FEMALE FOETICIDE AND THE DOWRY SYSTEM IN INDIA Devaki Monani Ghansham Women ’s Studies Research Unit‚ School of Social Work‚ University of Melbourne Townsville International Women’s Conference - AUSTRALIA 3 - 7 July 2002 ~ James Cook University “Poverty‚ Violence and Women’s Rights: ...Setting a Global Agenda” This international conference is for all who care passionately about improving women’s position in the world‚ who demand justice and full human rights for women everywhere and who believe
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Divisions in India Society: The Caste System There are different theories about the establishment of Caste system. There are religious‚ mystical‚ biological and socio-historical theories about the Caste system. The word “caste” is derived from a Portuguese word “casta” which means “bread” or “lineage” (Encarta). A Class vs. a Caste System In any country’s history‚ a high stage of social development is reached only when the main social divisions are formed. “The caste system penetrates the Hindu
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Jury system And Its relevance in India. ------------------------------------------------- Abstract ------------------------------------------------- This research article attempts to explain what exactly is jury system and the objective behind having jury trials. Also‚ we talk about its relevance in India and Indian judiciary. Tracing right from the period after independence when jury system prevailed in India‚ later when it was abolished and the present times where it is nowhere to be seen in
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BANKING SYSTEM IN INDIA Banking system in India plays a vital role in the economic development of a country. Banking system in India can be broadly divided into unorganized sector and organized sector. Unorganized sector mainly comprises of money lenders and indigenous bankers. The organized sector consists of commercial banks‚ co-operative banks and regional banks. Apart from these institutions which provide short-term credit to businesses‚ there are number of specialized term lending institutions
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Education System In INDIA India is a developing country and is on a track to be a developed country in terms of economic and financial growth. This growth can mainly be attributed to its educational wealth and system. India is one of the most ancient civilizations in the world and as such education system in India stretches back to ancient urban centers of learning at Taxila and Nalanda which were one of the earliest universities of the world. The present education system in India is the
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a common male ancestor. Panini defines Gotra for grammatical purposes as ‘Apatyam Pautraprabhrti Gotram’‚ which means “the word Gotra denotes the progeny (of a sage) beginning with the son’s son.” The existence of Gotra system in the Indian society seems to be a matter
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the groom cash or kind. All of these could be done voluntarily and out of affection and love. The Hindu marriage system is sacramental. According to this system‚ a marriage is forever and there is no scope for a separation. Among the various ceremonies previously practiced‚ the ceremony in front of a ‘godly’ fire (‘Yajna’ in Sanskrit) has taken over‚ the old-fashioned system of marrying a wife by capture. This form of marriage began the practice of dowry‚ where originally‚ the family of the
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EDUCATION SYSTEM OF INDIA • 38% of doctors in America are Indians • 12% of scientists in America are Indians • 36% of NASA employees are Indians • 34% of Microsoft employees are Indians • The India group is the only one from South Asia to figure in the top 10 economically active working-age population. The group’s average annual income is higher than that of the local British (21‚250 pounds). • Third largest tertiary education system after china and US. We have institutions
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SYNOPSIS FDI IN HEALTHCARE RETAIL AND ITS IMPACT ON EMPLOYMENT IN INDIA Research Scholar: N.Chandrasekhar CONTENTS Topic Page Introduction 2 Objectives 10 Methodology 11 Review of Literature
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INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM Education system of any country is the backbone for its future. . In India‚ Education System is synonymous with exams .Our education system proves out to be world’s best but only in terms of mugging and reciting things like a poem.. We from our childhood are made to learn that if you cannot understand a sentence or have problem understanding it‚ just mug it up and learn for exams. MUGGING IS THE TECHNIQUE. This is the basic concept that everyone follows-just study
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