In God of Small Things, Roy's uses "Heart of Darkness- to show a similarity to Conrad's novel by relating how the colonial powers invasion of India promoted darkness. The reference to Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad occurs many times, but most notably in chapter five in the quote, "The old coloni...
The overall sex ratio (the number of females per 1000 males) for India is 940 females per 1000 males as per 2011 Census, which is an improvement over the 2001 figure of 933. ... Though there has been a substantial decline in overall infant and child mortality and a consequent increase in life-expectancy of the population, the decline has not been sufficient to achieve the Twelfth Plan goal of reduction to 30/1000 live births by 2012. ...
Under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), governments have committed to ensure the overall protection of children and the range of rights implications it has, substantially infringe these protections. ... Not only has the environment and the equality of more empowered women have progressed but also the overall of people reaching their full "human potential....
Finally there is the problem of an unbalance in demand and oversupply of employees in a single field, according to Chaudhary 2011 there has been an overall decline in employment in the manufacturing industry while the construction and tourism industries had seen sharp increases during the 1990-2005. ... Concluding the overall analysis of the three articles, it is important to understand that increased population is not the sole reason for aggregating problems the Indian society faces today. ...
The indirect benefit of this same situation would be the reduction of overall harm on the environment worldwide. If enough of these direct and indirect relationships occur the overall reduction of harm put on the environment would be monumental. ...
The unique nature of this synthesis lies not in the idea of the "melting pot" of consumption and assimilation into the prevalent hegemonic culture and tradition (though that may have been successfully attempted as well) but in that of the co-existence of various philosophical thoughts, religious customs and a projection overall plurality. ... The overall understanding of this helps us understand that how women of these times were aware of their sexual...
This study aims to look at the possible trends in incidence, prevalence, mortality and treatment patterns to understand the possible measures which could be implemented or looked into to improve the overall TB status in India and help the "STOP TB Strategy" goal. ...
Introduction Hundreds of companies in the United States started moving their customer service jobs to India in the late 1990s (Patel, 2008). This country in South Asia is in the center of globalized economic processes, and positions itself as a semi-periphery country. Therefore, it climbs up the ech...
What would you do if you woke up one morning and your daughter was missing? Whether figuratively or literally, there are estimated to be over 100 million girls missing in Asia due to female infanticide, sex selective abortion, sex slavery, and human trafficking. All around the world, populations ar...
Abstract Electronic waste or e-waste is one of the rapidly growing problems of the world. E-waste comprises of a multitude of components, some containing toxic substances that can have an adverse impact on human health and the environment if not handled properly. In India, e-waste management assumes greater significance not only due to the generation of its own e-waste but also because of the dumping of e-waste from developed countries. This is coupled with India's lack of appropriate infrastructure and procedures for its disposal and recycling. Corporate responsibility thus becomes even ...
A number of multinational software companies have signed MoUs with the city of Bangalore, which has allowed for rapid development and overall economic integration (Kumar, 2009). ... The south of India is relatively advanced when it comes to technology, entrepreneurship and the overall business index. ...
Around the world, countries and nations have established methods for organizing their citizens into different social groups. Specifically in India, they have had set up, for many centuries, a way of shaping their country into social strata, called caste systems. "The caste system is a form of hierar...
Gender inequality refers to unequal treatment of individuals based on their gender and this remains to be a major barrier to human development. For girls in many regions, education still remains unattainable. The world can progress immensely if we promote gender equality as several women have the ca...
Education not only helps in the provision of better job opportunities, an improved standard of living and higher salary, it has been shown that when children are educated better in schools, it raises their political awareness, they move forward from traditional notions and there is an overall increase in gender equality (IPCD, 2014). ...
Many people who live in modern society today have benefited from social improvements which have changed the overall quality of life for the better. We are now living in an age of increased life expectancy, better access to health care, social services, technology, mobility, and far more human right...
The following assessment is about current HR practices in India and how external and internal features have helped in shaping it. It is discussed in the Social, Economic, political context. The current recruitment and training planning of the country is also illustrated. The reliable statistical data are produced to make scenario explicit at various places; examples of others countries such as USA and japan are used, their comparison seldom occurs to provide better understanding of prevalent HR practices in India. In the end, attempts are made to figure out whether India can contribute somethi...
India's nation-state is widely inhomogeneous throughout history between both male and female social status in society. In order to fathom the extent of gender inequalities, a chronological view over three distinct phases ensues. The Women's Movements; Nineteenth Century Social Reform Movement, Twentieth Century Freedom Movement and Women's Rights Movement in post 1975 period, have brought to the forefront a wide range of gender relations. The focused Nationalist Movement was a step forward for women through infinite policies, however it is evident that positive change can only...
The following assessment is about current HR practices in India and how external and internal features have helped in shaping it. It is discussed in the Social, Economic, political context. The current recruitment and training planning of the country is also illustrated. The reliable statistical data are produced to make scenario explicit at various places; examples of others countries such as USA and japan are used, their comparison seldom occurs to provide better understanding of prevalent HR practices in India. In the end, attempts are made to figure out whether India can contribute somethi...
The deficiencies of the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT) for less developed countries, such as India, can be seen in the preamble of the agreement. As stated, GATT promotes the "reciprocal and mutually advantageous arrangements directed to the substantial reduction of tariffs and other barriers to trade" (GATT, 1986, preamble). Additionally, the General Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment states that: "any advantage, favour, privilege or immunity granted by any contracting party to any product originating in or destined for any other country shall be accorded immediately...
Abstract The object of this study is to explore specific identity-formations that have occurred under specific cultural and socio-political contexts that have enabled women politicians in India to acquire political power. The paper will examine Indira Gandhi, Mayawati, Mamta Banerjee, and Jayalalithaa, and try to understand what led to the personalization of power in all four cases. The idea is to analyze the relationship between particular identities that these figures have acquired in popular discourse and particular modalities of power. What do the invocation of mother or sister figures sig...
