Poverty in India

that in India 125 million speak english. This is do to imperialism that started with the Industrial revolution. Although some people can justify the things the British did to India politically, economically and socially, if we asked the Indians we would hear a different story from the Indians who experienced British ruling first hand. Politically speaking some things the British did benefited India, but Britain hurt them economically and socially that brought India to an all time low in poverty.…

a broken identity is an everyday task. One of the many countries, India, have benefited from the modern systems implemented by colonists. However, it has also taken away the potential of being an economic powerhouse, and casted a mindset that white is better among Indians that they are still trying to break free from today. Before the 1700s, the Mughal empire was rapidly burgeoning in Southern India. As a matter of fact, India dominated the world trade and was a powerful nation on its own.…

Ancient India Timeline Event: Buddhism Date: 563 B.C.E. - 1100 C.E. (India) Information: The Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) was born in the noble caste in India 563 B.C.E. At age 29 he rejected the life of luxury to seek enlightenment and the solution to suffering Followed a strict ascetic lifestyle for six years Rejected this extreme, and sat in meditation, then achieved Nirvana - an awakening to the truth about life - becoming a Buddha (The Awakened One), at age 35 The Buddha taught the four…

experiences of his life as a Dalit. The Outcaste captures the impacts of violence and discrimination against Dalits. In this novel the author is haunted by the crisis of identity. This is an autobiographical novel which shows the dark side of India in which the Dalits are oppressed. . He uses the metaphor, idioms and imagery to explore his inner grief and quest for identity. He faced the discrimination at the school when he was a student. The pupils from high caste like Brahmin and Wani…

The study of tribal community provides new dimensions to our cultural understanding and to the insights towards the society. Such a socio-cultural study has been going on from the times of British rule in India. Many foreign scholars have contributed in this regard. It may be noted that Worrier Elwin carried out research work on many Indian tribes and dedicated his life towards the upliftment of such tribes. Myasabedas are a community who have dedicated themselves to the modern world but still…

had shrunk by 1750 and had been replaced by a wide variety of autonomous political entities. Towards the end of the 18th century, the political configuration underwent another change with with the increased political dominance of the British East India Company and beginning of colonialism in South Asia. Here, the British constructed the Battle of Plassey in 1757 as a significant break in history, an event that hailed a revolutionary change. Thus, it is generally viewed as a period…

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…

Throughout the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, European imperialism shifted and changed how India was controlled and how its people lived. The Europeans brought with them many new ideas and technologies that India had not yet been introduced to. Peace and order was established in India as well. On the other hand, almost all political and economic power had been torn from Indians and they were treated as inferior to the British. They were patronized and dehumanized by Europeans. As…

Bhabani Bhattacharya was born in the same decade of the 20th century in which famous Indian Novelists Mulk Raj Anand, R. K. Narayan and Raja Rao were born. He is strongly called as one of the four wheels of the Indian English novelist. The other three are Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan and Raja Rao. Bhabani Bhattacharya is one of the most famous amid the older generation of Indian English novelists. He was born on the 10th of November, 1906 in Bhagalpur (Bihar). Bhabani Bhattacharya belonged to…

n and Biographical sketch of Jawaharlal Nehru- Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence. He was born on 14 November, 1889, Allahabad. He was educated from Trinity College, Cambridge (1907–1910), Harrow School, City Law School. His father was well-known lawyer named as Motilal Nehru. Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi’s father, was a leader of India’s nationalist movement and became India’s first prime minister…