India

Ganika were the women who acquired a high seat of honour which was accomplished by them through their charm, beauty and intellectual level. Ganikas were knowledgeable in several arts, educated, and held a high honour by the King. Prostitutes in ancient India were treated just as a government servant, were free to form relations, had a fixed salary given by the King, she transferred her earnings from customers to the treasury which was under the charge of a Minister, and was provided and it was…

Within the continent of Asia lies the seventh largest country in the world with a whopping 3.28 million square feet – India. Rajasthan is the largest of twenty-nine states within India, located between Pakistan, Gujarat and Punjab. In contrast Goa is the smallest state within. It is found in the southwest part of the country. Gujarat, which is positioned on the utmost west of India, is the most populated state. Three bodies of water surround this large land: the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal…

Background of India India is located in South Asia. Capital of India is New Delhi. It is a low income, developing country. India has the world’s second largest population exceeded only by that of China. In 2000, India crossed the billion mark which tipped to be the planet’s most populous nation in the next couple of decades (Saris, 2001). It is also the 7th largest country by area. India population is now 1,236,344,631. Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism are four major world religions that…

Even as a self styled history nerd, I admittedly knew little of the history of India as a whole and literally nothing of Jawaharlal Nehru, that was something I instantly regretted after reading the text book primary source, especially since outside sources are nonexistent. However, sometimes I feel that paralysis by information is a real phenomenon, something I have learned the hard way dabbling into my chosen field of sports prognostication. My point being that taking his words at face value…

is what the Indians had to go through everyday for 200 years. Indians did develop a modern economy, and literacy rates increased. But the British held almost all of the political and economic power. India both benefitted from and was oppressed by British colonialism. While British was in control of india they established government, Indians became impoverished. And people were killed by famine that could have been prevented. The British took away India’s political rights and responsibilities…

Women’s Life in India Women in ancient India were held in high honor, but now many women’s life in India is dangerous and scary. They are often receiving ends in Indian society. They are treated and tortured at every stage. A girl child is in slavery from her early childhood. She is under unbroken watch, first by the parents then her husband and finally her own children. Not only that, she is often condemned to death even before she is born. In ancient India the birth of a girl was lucky, and…

India is a country culturally diverse yet spiritually intertwined. Having over eight different religions and innumerable castes, creeds and tribes, I often wondered if the country is vulnerable due to the differences between the races. Time and again, I had heard how the differences are surpassed by the heartwarming festivals celebrated in India. And during my latest visit, I personally experienced the warmth myself. Despite being born and brought up in India, I had spent a significant number…

A Post-Colonial view of A Passage to India In this article I would like to highlight a couple of relationships that between the colonizer and the colonized in a colonial context and that between two friends as manifested in Forster’s novel. F. R. Leavis calls Forster "pre-eminently a novelist of civilized personal relation"(Mr E. M. Forster p.102). In all his five books Forster has focused on the aspects of human relationships. I've often thought about it, Helen. It's one of the most…

There are particular economic, social and geographical factors that can influence whether people are poor in India but these are not definite factors of being poor and people belong to one of these groups are not always poor. The Indian government’s definition of poverty does not accurately dictate who and who is not poor (Fernandez, 2010). The majority of poor people do live in rural areas because of the problems that people face in the rural areas (Müller and Patel, 2004). However, there are…

ideology which refers to Hindu religious values. The Sangh Parivar, or “family of organizations,” is a group of Hindu nationalists, which emerged from bitter confrontations with European colonists, who sought to establish their own national identity in India. In the 1920s, the Hindu nationalist movement gained support amongst Hindus who felt oppressed by the British colonists and desired a return to India’s pure roots. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), or the Indian’s People Party, identified…