Sport is one of the purest forms of combat. This world‚ which rewards toil and sweat‚ and designs true devotion and discipline to a cause‚ is far removed from the murky labyrinth that is politics. If politics is flighty‚ sport is downright earthy‚ basic. However‚ our political heavyweights bound the chasm between the two fields with aplomb. Therein lies the mystery. After all‚ why would a high-flying politician choose to link himself with low-profile sports like kabaddi‚ hockey or table tennis? Turns
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Building Castles in Air: Housing Scheme for Bombay’s Slum-Dwellers Author(s): Gurbir Singh and P. K. Das Source: Economic and Political Weekly‚ Vol. 30‚ No. 40 (Oct. 7‚ 1995)‚ pp. 2477-2481 Published by: Economic and Political Weekly Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4403298 Accessed: 08-04-2015 15:55 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service
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Vijay Tendulkar’s works and society Post independence‚ the 50s and 60s were decades when a new India was being built. Every field was moving towards change. Marathi theatre too‚ which was hitherto trapped in melodrama and mediocrity‚ was moving towards this change. Veterans like Bhau Padhyay‚ Jayavant Dalvi and Vijay Tendulkar‚ among many more brought about this change. Journalist turned playwright‚ novelist‚ short story writer and screenplay writer‚ Vijay Tendulkar was known for his portrayal
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IIndian nationalism Indian nationalism refers to the many underlying forces that molded the Indian independence movement‚ and strongly continue to influence the politics of India‚ as well as being the heart of many contrasting ideologies that have caused ethnic and religious conflict in Indian society. Indian nationalism often imbibes the consciousness of Indians that prior to 1947‚ India embodied the broader Indian subcontinent and influenced a part of Asia‚ known as Greater India. National
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It was the subsequent mass killing of Muslims that won Narendra Modi landslide victories in Gujarat and brought him huge political mileage so as to be projected as BJP’s Prime ministerial candidate. Narendra Modi was rewarded by RSS for his role in 2002 Gujarat riots and more importantly for his strong Hindutva image. More than a decade after killing in Gujarat‚ Narendra Modi has neither expressed regret nor has been held accountable for those mass deaths. In May 2005‚ the government informed
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MORAL POLICING‚ WOMEN‚ MEDIA AND PERSONAL FREEDOMMoral policing is a controversial term. Its supporters say it is an important function to be performed to safeguard our culture against western influence and save our youth from corruption. Those who oppose it see it as a threat to individual freedom and democratic dissent. I would not have been interested in these debates till I saw them affecting my life as an individual and more so as a woman. What is morality? How moral policing is gender biased
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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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Abraham Lincoln‚ the 16th President of the United States of America‚ aptly defined democracy as a government of the people‚ by the people and for the people. Abraham Lincoln‚ the 16th President of the United States of America‚ aptly defined democracy as a government of the people‚ by the people and for the people. This definition clearly underlines the basic tenet that‚ in this- form of government‚ people are supreme. The ultimate power is in their hands and they exercise it in the form of electing
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Kumar with 87% ISC pays Rs.185000 in an engineering college and Rajiv with 56% ISC pays Rs.80000 only in the same college. What made this difference? The answer is “caste based reservation”. Kumar belonged to a Brahmin family whereas Rajiv was from ‘scheduled caste’. Admittedly‚ caste is a social reality and a mechanism of oppression in an Indian society. But going deep into this society two main questions arise – Is caste only the mechanism of oppression? Is everyone amongst the ‘upper castes’
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The Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) was founded by Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee in 1951 to support the nationalist cause. The party opposed the appeasement policy of the Indian National Congress[citation needed] and was against any compromise in the matters of national and cultural integrity‚ unity and identity. It was widely regarded as the political arm of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. After Mookerjee’s untimely death in prison in 1953‚ during an agitation demanding the effective integration of Jammu
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