Hindu women, on the other hand, are gradually becoming equal in society and have played influential roles in shaping the country. ... The Koran also makes it clear that a wife had the right to ask for a divorce from her husband on the same grounds on which a husband could ask to divorce his wife. ... It was also held that the perfect wife was one without a voice or opinion, so for a devout wife, her main purpose for living was to serve her husband. A wife was to eat only after her husband had finished, and she had to eat from his dirty plate. ... The ideal role model for this custom was Si...

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He wanted to establish a new society, a new kind of country. ... The tide country was not yet ready for Hamilton's progressive ideas. ... The tide country is not very far from Calcutta and the mainstream Indian society – only ninety seven kilometers away. ... The tide country people have an epic narrative of origins which they pass on orally from generation to generation. ... He never supported his wife's single-handed efforts to bring about a qualitative change in the lives of the people. ...

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National Perspective In the United Arab Emirates, Muslim men can freely choose their wife, but Muslim women are forbidden from marrying non-Muslim men unless they convert their religion. ... Societies in LEDCs and other third world countries would have to change their mindsets towards the way they treat women. ... The gender inequality index ranks countries by considering various factors; out of the 138 countries that have been ranked, Afghanistan is 134th. ... India is the second most populated country and has the largest democracy; however, women still face discrimination. ... National Per...

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Then unplanned family and short minded people are similar to each other, as short minded people think that so stay stress free they indulge in a physical relationship with his wife, so then some time one more baby come. ... Poor people should think about their children education, and how they can survive long and easy, every country's government must think about poor people, how they live what are the types of problems they have and should start some organization which provides some basic facilities like giving free education, discount on grocery, flexible rate for medical treatment, givi...

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Gandhi assumed that a society based on civilization is but a goal for profit ignoring all possible factors of what might result in the country being stolen from. ... He abstained from sexual relations with his wife, and also avoided violence by following a vegetarian diet" (Metcalf 176). ... He traveled the country like the ordinary peasant, wearing the loincloth of the Hindu Holy man" (Metcalf 175). ... It was difficult to find support in a country grasped at every angle by the grip of the British. ...

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The subordinacy of the women to the men in generic relationships as well as husband-wife interactions was equally stressed and the servility and deference of the women to all males senior to them was expected at all levels. As the structural anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss commented on India, "it is a country where the cultural tradition encourages every individual to behave like a king in relation to somebody else...there is a traditional order of things which have to be respected". ...

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One exercise we will try to pursue in this context would be to contrast them with the rise of women politicians like Uma Bharti whose increasing prominence was part of the rise of Hindu nationalism in the country. ... The personalization of authority occurred at a very fundamental level in each of the cases so as to alter the social, cultural and political fabric of our country. ...

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On the contrary to traditional representation of India as strictly traditional country, this movie performs both traditional or historical component of Indian culture and the impact of western civilization on it. ... On the contrary, Yash is very kind and gentle to his wife, though he makes decision by himself. ...

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Chapter One ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF CASTE It seems necessary at the outset to point out the specific features of the caste system, in order more clearly to bring out the difference in social structure which has always existed between Europe and Africa. The originality of the system resides in the fact that the dynamic elements of society, whose discontent might have engendered revolution, are really satisfied with their social condition and do not seek to change it: a man of so- called "inferior caste" would categorically refuse to enter a so- called "superior" one....

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