Assam

Assessment Although the majority of people from India believe in Hinduism, not all of them believe in it. If a health care worker were to do an assessment on someone from India, it would be good to ask what their beliefs are and how important it is to them. This way the health care worker can be more familiar on the amount of care they need. One could ask if there is a group they attend and how important it is to them. This is a good way of getting the feel for the reasons they may make…

Introduction: The Employees’ State Insurance Scheme provides need based social security benefits to insured workers in the organized sector. ESI Corporation has taken up the daunting task of tailoring different benefit schemes for the needs of different worker groups. The scheme, which was first introduced at two centers in 1952 with an initial coverage of 1.20 lakh workers, as on 31/03/2014, the scheme applied to 6.70 lakh employers employing 1.95 crore insured persons at 815 centers. The Act…

Countries trade with each other when they lack in resources and also are inefficient to satisfy their own wants and needs. The production of goods and services in countries that need to trade is based on two fundamental principles, first analysed by Adam smith in late 18th century. Adam smith focused on only one factor of production i.e. labour. The other important principle is comparative advantage by David Riccardo, who also considered labour as the only unit of input. There are many advantage…

The Battle of Myitkyina During World War II, a major battle took place between the Japanese and American forces which would come to be known as the Battle of Myitkyina. This battle lasted from March 15, 1944 to August 3, 1944 and took place mainly on the Ava Bridge located in the Northern Burma Region. The Battle of Myitkyina resulted in the Myitkyina Airfield being seized which was the last remaining stronghold controlled by the Japanese forces. This battle would prove to be a decisive…

The Indian subcontinent has served as a major corridor for the genetic diversity of its inhabitants. Modern-day human population dispersal routes is punctuated with delineating migrations that eventually led anatomically modern humans (AMH) to spread over most parts of the world within the past 100,000 years (Cavalli- Sforza, Menozzi and Piazza 1994; Lahr and Foley 1994). Migration waves are influenced by landscape traversed and thus, natural inter continental passageways acting as corridors…

GENDER DISCRIMINTION IN ARUNDHATI ROY’S “THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS” 1. Introduction Arundhati Roy was born on November 24, 1961, in Shillong Meghalaya, in Bengal, North Eastern India. Her father was a Hindu tea planter, and her mother was a Christian teacher and social activist. Roy began her education at "Corpus Christi," a school founded by her mother in Aymanam, India. This school was very informal. As a result, Roy developed a way of thinking and writing. From the beginning of her…

• Suryavanshis – The Suryavanshis are followers of Shri Ram and the Solar Calendar and try to lead a life that is as ideal as possible. The Suryavanshis believe in Satya, Dharma, Maan—Truth, Duty, and Honor.[13] • Chandravanshis – The Chandravanshis are followers of the Lunar Calendar. Traditionally the Chandravanshis and Suryavanshis are enemies.They are democratic dynasty who believes in Shringar, Saundarya and Swatantrata- Passion, Beauty and Freedom.[14] • Naga – A cursed race of people who…

Mental illness is defined as any of various disorders in which a person’s thoughts, emotions or behavior is so abnormal that it may cause bodily harm not just to themselves but also to other people (Stuart, 2013). Consequently, people suffering from mental disorders are viewed as outcasts and are deemed unfit by society. According to Robbins, Cummings, McGarry & Larkin (2014), Culture is defined as “ the system of meanings about the nature of experience that is shared by people and passed on…

In Two Leaves and a Bud, Gangu with his family migrates to Assam as labourers to the British Tea Plantation Company. Dr John de la Havre gives an exact image of Indian landless labourers working for tea plantation. "…a cup of tea is nothing but the hunger, the sweat and the despair of a million of Indians" (Anand…

the way for rapid expansion of the rail system in India. Then several large princely states joined the railway expansion drive by building their own railway systems and the railway network spread to the regions that became the modern-day states of Assam, Rajasthan , Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The route length of railway network expanded from 1,349 kilometres (838 mi) in 1860 to 25,495 kilometres (15,842 mi) in 1880 – mostly radiating inland from the three major port cities of Bombay, Madras,…