India Essay

September or October in the commonly known Gregorian calendar. There are many legends and stories concerning how the holiday, Navratri, originated and why it is celebrated. Although, most of these legends differ in various parts of India. In North India, there is the legend of an eternal demon named Mahishasura who randomly started to kill people in order to win the three lokas (realms). Some of the gods approached the god Shiva and asked for a way to get rid of Mahishasura because of…

Imperialism In India Off in the distance you hear gunshots, screaming, and army officials yelling at weak, starved, unarmed Indians. This is what life was like in 1757-1947 India. British control of India started as a small trading outpost named the British East India Company. As the Moghal Empire of India collapsed in 1707, India had no government or rule and chaos broke out. The British East India Company saw this and sent in a small army of British troops to take control of small cities.…

Serena Nanda’s essay, “Arranging a Meeting in India,” recounts Nanda’s transition of views on arranged marriages in India as she experiences the process first-hand. Literary elements such as structure, diction, tone, mood, and ethical and emotional appeal all play a role in the reader’s impression of her story. Nanda uses an informal writing style that the reader can more easily identify with, including phrases like “She had me there,” and “pick and choose.” She also uses structure to…

of India who led from 1966 to 1980. Gandhi came to power after the death of her father and India’s leader of the Indian National Congress at the time, Jawaharlal Nehru. She started Indian feminism and increased the potential power of women in the world, but she committed many crimes that prove that she was a bad leader for India. She did everything she could to keep herself in power even though she was harming India and taking away rights. Narendra Modi was elected as prime minister of India in…

Forster's A Passage to India was published in 1924 after the two individual visits of Forster's to India in 1912 after a few years of World War I in 1921. In the period of his visits to India, Forster met various Indians, among them Syed Masood who became a fast friend of Forster. The connection between them is portrayed by Forster through the friendship between Aziz and Mr. Fielding, the English schoolmaster. Subsequently, Forster had the limited experience of both sides, keeping up a…

from this region. In the beginning of 17th century, East India Company was granted permission by the Mughal ruler Jahangir to commence its business activities in India. This organization was supposed to do business and earn profits by trade via sea but soon they tried to become a monopoly and as they were fully armed therefore managed to draw its means from land revenues as well. The British officers were employed in major business hubs of India and were given excellent and attractive employment…

Dalit oppression, and the reverse mechanism of socio-political and religious upheavals against such tendencies have long been part of the Indian set up. Mass conversions to Buddhism, Sikhism, Islam, in the sub-continent, as documented in history, speaks volumes of the denial of basic human rights to the Dalits or the Untouchables by the caste Hindus. These conversions in no way guaranteed the allocation of rights to the Dalits, who continued to suffer under the yoke of overbearing Hindu…

UTI (Unit Trust of India) The Unit Trust of India to a great extent manages the common asset plans and in this way famously known as UTI Mutual Fund all over India. It is overseen by UTI Asset Management Company Private Limited which was set up on January 14, 2003. UTI Asset Management Company Private Limited has been constituted by the UTI Trustee Company Private Limited for managing different plans created by UTI shared asset furthermore the plans that are exchanged by the UTI common asset…

India is a country in South Asia and the country’s origins are rooted in ancient history. The name of the country is derived from the ancient Indus Valley Civilization that was centered around the Indus River Valley. The Indus Valley Civilization, which was known as the Harappa civilization, was located in the northwest corner of now what is known as India. The Indus civilization is one of the three oldest civilizations in the world. India has been long recognized for its vast empires and…

London School of Economics. He was India’s most radical thinker and an eminent writer who overlook the drafting of the Indian Constitution and served as India’s first law Minister. Dr BR Ambedkar is worshiped by millions of low caste followers in India. He wanted to eradicate the caste hierarchy from amongst the Hindus. The fact that…