From 1947 to 1991 The aftermath of the Partition of India in 1947 saw large scale sectarian strife and bloodshed throughout the nation. Since then‚ India has witnessed sporadic large-scale violence sparked by underlying tensions between sections of the Hindu and Muslim communities. These conflicts also stem from the ideologies of Hindu Extremism versus Islamic Extremism and prevalent in certain sections of the population. Since independence‚ India has always maintained a constitutional commitment
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| ONE SLIDE: On 20 January 1948‚ Previous assassinations on Gandhi had resulted by Madanlal Pahwa‚ Shankar Kistaiya‚ Digambar Badge‚ Vishnu Karkare‚ Gopal Godse‚ Nathuram Godse‚ and Narayan Apte‚ but the only one who succeeded was Nathuram Godse. January 30‚ 1948 was the day Gandhi was murdered outside on the steps of a building where a prayer meeting was going to take place. He was surrounded by a part of his family and some followers when three gunshots killed him‚ approaching him during
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McDonald’s Beef-Fries Controversy Summary McDonald’s was started as a drive -in restaurant by two brothers‚ Richard and Maurice McDonald in California‚ US in the year 1937. The business which was generating $200‚000 per annum in the 1940’s‚got a further boosts with the emergence of a revolutionary new concept called ’’self-service’’. The brothers designed their kitchen for mass production with assembly line procedure. By mid.1950’s restaurant’s revenue reached $350‚000. As word of their success
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on the Hindutva ideology‚ which are Hindi language‚ Hindu belief and Hindustan land. However‚ Hindutva ideology should not be the only cause of the rise of communalism in India since Muslims and Hindus had lived together for over than centuries. Colonialism took part on creating tensions between Muslim and Hindus. In addition‚ political clash had raised the tensions between them. In this research paper‚ I will prove that the rise of communalism in India was not just because of the Hindutva ideology
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each human being. He visualized for India a decentralized polity and self-reliant economy with the village as the base. Hindutva Monday‚ 09 February 2009 BJP Philosophy : Hindutva (Cultural Nationalism) Hindutva or Cultural Nationalism presents the BJP’s conception of Indian nationhood‚ as explained in the following set of articles. It must be noted that Hindutva is a nationalist‚ and not a religious or theocratic‚ concept. Integral Humanism: The BJP is proud of its commitment to
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which gives equal treatment and tolerance of all religions‚ which enshrines the right to practice‚ preach and propagate any religion and which says right to freedom of religion is a fundamental right. Why still religious fundamentalism based on ‘Hindutva’ ideology? HISTORY OF RELIGIOUS TRADITION IN INDIA In India‚ religion becomes part and parcel of every common man. Religion forms part of the very culture of India. Large number of its citizens associates themselves with a religion. India has a
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Socio-economic issues in India Overpopulation India suffers from the problem of overpopulation. The population of india is very high- 345 million approx. [1][2][3] Though India ranks second in population‚ it ranks 33 in terms of population density below countries such as The Netherlands‚ South Korea and Japan. There is a lot of problems which arise due to such a large population. Problems such as unemployment ‚ excessive pressure on environment‚ social infrastructure and the most important food availability
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Hindutva SwatantryaVeer V.D. Savarkar Essentials of Hindutva Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883 – 1966) What is in a name? We hope that the fair Maid of Verona who made the impassioned appeal to her lover to change ’a name that was ’nor hand‚ nor foot‚ nor arm‚ nor face‚ nor any other part belonging to a man’ would forgive us for this our idolatrous attachment to it when we make bold to assert that‚ ’Hindus we are and love to remain so!’ We too would‚ had we been in
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Rethinking Ethnicity: Majority Groups and Dominant Minorities‚ Routledge‚ 2004. ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2007:India ^ Fritz Blackwell (2004)‚ India: A Global Studies Handbook‚ ABC-CLIO‚ p ^ Ashis Nandy (1991-02-18)‚ Hinduism Versus Hindutva: The Inevitability Of A Confrontation‚ The Times of India‚ retrieved 2008-11-10 ^ Kashmiri Pandits in Nandimarg decide to leave Valley‚ Outlook‚ 30 March 2003‚ retrieved 2007-11-30 ^ Phil Reeves (25 March 2003)‚ Islamic militants kill 24 Hindus in
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This needs saying at the outset. In itself‚ it might seem like an unremarkable fact‚ but it actually is not: Amartya Sen is a citizen of India. While most of his countrymen who have been able to leave India for a long time try their best to become citizens of the country they might have gone to (Britain‚ America‚ Canada‚ Australia)‚ Sen‚ a man whom Cambridge and Harvard are said to have fought over for the privilege of offering an appointment‚ resolutely retains his blue Indian passport after half
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