East India Company

silt. The Himalayan Mountains also assisted in creating India’s weather patterns because the mountains form an impenetrable wall through which clouds may not pass. Therefore the cold damp air of the Himalayas is met with the warm dry air of southern India forming annual monsoons. Though these monsoons provide ample rainfall, their results can be catastrophic. From destroying crops to ruining entire cities, this yearly weather phenomena is a perfect example of how geography can affect a…

Climate Cost of India’s Population Boom With the second largest population in the world, the country of India, located in South Asia continues to grow rapidly. While being a relatively new democracy, gaining independence shortly after World War two, India has visions of International success. While being somewhat limited in the natural resources the country possesses, the population boom in India is putting stress on its own country and climate. With the climate issues faced by Indian locals, a…

still exists in many areas of the world today. Often times marriages are arranged due to religious, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, as well as caste, alliances, wealth etc. Statistics show that in India, 90% of marriages are arranged (Udas, 2012). In traditional societies, like those in Pakistan and India, Jefferson says that “a common rationale is that young…

The interview aimed to address the question of what role language plays in the ethnic identities of second generation immigrants. While there is a broad body of work on the subject of migration and language spanning several fields, including population studies and sociolinguistics, much of the associated literature is based on quantitative studies. For instance, Rumbaut (2012) used survey data to examine immigrant families’ language retention rates, while Cherciov (2012) and Medvedeva (2012)…

contribution in the cooking field and granted her top honor. This has reflected the food culture of Korea. South Asia countries South Asia can divide into southwest and southeast region. India is an example of the southwest while Thailand as a southeast region (Andaya 2014). The four main religions can be found in India are Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. The southwest region is greatly influenced the southeast region. For example, both of the regions are rice paddy agriculture…

leadership. Both domestically and internationally, he is on the roll. Modi’s rise may weaken the West dominated global order and contribute to the evolution of a more decentralized new order. Modi’s visit to and agreements with Japan are a clear sign that India is eager to work towards a new world order. During his visit, the two countries signed agreements to expand cooperation in defense, nuclear power, and trade and investment sectors, with…

aimed to give farmers a fair and consistent price. But over the years it grew into a monster, gaining layer upon layer of intermediaries, none of whom added any value to the fruits and vegetables they traded even as they added on their own margins. India lacks a network of cold storages and refrigerated trucking facilities that can efficiently transport fresh fruits and vegetables from a farm to the shop-floor while retaining its freshness. The country's 35 states and territories run…

personality, but over time it became less about personality and more about the job you had and where you were born. Castes are ranked in categorizes that’ll determine the behavior or actions of one member of society over another (Morrison, Terri pg.223). India 's caste system is structured in four main classes, Brahmin (Priest), have always been the highest ranking of the four classes that make up Hindu society. Traditionally they have been people who engaged in biblical education and teaching;…

In 2014, 8.4 billion dollars of the foreign aid budget went directly to healthcare programs in developing countries. Of that, $6 billion went to provide treatment for and stop the spreading of HIV/Aids. UNAIDS estimates that worldwide there are 33.4 million people living with HIV, 2.7 million new infections of aids each year, and 2 million deaths from AIDS each year. (UNAIDS.org). Of those, “7 out of 10 deaths for 2008 were in Sub-Saharan Africa, a region that also has over two-thirds of…

needed to build the foundations of a nation why had Islamic Empires risen and fallen time and time again only to splinter into the many Arab nations? If the Arabs who shared a language and similar cultures couldn’t unite how could it be expected of East and West Pakistan, more than a dozen languages and cultures between them and physically thousands of miles between them. The over exaggerated rift between Hindus and Muslims recognized by Nasir Islam disregarded differences in order to provide a…