considered Buddhist. While Buddhism used to be a primarily Asian religion in the ancient times‚ it is now widespread with American and European regions. There have also been a number of Buddhist movements since the late twentieth century‚ including the Dalit Buddhist Movement and Engaged Buddhism. In conclusion‚ Siddhartha Gautama was an important historical figure because he is the founder of the world’s fourth largest religion‚ Buddhism‚ after Christianity‚ Islam‚ and Hinduism. The Sangha created
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BUSINESS‚ GOVERNMENT & STUDIES – HANDOUT SUMMARIES On 1 August 2009 Contributors: Saurabh Verma Amartya Singh Sadanand Subray Kamat Ashis Nayak Jagadeesh R Om Prakash H Mayank Rohit Jaiswal Bhawna Jain Alok Jain Humbad Abhishek Nirmal D Dineshkumar Shikha Rawat Rangineni Srikanth Hemant Agarwal Ravi M V R Umesh Ram Sevak Sandeep S Nair A V Naga Chaitanya Chayan Mukhopadhyay Anuprakash Kapil Makhija Rajeev Kumar [pic] Contents
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PANJAB UNIVERSITY‚ CHANDIGARH-160014 (INDIA) (Estd. under the Panjab University Act VII of 1947—enacted by the Govt. of India) FACULTY OF ARTS SYLLABI FOR M.A. SOCIOLOGY (Semester System) EXAMINATIONS‚ 2011-2012 --: o :-- 1 Note : A candidate for M.A. examination shall offer Psychology or Sociology or Statistics or Public Administration only if he/she has completed the prescribed courses in an affiliated college or the Department concerned of this University. APPLICABILITY
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Social stratification pre-dates modern society and its roots can be traced back to the times of slavery in early civilizations such as Ancient Egypt and Persia and although slavery no longer exists the inequalities that stratification brings to individuals in society is still clearly evident in modern society‚ which is the viewpoint of conflict theorists such as the Marxists and the Feminists‚ however the sociological debate also means that consensus theorists such as Davis and Moore would have society
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Discrimination is the prejudicial and/or distinguishing treatment of an individual based on their actual or perceived membership in a certain group or category‚ "in a way that is worse than the way people are usually treated."[1] It involves the group’s initial reaction or interaction‚ influencing the individual’s actual behavior towards the group or the group leader‚ restricting members of one group from opportunities or privileges that are available to another group‚ leading to the exclusion of
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Dharmic faiths are similar‚ so one has to inspect each religion to understand the differences. People of these faiths are often confused for one another‚ but if you are willing to look you can find the differences. Each religion‚ especially Sikhism presents its own challenges to its young followers as seen in the movie Bend it Like Beckham and the novel Under the Lemon Trees. Hinduism is so old that historians do not know exactly when it was founded (Wilkinson‚ 163). It is speculated that it started
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Transcending Sociolinguistics: Language‚ Caste and Power in India Sociolinguistics and the Language Problem in India Though there has been a long tradition of studying and interpreting language in India‚ most of these studies are in descriptive‚ technical or structural mode. For long‚ language has been seen as a non-political or apolitical phenomenon and its study has remained restricted to its structure. India also has a long tradition in the study of language
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Executive Summary Major Research Project ( 2009-2011) Nativism in India: A Study of Modern Indian Literature in the select Indian Languages Submitted to UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION‚ NEW DELHI by Dr. Ashok Babar P.V.P. Mahavidyalaya‚ Kavathe Mahankal‚ Dist. Sangli. (Maharashta) Contents |Chapters |Title |Page No. | |
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criminal justice system. Attitudes to women and recognition of their full range of rights should be linked to recruitment‚ promotion. The system should recognise and reward good police officer‚ a good magistrate‚ a good prosecutor by their attitudes to Dalit women‚ to lesbians‚ to sexually active women wearing skimpy clothing. Also penalise actors in the criminal justice system for the opposite‚ i.e. discriminatory behaviour. So when a policeman or woman‚ a prosecutor or a judge is recruited‚ their attitudes
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• popularly known as Plaridel • leading propagandist for reforms in the Philippines • editor and co-publisher of La Solidaridad • born August 30‚ 1850 in Cupang‚ San Nicolas‚ Bulacan to Julian del Pilar and Blasa Gatmaytan • died July 4‚ 1896 of tuberculosis‚ in Barcelona‚ Spain • He tried to marshal the nationalist sentiment of the Filipino ilustrados‚ or bourgeoisie‚ against Spanish imperialism. • He wrote "Dasalan at Tuksuhan" and also made a parody of
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