Prologue The history of India has witnessed and still witnessing discrimination and atrocities either in one form or the other on Dalits, women and Minorities. They are deprived of their socio-economic and political rights. Even after centuries the same situation is predominant in India. The violation of fundamental human rights and the viciousness has been perpetrated on them, particularly on Dalit women and Minorities. Women and Dalits have faced alienation from the main stream society due to…
a broken down and downtrodden section of the society. Dalits have been accorded a backward and lowly position in the society, right from the days of Manusmriti. People were divided into different categories based upon their occupations. The most menial tasks were left to the dalits and the sudras. To overcome…
Mother India or Tyrant Indira Gandhi leaves a divided legacy. To the poor she is a hero. She is Mother India, who helped the underprivileged with her social welfare programs and the mother of the Green Revolution, which helped make India self-sufficient in grain productions. For others she is the architect of the Emergency, a dark period in India’s history when democracy was suppressed and political enemies we put down or jailed. Under her rule India won a war against Pakistan…
obstacle that restrains women is women’s health rights. Women are shamed on a daily basis for their bodies, whether it is the way they look or what they wish to do with them, it is a fundamental human right that women are constantly denied. Women all over the world are told what to do the moment they are born, “You will marry a certain man, become pregnant and take care of the home”. But what if that is not what they want for themselves. In India there are only 858 girls born for every 1,000…
(M.A.FIRST YEAR ) The Centrality of Education Rabindranath Tagore said that :' In my view the imposing tower of misery which today resets on the heart of India has its sole foundation in the absence of education .' Basic education is most important in the process of development and social progress particularly in the modern world where so much depends on written medium ,secondly our economic…
This is reflected through the Renaissance period in particular. The central figure of this culture and religious awakening was Rammohun Roy, who is known as the “father of the modern India.” Rammohun Roy was also a great scholar, linguist, patriot and humanist. Roy was a primarily a Westernised Indian who succeeded in mediating between Western and Indian moral and religious beliefs. As a pioneer of Indian religious reforms, Roy had…
Neither India nor the rest of the word is alien to the concept of surrogacy. It is almost ironic that the debate on surrogacy even arises amongst the very same people who pray. Some Vatican’s are seen to be against surrogacy, what if the same rule would be applied when Jesus was born? This question was raised by Elayne Boosler. Funnily enough the same applies to Hindus. It is evident that the same was also present in Hindu Mythology. It was true of Krishna’s parents Devaki and Vasudev, where by…
the Directive Principles of State Policy of the Constitution of India. 2. ARTICLE 44 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA The Article 44 of the Constitution of India, 1949 states that “the state shall endeavor to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India”. 3. INCEPTION OF ARTICLE 44…
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…
important than ensuring that their rights are respected, that their welfare protected, and their lives are free from fear and want and that they grow up in peace.” -Kofi A. Annan Children are considered to be gifts from god and greatest national asset and resource. They constitute over 400 million of the one billion plus population of India. It is indeed an…