Sikh

photographer, explored cultural appropriation in fashion by means of a photo essay. She took pictures of a person wearing a cultural appropriated item, and a picture with a person who wore it as a symbol or their culture, and shows their views on it, covering Sikh turbans, Indian bindis, Arabic keffiyehs, Christian crosses, and African print. All the people using them for their traditional values were confused as to why others would use them as an item of fashion, saying that they felt defined…

from the religious ideology that supports it, which defines the idea that there is a hierarchy among people, and that each person is born with a dharma, or life duty. Yet, there are caste systems in other religions as well, such as Muslim, Christian, Sikh and Parsi (Hinduism, 2005). So, along what path did Hinduism become unique and recognized as a major…

The Religious Founders of Sikhism and Buddhism Religions are seen as beliefs that people have surrounding their lives, with the belief in the existence of one or more deity. Religions are also seen as very different from one another. Taking into consideration how different are the two religions of Buddhism and Sikhism; it’s hard to think that they have anything in common. However, one similarity are the very men who what spiraled the entire existences of these faiths into being: their…

Introduction Every city across the globe has its own characteristics and features that make it distinct from any other city. The characteristic distinctions may be realized in terms of city demographics, city administration structures, geographical locales, infrastructure and public facility configuration, and economic systems, among other city aspects and factors. Employing data collection and high level thinking skills, research is carried out to compare and contrast two Asian megacities. In…

This paper explores three controversial changes that have occurred in Hinduism Religion. It focuses on compare the Hindus’ point of view before and now towards social factor as it is Homosexuality, the role of the woman in the society, and how the Hindus related with different groups. This research was mostly conducted based in the book called ”Living Religion” By Mary Fisher Pat (2007), who suggests that Hinduism is a large religion, and it has been changing over time. The paper deeply examines…

that our government creates that could influence the organization, but the organizations needs don’t directly affect how the government makes laws. An example McClay mentioned is the many religious communities such as the “Jews, Muslims, Mormons, Sikhs, and so on.” (McClay 208). Even more informal establishments that McClay had mentioned such organizations include those of the Christian faith, specifically the Catholics. As the Anabaptist faith in McClay’s…

Racism and discrimination are being used as powerful weapons of encouraging fear or hatred towards others in times of conflict and war, and even during economic downturns. Racism is the belief that characteristics and abilities can be attributed to people simply on the basis of their race and that some racial groups are superior to others. When we are children, we are taught not to judge a book by its cover, but for most of us this is easier said than done. Although, racism and discrimination is…

communities have been subject to harassment and racism through racial profiling, discrimination in workplaces, threats, assaults targeting anyone affiliated with the Muslim culture. They were also a fear in different communities (Muslims, Arab Americans, Sikhs, and South Asians) of raising their voice due to a lack of cooperation by government officials such as the FBI and local authorities who were gathering data and using surveillance to capture those who were a threat. In Nadine Naber, Rules…

I have interpreted patriarchal hegemony and Diaspora through multiple perspectives presented in both novels Maps for Lost Lovers (2004) and Season of the Rainbirds (1993) in the light postcolonial feminist theorists in order to support my arguments. The structure of Pakistani society has been derived through the construction of gender roles in obedience to the Islamic law. Both novels challenge the idea of Muslim society dominated by men in former colonial situation. The picture of Patriarchal…

1947 and what followed is well known. But not so well known is how the ambition of Maharaja Ranbir Singh led to the cartographic annexation of Aksai Chin into the kingdom of Jammu and Kashmir. On March 16, 1846, the British ceded to Gulab Singh, the Sikh state’s feudatory, as reward for his treachery towards his masters in Lahore, the lands they had thus acquired — the territories of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh “for the sum of `75 lakhs”. He in turn acknowledged the supremacy of the British…