Societies in SW Asia and Indo-European Migrations IDENTITIES: The Epic of Gilgamesh Sargon of Akkad Hammurabi’s Codes/Laws Stele Assyrians Economic
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TISS Mumbai Proposed MPhil-PhD Dissertation Title of Proposed Study: BLENDING GANDHIAN CONCEPTS INTO CSR STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT Rationale for Study: The three major concepts which the thesis revolves around are: i) Gandhian Socio-economic Analytical Framework ii) Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) and Strategies iii) Integral and Sustainable Rural Development All of these strands are powerful enough in their individual spheres but if these are blended into a concept
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MOHI JAIN RESERCH SCHOLAR MONAD UNIVERSITY HAPUR TOPIC: Business Ethics and Human Values[->0] Contents: 1. Abstract 2. An overview of business Ethics 3. Meaning of Business Ethics 4. Ethics in Religion 4.1 Hindu Ethics 4.2 Tirukkural 4.3 Buddhist Ethics Guidelines to Good Conduct 4.4 Arthaśāstra- the Ethics of Economics 5. Gandhiji’s Experiences with Ethics 6. The Buzz Word in Business World 7. The
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