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1.1 Introduction Local Self Government is the management of local affairs by such local bodies who have been elected by the local people. An elementary level of local self-governments was operative in the Vedic times. With the passage of time, the nature, character and role of the Local Self Governments have undergone sea changes, so much so that the Panchayat of today owes very little to the local government of the past. Now, the Constitution of India provides that the state would take steps…

Introduction As 21st century Indians, we have more than enough reason to be proud of the strides our country has achieved over the past few decades, in technology and science, medicine, agriculture, finance and the arts, to name a few. However, it is important to remind ourselves that we do not rate high on the Human Development Index of the 2014 Human Development Report (HDR); India is ranked 135 among 187 countries. This is mostly due to the miserable condition of our education, health and…

There are many ethical issues throughout the human race which are approached differently by each religion. With the ethical issue of abortion and euthanasia, Hinduism, Theravada Buddhism, and Christianity all have different and similar views about this huge debate in society today. Hinduism, being the root of many religions, is the world’s oldest major religion till this day. With most ancient religions, outsiders were the ones who appointed a name for a discovered group of beliefs. The name…

There are stereotypes all around us express every day; for example, “all blonds are unintelligent”. There are many stereotypes about women, but the reality is that some women are brave, objective, passionate, visionary, realistic, honest, intelligent, supportive, creative, inspiring, communicative, optimistic and respectable. There is not exactly one type of women, stereotypes are hurtful to all hard-working women, who try to succeed and leave poverty or maltreatment. In reality, women can…

Veena, a Hijra in Bangalore stated at a public meeting, “I am a Transgender, a woman, Dalit, sex worker, socialist and poor. I am all of these things and much more. And I fight to build up a world where I will be accepted for everything I am.” Exclusion happens at every level of societal space, especially when in the country like India, people can be easily marginalised on the basis of caste, class, gender, sexuality, region, religion, culture etc. The entire process of social exclusion or…

GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN SHASHI DESHPANDE’S THE DARK HOLDS NO TERRORS Sarikhada Pradip Ph.D. English Scholar Rai University, Ahmedabad :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Shashi Deshpande’s novels are strong voice for the women’s cause. In her novels, Women are seen under the patriarchal clutches but her women try to liberate themselves from that suffocating male-dominated environment. This paper explores the themes of…

international reputation in the1970’s. He won various awards, which include the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the Padma Bhushan and the Kamala Devi Chattopadhyaya Award. His ‘Ghasiram Kotwal’ was branded as an anti-Brahmin play and his Kanyadaan as an anti-Dalit play. Talking about the reaction to his Kanyadaan, Tendulkar…

Two Stages Of A Person’s Life (Compare And Contrast Essay) The two stages of a person’s life which are always memorable in front of any one, are the life of school and college. In these two stages there are a lot of ___ and similarities. A wide changes cones in a person’s life some are ___ to their expectations and some beyond. Another thing about these stage are the memorable moments, which we spend with our friends and class fellows. Both stages are similar and contrast in terms of academic…

Other languages spoken in India come from the Austro-Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman language families. India has no national language. Hindi, with the largest number of speakers, is the official language of the government. English is used extensively in business and administration and has the status of a "subsidiary official language"; it is important in education, especially as a medium of higher education. Each state and union territory has one or more official languages, and the constitution…