South Asia

countries, one in Sind (India) and the other in Egypt". Herodotus' record of the immense African developments that crossed both the African mainland and quite a bit of South East Asia, was not the primary nor would it be the last perception by voyagers and history specialists alike, of the dark civic establishments in South East Asia. Landing in a few waves amid the sixteenth century, numerous European travelers composed and wondered about the developments they had experienced. In any case,…

Das Gupta and Bhat (1997) showed that in India falling fertility increases the bias against girls. Bhat and Zavier (2003) presented that preference for sons also declines with lower desired fertility. In South Asian countries some parents think having boys will give more social and financial advantages than having girls. As women are less in numbers in the workforce, a son is more likely having a source of income for the family. Moreover, if the first child…

South Asia, is the home for one fifth of the world’s population and is known to be the most disaster region in the world regarded as world’s poor region. In South Asia, bout 456 million people are estimated to be undernourished. In the recent past, climate change appeared as most critical issue facing by the society on a global basis, with serious problems of food security of billions of people in the developing countries. The inter-annual, monthly and daily distribution of climate variables…

The Spread of Islam in South Asia: A Contested History When Islam receives widespread attention in Western media, it’s most often in the wake of domestic terror or in reference to atrocities abroad. Mourning and enraged, afraid and uninformed, Westerners too quickly condemn Islam as a religion of violence and repression, assuming that acts of extremism are representative of the entire religious tradition and all its practicants. Moreover, historical narratives pit Muslim conquest and…

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…

Although both the Mediterranean World and South Asia had unfair rights of women, such as making women serve their husbands, the Mediterranean World had less defined social classes than South Asia. Rome and the Gupta empire had different opinions on who should be ‘higher’ than everyone else. The Gupta empire believed in Hinduism, which had a set system of social classes. This system was called the Caste system. It had the untouchables at the bottom, eventually working its way up to the priests.…

On a Saturday morning I decided to do a family tree project for my English class. On one of the websites I went to an ad popped up on the screen telling me I can learn more about my family history through my DNA and it was for free. I decided to try it because I was curious about my family history, so I had applied for it. Three days later I had gotten a DNA testing kit. I had put the tooth cotton swab in my mouth and moved it around to get my saliva on it. After that I had sent my DNA back and…

First off, South Asia, the region known as Hind, has one of the largest Muslim populations of any region in the world. According to the 2010 figure, India has a Muslim population of about 177 million, identifying as the second largest religion in India behind Hinduism. Islam began to spread through maritime trade, Arab merchants would go to south Asia and settle there, learning the local language and marrying the local women. This really paved the way for Islam to influence south Asia. The first…

Amidst the diverse, cultural powerhouses of India and China lies a small, humble crossroads of culture, religion, languages, and life. The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is influenced by heavy modern cultures but the inhabitants are still loyal to the ancient traditions of their ancestors whose blood runs through their veins. Habitation of Nepal began thousands of years ago as a native asian tribe known as the Kirat migrated to the land of Nepal. “The ancestors of this tribe if identified,…

Pressures, expectations, comparisons, negotiations of self-worth, and ah- more expectations… these are common problems many South Asian diasporic women face growing up. Is it not true, girls? We have our whole lives set out for us through families, elders, or our community – always ready to put others’ needs before anything else, and never allowed the time or given the support to understand our own emotional and mental concerns. Some of us even suppress them our whole lives. As young women we…