Buddhism in India‚ inspiring the Dalit Buddhist movement. He was also the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. Born into a poor Mahar (considered an Untouchable caste) family‚ Ambedkar campaigned against social discrimination‚ the system of Chaturvarna – the categorisation of Hindu society into four varnas – and the Hindu caste system. He converted to Buddhism and is also credited with providing a spark for the transformation of hundreds of thousands of Dalits or untouchables toTheravada Buddhism
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Self-identity is central to what determines human behavior and provides individuals a ‘lens’ with which to view the external world. Often‚ when this lens is distinctly different from what has become accepted as ‘normal’ through social construction‚ this particular ‘socially deviant’ lens is then stigmatized to the point where individuals operating this lens face a dilemma. They can either allow themselves to be true to their distinct and unique identity or conceal it and attempt to go along with
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is voted as the most influential and powerful woman for the second year is from India where discrimination against women is at its peak. Kiran Bedi who is also an Indian is the first IPS officer in the history of India. A very recent example is a Dalit women becoming the speaker of Lok Sabha in India. This all shows how much talent and intelligence women have. This talent and intelligence has to be nurtured to improve the status of women in the
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Communalism and Politics in India | Text of the lectureI would like to put before you some propositions to explain the phenomena called ‘communalism’ and its impact on security. First of all‚ I would like to state that security is also a ‘state of mind’. As far as the issue of communalism is concerned‚ it would be surprising to know that the number of people killed in communal violence in the last 50 years is lesser than the people killed in street crimes in the city of Detroit alone. Two
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Marathi autobiographical novel Uchalya (The Branded) written by Laxman Gaikwad. The novel being an autobiography‚ recounts the trauma and suffering not only of an individual but of the whole community of the Uchalyas‚ branded as ‘Criminal Tribes’. As Dalit autobiography‚ the novel is a revolt against the social inequality of people who literally live on the fringes of society. The paper tries to depict the socio-eco-cultural life of this tribe and calls for their recognition as human beings and not
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The family is a fundamental unit encompassing the human society in which it is partnered. What then happens when this vital support unit is overwhelmed by domestic violence? In this essay I will try to point out to you the issues of family violence from a feminist point of view and how power and inequality are features of this perception. To describe this in a feminist way‚ we have to understand the meaning of feminism. Feminism is described "as a social movement‚ which aims to improve women’s rights
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Symbolism is composed to demonstrate the allegory by displaying the adversity of the bush mother. A green sapling club laid in readiness on the dresser by her side; also her sewing basket and a copy of the young ladies journal" represents the lack of feministic feature and the choice of to represent her feminine side she has guarded. Flash back emphasises the hardships to display the story of a mother suffering in Australian bush "It must be near mourning now’ it must be near daylight" demonstrating the
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everything he want to learn. That’s his freedom. F Irst‚ Canada’s education system is good because it is equitable. Girls and boys are both able to be seen at school. This is because they have the same right to get knowledge. Education is always feministic. Then‚ there are people from different races in the school. Whether you are Canadian or not is not important. One can always get the equal education‚ respect and chance. There are both rich students and ones from middle-class family. Both of them
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the fundamentals of a successful marriage. Throughout these tales‚ Chaucer shows contrasting perspectives on where governance lies in a marriage and how to achieve bliss in such a custom. In “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”‚ Chaucer promotes a modern feministic perspective as he implements
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Nirma University Institute of Law Semester V B.Com. LL.B. (Hons.) Course Article writing on the topic of “BAN ON CASTE BASED RALLIES: FOR THE BETTER OR FOR WORSE” In the Course of Constitutional Law-II COURSE CODE: 2BL509 As a part of continuous evaluation scheme Submitted To: Submitted By: Prof. Tarkesh Moliya Chirag Jain
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