Panchayati raj

Imagine another person coming into your home and taking your rights, goods, and beliefs. Well, the British did just that to India’s people, and more. In 1757, The East India Company gained control of India when they were economically interested in trading posts, which then ended up being the world's biggest supplier for raw materials. However, in 1857 when the Sepoy Rebellion occurred, the British took all political, economic, and social control. During British rule, they used their army to…

George Orwell’s short story “Shooting an Elephant” offers insight into the ideals of leadership within a foreign environment and how it is the majority who influence the leader, not the leader who influences the majority. In “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell demonstrates the power that a crowd can have over an individual by manipulating their ego. In many ways everyone is sycophantic; it is part of human nature, and it is what causes many people to push away their morality when it is needed…

There are many attributes that led to the rise of the British presence in India, but the primary reason can be connected to the crumbling Mughal Empire at the time. The growing cost of war, the rise of regionalism, and the failure of the Mughal financial system were some of the forces that contributed to the decline of the Mughal Empire. The Mughal Empire’s decline set the stage for British colonialism in India, as the waning power of the Mughals allowed the East India Company to slowly expand…

With that being said, support of section 2,4 and 6 Prob-Committee was used to as source of law to make admission to the Honorable Court. Future more with all examination of documents, it was clear that Guruanth Meiyappan and Raj Kundra were enveloped with some sort of corruption in regards violating sole purpose of goodness of the sport cricket which is adored by many. So within the support of natural justice, image of BCCI and IPL is on stake with any foul play caused by players…

but it was “sustained and strengthened by cultural technologies of rule” (Bernard S. Cohn, Colonialism and its Forms of Knowledge, ix). The British “had to devise novel, and exceptional, theories of governance,” (Thomas R. Metcalf, Ideologies of the Raj Vol. 3, ix) as they started making space for themselves as the rulers of India. Further, they started to make their power visible through ‘officialising’ the process of administration. The reconstruction and transformation of cultural forms was…

The film revolves around two main characters, Danny and Peachy, that were both ex soldiers in India at the time of the British rule. The country, according to them is too small to house them; so they end up traveling to Kafiristan where they would then become kings in their rights. Rudyard Kipling, the author of the entire film, is regarded as a character that was present at the very beginning up to and until the end of the whole movie. The film tells the story of the above mentioned charming…

of mutual benefits. From a post colonial perspective, after nearly six decades, independent India reveals how meticulous Forster was in depicting the psychological barrier that existed between the British and the Indians during the days of British Raj. To Jan Mohamed, A Passage to India attempts “to overcome the barriers of racial difference” (Childs 1999:348). Nirad Chaudhuri, on the other hand, criticised it “for its reduction of political history to a liberal’s preoccupation with…

India and the UK Two very powerful countries, but there was a time when the British empire used to rule over India (India, Pakistan and Bangladesh). In those decades the UK learnt somethings from India, and India learnt a few things from the UK, while somethings will never change. So in this text I will reflect, compare and share my opinions on the differences and similarities between India and the UK. One huge similarity is the language English. English is growing rapidly all around the…

Racial assortment within a society additionally contributes to the breakdown of a regulated system, showing how a population cannot be restricted. A controlling force, like the British empire cannot sustain its influence after India’s natives respect their own culture and other ethnic groups. The reason why Aziz is so successful, is due to the fact that he accepts British people. He seeks the opportunities and benefits that resonate with possessing many social interactions over a wide range of a…

Killer, entrepreneur, and biased all words that describe Aravind Adiga’s main character in The White Tiger. Balram grow up in the darkness as a boy his father was a rickshaw puller, a poor man. His mother died when he was at a young age and then his father dies in a doctorless government hospital. He then made his way to driver’s school and got a job as Mr. Ashoks driver and begins to make his way into the light. Despite Adiga thinking he has an unbiased scope through Balram, he is biased…