Gujarat

fate of the Bene Israel community began to change after they migrated to Bombay in mid eighteenth century. The first Jewish interaction with Bombay dates back to the year 1554 when the Portuguese took over the group of island from Sultan Bahadur of Gujarat. Garciade Orta who was a Mariano Jews was one of the earliest European to whom the islands were leased. He was a famous scientist, scholar and physician. The Bene Israel were the first to move to Bombay among the Jews in the latter half of…

Consanguineous Marriages In South India Consanguineous marriages are known as blood related marriages. Mostly these marriages are between cousins of maternal or paternal side and also in between uncle & neice. Consanguineous marriages are favourable only with cross-cousins, but not with parallel-cousins. Cross-cousins: child of the father's sister(paternal aunt's child) child of the mother's brother(maternal uncle's child) Parallel-cousins: child of father's…

MITHILA PAINTING N.Tondonsana Singh Abstract The essay of Mithila or Madhubani painting deals with the history and different stages of painting, the empowerment of women in the society. Mithila painting is an art of painting which was discovered during natural disaster earthquake of 1934 in Bihar by British colonial officer in Madhubani district. This are the famous painting on paper, cloth, readymade garments, movable object etc. The madhubani district has been acquired international…

Akbar was an enlightened and successful administrator. It goes to the credit of Akbar that the subsequent Mughal rulers followed in principle the administrative policy developed by him. Babur and Humayun had little time to take any initiative in formulating any administrative policy worth the name. Important features of Akbar’s administration are given below: Akbar’s ideal of Kingship. According to him, “Upon the conduct of a monarch depends the efficiency of any course of action. His…

4.1 Maintenance and sub-culturing of endophytic fungi The cultures were procured from already maintained repository in laboratory. The maintenance of the cultures involved preparation of Potato dextrose agar (PDA) plates, sub culturing of cultures and long term preservation. 4.1.1 Preparation of PDA (Potato dextrose agar) plates 39g of PDA was dissolved in 1000 ml double distilled water, stirred to mix properly and was transferred into 250 ml Erlenmeyer flasks and autoclaved at 121˚C at 15…

Q1. Is compliance enough? Legislations are made so that companies follow rules and policies in fear of harsh punishments of non-compliance. In the case of Deepwater Horizon, the chain of command consisted of a VP of drilling and operations who was barely 3 months into his job. Companies should follow legislations not for the sake of compliance but also to make sure that they create an environment of solidarity and an command chain that consists of experienced personnel who have the foresight to…

This case has been popularised as the ADVOCAAT case. It was this case in which the concept of passing off was identified. In Erven Warnink B. V. v. J. Townend & Sons, there were two companies; the first company (Warnink) was from Netherlands and it was into production of a beverage which was the resultant of yolk eggs and brandewijn spirit and it was named as ADVOCAAT. The second company (Townend), which were the defendants was an English company and it was into the production of a drink which…

He defines the term ‘dominant caste’ as, “A caste may be said to be "dominant" when it preponderates numerically over the other castes, and when it also wields preponderant economic and political power. A large and powerful caste group can be more easily dominant if its position in the local caste hierarchy is not too low” (Srinivas, 1955, p.18). It is interesting to note that he was unconsciously influenced by the Caste Hindu's identity throughout his work. The work, “Dominant Caste and Other…

One of the major challenges that the firm is currently facing is the procurement of raw material – coal. There are three different ways to fulfill the coal requirement viz. Domestic coal, International Coal and Blended. Domestic coals are of the inferior grade and cheap, about $26 per ton . In the last five years, the supply has been volatile. On the contrary, international coal has had a constant supply, high grade quality but higher prices ($55 - $92 per ton ) with volatility. Also, procuring…

The caste system has saturated aspects of Indian society for centuries. Other religions in India’s culture doesn’t follow the caste system; it is an aspect rooted in the Hindu religion. Along with other attributes, India’s caste system indicates the type of employment a person can purse. And who you can and cannot interact within the social ladder (Morrison, Terri pg, 224). The caste system was originally was based on a person’s personality, but over time it became less about personality and…