validity of various provisions of the Hindu Succession act, 1956 , which is a personal law applicable to Hindu citizens of India. I have attempted to briefly explain how the flaws in the said act pose a constitutional challenge and have also tried arriving at a solution for the same. ARE PERSONAL LAWS REALLY LAWS? Personal laws are laws that are governed by religious beliefs of India, which are applicable to citizens following that particular religion. The Supreme Court has agreed that these personal
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“India is a Nation of Unfulfilled greatness. Its potential has lain fallow, underused. ” -Late Lee Kuan Yew, Former prime minister, Singapore Manufacturing in India is one of the most classical cases of high potential-low on performance type of industry. 68 years and beyond India still is trying to find the right foot for its manufacturing sector. Back in 1950s, India had a great platform and could have set stage for a prosperous future. But it was marred by political instability, vicious fights
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Topic of the week for discussion: 10th to 16th October 2011 Z Topic: Telangana Issue • Telangana is a region in the present state of Andhra Pradesh, India and formerly was part of Hyderabad state which was ruled by Nizam. Andhra Pradesh State has three main cultural regions of which Telengana is a one part and others includes Coastal Andhra region on the east and Rayalaseema region on the south. When the move to merge Telangana with Andhra was mooted in 1953 the people of Telangana had several
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brought together disparate groups in the search of social justice, and modified the Indian Independence Movement with a philosophy and strategy of non-violence and civil disobedience that proved successful finally in convincing the British to leave India. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in the town of Porbander in the state of Gujarat on 1869, his father , Karamchand Gandhi and mother, Putlibai. He had his schooling in nearby Rajkot. In 1885, Gandhi went to England and study for the bar there–with
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TEACHING THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS IN WISCONSIN: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXTS INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Vinay Dharwadker Kerala and India are woven into the fabric of Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things. The novel assumes that its reader is familiar with many basic facts about these two places, especially their history and geography, society and culture, economy and politics. Roy grew up in Kerala, where her mother’s family had a home in the village of Aymanam, located on the outskirts of the town
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Aircraft Engineer, Air India Limited Professor: Dr. Yvonne Ziegler 25 March 2014 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ……………………………………………………………5 1.1 Background …………………………………………………………5 1.2 Scope ………………………………………………………………..5 1.3 Structure of Report and Methodology …………………………...6 2. Women in Leadership Positions ……………………………………6 2.1 Women in Leadership in Indian Industry ………………………...6 2.2 Women in Leadership in world Industry ………………………….7 3. Higher education in women in India ……………………………….8 3.1 Sequential
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SOC 308 Week 5 Final Paper Indias Caste System https://hwguiders.com/downloads/soc-308-week-5-final-paper-indias-caste-system SOC 308 Week 5 Final Paper Indias Caste System The Unique Caste System of India: Within India’s society there is a lot of controversy surrounding their Caste system. India’s daily events consist of Dalits that are assaulted, raped, butchered, abused, shamelessly mutilated and shot without any regard for the consequences of the people committing these violent acts
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International Journal of Manpower 17,4/5 76 Sources of diversity and the challenge before human resource management in India C.S. Venkata Ratnam and V. Chandra International Management Institute, New Delhi, India Introduction The common refrain about India is that “it is such a diverse country whatever you say of it, the opposite is equally true”. “In India”, Stern (1993) observes, you will find “a society that has, like Europe’s, the diversities of a continent and the unities of a civilization”
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ROLE OF MEDIA IN CONDEMNING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Ankita Yadav LL.M.- 2nd Semester Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University Phone No. -9453014362 Email Address- ankita2189yadav@gmail.com INTRODUCTION The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses. - Malcolm X Media is considered fourth pillar of a country thus it has lots of responsibility
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Marxists and Feminists views of oppression I aim to identify, recognise, respect and value diverse individuals for which I will give an example of which happened to me and how I had to challenge discrimination towards others. I will also discuss theoretical frameworks to tackling oppression and discrimination by using the PCS model and how people can become empowered through groups, advocacy or legislation. Personal values, Prejudices, Ethical Dilemmas, Conflict of Interest and their impact on Social
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