Languages of India

inapplicability in many democratising countries today. To address this tension, this essay will outline the theoretical foundations of modernisation theory and subsequently offer an institutionalist and voluntarist approach in revealing its inapplicability in India. To conclude, this essay will explore the implications of India’s democratic success on the present state of modernisation theory. I) MODERNISATION THEORY Modernisation theory is concisely summarised by Lipset’s famous adage “the…

India India is the seventh largest country in the world. It has vast geographical features. Three different bodies of water surround the country of India. These are the Arabian Sea in the west, Bay of Bengal in the east and the Indian Ocean in the south. Because of this, it is very recognizable on the world map. The country covers an area of about 3.28 million sq km. India divides into several different geographical regions. India is a federation composed of 29 states and 7 union…

The story is about a British documentary filmmaker who is determined to make a film on Indian freedom fighters based on diary entries by her grandfather, a former officer of the British Indian Army. Upon arriving in India, she asks a group of five young men to act in her film. Rang De Basanti's release faced stiff resistance from the Indian Defence Ministry and the Animal Welfare Board due to parts that depicted the use of MiG-21 fighter aircraft and a banned Indian horse race. A young,…

Part A. British Imperialism in India began as a trade venture, Britain’s lack of resources sent them to far lands in search of items such as fabrics, indigo, saltpetre, rice and sugar cane, to expand wealth and therefore power. The rise of Imperialism in India occurred over several decades starting around the mid 1700’s as British factories or trading post were developed on the coast of India. The trading post were managed under the direction of the East India Company (EIC) and their role in…

in South Asia around 2000 BCE, during a time of hunting and gathering and the start of rice cultivation, the process of envisioning a faith and establishing a solid following proved to be difficult. The Indus River Valley civilization in northern India was populated by a diverse community, one group being Indo-European peoples known as the Aryans, who of which founded Hinduism. Acknowledging the large variety of people and beliefs, Hinduism’s characteristics, like the caste system and Hinduistic…

Afghan stallion merchant, Mahbub Ali; the Indian master of disguises, Hurree Babu; and the mysterious agent E23. For Kipling, it was essential that an effective intelligence organization recruited from an objective region utilized master language specialists and, where conceivable, abused the…

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…

Geography Nepal is located in Southern Asia. Nepal is a landlocked country that is as big as Arkansas. Nepal is about 800 kilometers (497 mi) and along its Himalayan axis it is 150 to 250 kilometers (93 to 155 mi) across. Nepal is between India and the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China. Nepal contains the worlds tallest mountain Mount Everest (29,035 ft; 8,850 m). Along Nepal's southern boarder, it has a strip of level land that is partly forested and partly cultivated. North of there is…

Ethnic Inequalities within Malaysia & in Comparison to India Background Malaysia: Malaysia is a multiracial country in Southeastern Asia that contains many ethnic groups within the country. Some of them are Malays, Chinese, Indians and indigenous Bumpitura groups. Malays are 51% of the population, Chinese are 22%, Indians are 6.7% and the Indigenous Bumipitura groups populate 11.8%. The remaining percentage is for other groups which account for 0.7% and non-citizens account for 8.2% of Malaysia…

The objectification and commodification of native cultures is eradicated if the natives and the colonizer respect one another. Aziz and Fielding imagine of a time when all of the imperialism in India will go away, and how when “India [is] a nation! [They] shall be [true] friends” (Forster 362). It is when India is its own nation, that Aziz can be deeply considered by others to be someone who is not inferior, but someone who is equal and as good as any other Western person. That is why Aziz…