Vandana Shiva

The television series, Mahabharat, is a 94 episode Hindi series that is based on the Hindu epic, Mahabharata. Although there are 94 episodes in this entire television series, I will only be focusing on episode 72 which corresponds to the near beginning of the Bhagavad Gita text. Episode 72 of the Mahabharat television series begins with a short dialogue between the blind king, Dhritarashtra, and his advisor, Sanjaya. Dhritarashtra asks Sanjaya to tell him what had happened on the battlefield…

The object is made of copper, 27 inches high, and 22 inches in diameter, and it is dated to 11th century and belongs to Chola period. It has very smooth surface and decorated with carvings. The artwork depicts god Shiva who is known to be intricate, multidimensional deity. At first glance, he carries quite opposite characteristics. On one side he symbolizes ultimate asceticism, he is a master yogi, who overcomes himself and now possess an incredible wisdom. His zealous…

Donna Haraway and Vandana Shiva have argued against the idea that science needs objectivity. Haraway explains that objectivity, “has been used to signify a leap out of the marked body and into a conquering gaze from nowhere,” (Haraway 581). She says that objectivity is the, “transcendence and splitting of subject and object,” (Haraway 583). Their arguments against objectivity look at the role of individual objectivity within science. However, science needs objectivity in order to obtain the most…

“In many families, the woman who becomes active is seen as a threat to the strong male. He feels that he is losing control over ‘his woman’ and might feel that he is being outdone or outshined by his mate, a problem that is exhibited if she is successful….Pressure begins to build on her side as she tries to balance her commitment to the cause with the conflicting demands that come out of her mate’s emotional needs.” (Mary Mellor, 2013, p. xx) Women liberation, in other words, is feminism. It is…

support any kind of war and nonviolently protests for the removal of all causes of war. In relation to works from the likes of Henry David Thoreau, Aimé Césaire, and the power of women like Rigoberta Menchu, Malala Yousafzai, Wangaari Maathai, and Vandana Shiva, the War Resisters League, which is the oldest secular pacifist organization in the United States, perfectly demonstrates that war is not a viable solution to the problems today’s globally interconnected world. The power of women played…

EN398 Annotated Bibliography Shiva, Vandana. Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace. Cambridge, MA: South End Press, 2005. Print. Earth Democracy: Justice Sustainability, and Peace is a non-fiction book by Indian environmental activist, Vandana Shiva. The work covers the various facets of “earth democracy,” which he defines as, “both an ancient worldview and an emergent political movement for peace, justice, and sustainability.” In this book, Shiva criticizes the role of…

different than it would originally appear without alteration. When looking at GMO’s, Michael Specter -an American journalist for “The New Yorker”- and Dr. Vandana Shiva -a science scholar- took positions on the topic of GMO’s. Michael Specter’s belief is that if GMO’s are not harmful, there is no true reason for opposing them. On the other hand, Dr. Shiva believes that although GMO’s are not harmful, there are other reasons for opposing them, such as the cost of seeds. Although they have several…

aimed towards the multinational companies, like Monsanto, who with the Government, force upon Indian peasants “government funded commercial and technological agriculture with statist conceptions of national development” (Roy & Borowiak 2003, p57). Shiva interprets industrialism as “the birth place of resource exploitation” and that Monsanto uses modern science as provision for ethical and cognitive license…

The slave trade was simply a way of recruiting labor for the purpose of exploiting the great natural resources of America This trade did not develop because Indians and Negroes were red or black...but simply because they were the best workers to be found for the heavy labor in the mines and plantations across the Atlantic (Caste, Class, and Race p.332). And other words, people of color were sold because of their capacity and their strength to handle works that white people wouldn’t do or were…

Staying Alive by Vandana Shiva makes a person see the world in a different light. Shiva is one of the world's most prominent radical scientists and her work are focused on women nature relation. In Staying Alive, the developmental science, the patriarchal system experienced all around the globe, women and her relation with nature are among the core aspects of the book. She examines the position of women in relation to nature and violation of nature with marginalization of women. The author has…