Amritsar

Throughout the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, European imperialism shifted and changed how India was controlled and how its people lived. The Europeans brought with them many new ideas and technologies that India had not yet been introduced to. Peace and order was established in India as well. On the other hand, almost all political and economic power had been torn from Indians and they were treated as inferior to the British. They were patronized and dehumanized by Europeans. As…

The partition of India is the most painful and traumatic episode of Indian history. Partition in general was accompanied by a huge wave of violence, but the atrocities against women were probably the most horrible ones. Though women were neither the part of the political decisions that divided the nation nor they had any role in the violence that followed partition, yet they were the worst targets of brutality inflicted by the men of other communities. The impact of the partition on women was…

Mahesh realizes that in society only upper class people have power and they are not bothered about the condition of the lower class. They just exploit lower class people to make their own profit. Mahesh thinks that Charan Das who is owner of the factory in which he works exploits his factory employees The misery of people living in a condition of poverty and their struggle to maintain the basic needs of life is shown in the novel. The second part of novel Tell Me A Story is totally different in…

the black people of South Africa faced. In an attempt to end discrimination, Gandhi formed the Natal Indian Congress in 1894. After devoting his life to prayer, Gandhi became involved in fighting for India’s independence from Britain. During the Amritsar Massacre in 1919, many non-violent protesters were killed by members of the British military. This sparked outrage in India and inspired Gandhi to become a leader in the many non-violent protests that eventually led to India’s independence from…

Mahatma Ghandi It all started in the train station of Durban when I was in my way to defend a case in Pretoria, I set a foot inside first class cabinet and the guards were watching me like if I was some a Demon entering to the gates of heaven. So I went to my seat ,and I started to read some of my notes I was having a pleasant moment but then something I will never imaging could happen, happened to me. A guard came to me and put his hand on my shoulder, and he ask me what are…

I still remember the day when I called my Aunt to inquire about my Cousin Sanjay. My Aunt replied that they had taken him to an Exorcist in Majitha, a village in the outskirts of Amritsar. Why? Because he was possessed by evil spirits. Sanjay had that what I believe to have a seizure. That made me bewildered. What does a seizure has to do with holy man. I was in the first year of medical school and this incident triggered my interest in Medicine and Neurology in particular. The field of…

In his book Basic Education, Mahatma Gandhi wrote “I must continue to bear testimony to truth even if I am forsaken by all” to instill the virtue of truth for the creation of ideal citizens. Gandhi was the torch-bearer of civil rights movements during the age of British imperialism, and through his words and actions, the ideals of nonviolence and peaceful protest continue to this day. Gandhi showed that the actions of one individual can represent the sentiments of inequality and discrimination…

Have you heard of the British Raj? Well, I’ll tell you about it. The East India Trading Company, lead by the british, moved to take India around the collapse of the Mughal Empire. They then began to rule over them, tying them to Britain until it was dissolved and the british took direct control of the nation and India became known as the “jewel of the crown” due to the abundance of resources it provided Britain. Although many believe the British control over India was terrible, it had some…

INTRODUCTION “Migration” is one of the past forces that have formed the world. Migration has been always being a part of human behaviour, validity but they are not based on a clear definition of migration. Migration is shift from one place of residence to another place for some length of time or permanently including different types of voluntary movements. It has great impact on social, cultural, economic and psychological life of people. In India the labour migration is mostly influenced by…

in the war. On similar behaviors, the British soldiers attacked peaceful protesters for breaking irrational laws implanted in India. For instance, in April of 1919, The Amritsar Massacre resulted in close to 1,200 protesters injured and 350 dead on the ground of Jallianwala Bagh because of a law which denied gatherings in Amritsar (India: The road to independence). From the other hand, Muslims, who were led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, constantly attacked Hindus, afraid of the fact that India’s…