National Education Day 11th November GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HAS DECIDED TO OBSERVE 11th NOVEMBER‚ THE BIRTHDAY OF MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD‚ A GREAT FREEDOM FIGHTER‚ AN EMINENT EDUCATIONIST AND FIRST UNION MINISTER OF EDUCATION‚ AS ‘NATIONAL EDUCATION DAY’ EVERY YEAR FROM 2008 ONWARDS. A brief biography is given here Abul Kalam Azad Date of birth: 11 November 1888 Place of birth: Mecca‚ Ottoman Empire (now in Saudi Arabia) Date of death: 22 February 1958 Place of death: Delhi‚ India Movement:
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of the family is the be-all and end-all of family decisions is slowly spoiling the society of the country. Women Empowerment in India Data Source: Census of India 2011 As said in a study conducted by the Centre for the Study of Society and Secularism‚ In spite of the UN Charter of Human Rights and the provisions of the Indian Constitution‚ women continue to be victims of
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Immanuel Kant said the Enlightenment is described as "a man’s release from his self-incurred tutelage. Tulage s man’s inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another." The Enlightenment was a movement of intellectual thinkers who believed that science could clarify everything in society and nature. Enlightenment thinkers during this period began to seek rational thoughts to figure out and understand nature and also to guide the human existence. The Enlightenment glorified
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The Protestant Reformation (1450-1565) (1) England Notion of the Renaissance Prince Recent War of the Roses created a sense of political instability for the Tudor dynasty --Henry VIII The significance of a male heir to the Tudors B. England Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon Henry seeks an annulment Henry creates the Church of England and establishes his own supremacy over it A “political reformation” only at first John Calvin (1509-1564) More of a scholar than
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Course Syllabus College of Humanities REL/133 Version 3 World Religious Traditions I Copyright © 2010‚ 2006 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course offers a survey of the major historical developments‚ structural cosmology‚ symbolic interpretation‚ and values of the Hindu‚ Buddhist‚ Taoist‚ Confucian‚ and Shinto traditions. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained
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CONSTITUTION OF INDIA The Constitution of India‚ according to Ivor Jennings‚ is “The longest and the most detailed in the world.” Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles‚ establishing the structure‚ procedures‚ powers and duties of the government. It spells out fundamental rights‚ directive principles and duties of citizens. The constitution of India was drafted by the Constituent Assembly. The drafting
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opportunity to create their own success‚ decide if they want to pay for college‚ or for their healthcare. In socialism the government makes a lot of these decisions for you. It gives you the freedom to choose your religion‚ even though it usually promotes secularism. It also allows you to choose your job and whom you marry. They have compulsory education meaning‚ that education is mandatory. The government pays for the healthcare and the education‚ which is provided through taxation of the people. This will
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Unlike today‚ women in the Renaissance period didn’t have inalienable rights. There was an abundance of stereotypes during the Renaissance which kept women from reaching their potential achievements and abilities. Humanist believed that women were supposed to be a good companion to their husband and be a teacher to their children. Besides women having rules and being told how to live‚ Women in the Renaissance had better lives and more freedom than we think. Women didn’t have rights at the time and
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determined to start the war on terror as a direct confrontation between two entities known as “us and them”‚ which has last for more than decades. This definition of two entities as shown could mean multiple confrontations including theocracy vs. secularism‚ and modern vs. pre-modern mentioned above. In fact‚ though these confrontations are still in place‚ they are in fact no longer solid because of the trend of globalization. While physical borders still hold and play an important role in international
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America as “a system of beliefs and practices that attempts to order life in terms of culturally perceived ultimate priorities.” Ritual: A religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order. Secularism: The idea that ethical and moral standards should be formulated and adhered to for life on Earth‚ not to accommodate the prescriptions of a deity and promises of a comfortable afterlife. A secular state is the opposite of a theocracy. Monotheism:
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