An Irrepressible Evil? Communal violence in independent India has a long history that can be traced back from the time of the Post Partition riot of 1961 in Jabalpur which was followed by strings of similar incidents‚ especially post 1980s with Anti-Sikh Pogrom (Delhi) in 1984‚ Anti-Muslim carnage (esp.‚ Mumbai) in 1992-93‚ and the decade-old Godhra Riots (Gujarat) in 2002. With the introduction of the Prevention of Communal and Targeted violence (Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill‚ 2011
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circumstances (Locher 2002). 1. Describe how being in a crowd can lead people to engage in destructive behaviors When you a bunch of people together that maybe don’t have the best set of morals‚ violence generally escalates pretty fast. Think about riot or mob violence‚ usually it takes collective behavior to drive groups of people who are encouraging each other to act in ways they might never consider doing if they were alone. 2. Define the prisoner’s dilemma and the resource dilemma. How can we
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girls were accusing people of being witches(Miller). The locals of the town who were strictly religious and believed in the girl’s nonsense became scared and started rounding up the supposed witches‚ who were than executed(Miller). This caused many riots in nearby towns and Reverend Parris and Hale try to stop the execution because they saw how it was wrong(Miller). This is similar to the situation in America right now. People saw how wrong the hanging of the ‘accused’ was and they rioted and tried
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murdering someone. Even with common knowledge of that being wrong‚ the officer was still let go with no major punishment of prison. I understand why people are upset of the decision the judge in charge of the trail‚ but it was also wrong for people to riot and destroy the city’s property in their rage of injustice. The people reacted in violence in rage because of a common issue that is happening in America but again‚ nothing happened as a result of it. It is destroying other people’s home and property
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Tom Ayers 389660 REL 2300-641 Mr. R.G. Watts Ganesha the Elephant God Our beliefs determine our thoughts and attitudes about life‚ which in turn direct our actions. By our actions‚ we create our destiny. For over 200 years western scholars have struggled to understand Hinduism a faith whose followers would arbitrarily worship one of 12 gods. A religion that is vastly diverse. I would like to touch on one of the deities that are worshiped by Hindu people. The most common is Ganesha remover
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Concept of ATC Loss Calculation (By Jayant Sinha‚ DGM (IT)) In absence of feeder metering in the past‚ substantial portion of T&D loss‚ including theft of electricity was attributed to agricultural consumption. While‚ agricultural consumption was around 20-25%‚ utilities were showing it as 35-40% and correspondingly T&D losses were shown as 20-25%. Also‚ T&D loss was being computed by showing electricity bills issued to consumers as accrued income‚ and not on the basis of actual collection. Therefore
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Foster 1 Jason Foster Mr. Miller Physics 5 March 20‚ 2013 Energy Lost . . . Energy Saved . . . My family and many others have been tricked by the media. We have probably all – at one time or another – been succored into to buying an appliance or electrical device based off whether it’s the cheapest one. By doing this you have been fooled by society! Your purchase should not be based on price‚ but by how much energy the appliance consumes. The appliance might be cheaper‚ but it mostly
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They were greedy and they wanted more money than you could possibly believe. They even said publicly‚ “I want money‚ and I want it now!” The townspeople were furious at the royal family because of their greediness. They would start a riot after riot after riot because of the unfairness. The townspeople made everything for the royal family and got nothing
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World politics: Essay: A new age of protest We are witnessing an upsurge of protest in Europe‚ the Middle East‚ Latin America and Asia—with North America (Occupy aside) and Sub-Saharan Africa being the odd men out. The mainsprings of the protests may be different—some are responses to economic distress‚ others are revolts against dictatorship‚ still others express the aspirations of new middle classes in fast-growing emerging markets—but all have common underlying features. The economic‚ social
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The emergence of Occupy Movement plays a huge role in defining the protest and how it will progress. Piven and Claus believe that occupy movement happen because individuals in society must have a change. The emergence of a protest movement entails a transformation both of consciousness and of behavior .People realize that they are unhappy with they way that our government is lead which lead them to rebel. One other theory that ties into a change in conscious is the Arab Spring.The “Arab Spring”
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