Emperor of India

still exists in many areas of the world today. Often times marriages are arranged due to religious, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, as well as caste, alliances, wealth etc. Statistics show that in India, 90% of marriages are arranged (Udas, 2012). In traditional societies, like those in Pakistan and India, Jefferson says that “a common rationale is that young…

The interview aimed to address the question of what role language plays in the ethnic identities of second generation immigrants. While there is a broad body of work on the subject of migration and language spanning several fields, including population studies and sociolinguistics, much of the associated literature is based on quantitative studies. For instance, Rumbaut (2012) used survey data to examine immigrant families’ language retention rates, while Cherciov (2012) and Medvedeva (2012)…

contribution in the cooking field and granted her top honor. This has reflected the food culture of Korea. South Asia countries South Asia can divide into southwest and southeast region. India is an example of the southwest while Thailand as a southeast region (Andaya 2014). The four main religions can be found in India are Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. The southwest region is greatly influenced the southeast region. For example, both of the regions are rice paddy agriculture…

leadership. Both domestically and internationally, he is on the roll. Modi’s rise may weaken the West dominated global order and contribute to the evolution of a more decentralized new order. Modi’s visit to and agreements with Japan are a clear sign that India is eager to work towards a new world order. During his visit, the two countries signed agreements to expand cooperation in defense, nuclear power, and trade and investment sectors, with…

aimed to give farmers a fair and consistent price. But over the years it grew into a monster, gaining layer upon layer of intermediaries, none of whom added any value to the fruits and vegetables they traded even as they added on their own margins. India lacks a network of cold storages and refrigerated trucking facilities that can efficiently transport fresh fruits and vegetables from a farm to the shop-floor while retaining its freshness. The country's 35 states and territories run…

personality, but over time it became less about personality and more about the job you had and where you were born. Castes are ranked in categorizes that’ll determine the behavior or actions of one member of society over another (Morrison, Terri pg.223). India 's caste system is structured in four main classes, Brahmin (Priest), have always been the highest ranking of the four classes that make up Hindu society. Traditionally they have been people who engaged in biblical education and teaching;…

In 2014, 8.4 billion dollars of the foreign aid budget went directly to healthcare programs in developing countries. Of that, $6 billion went to provide treatment for and stop the spreading of HIV/Aids. UNAIDS estimates that worldwide there are 33.4 million people living with HIV, 2.7 million new infections of aids each year, and 2 million deaths from AIDS each year. (UNAIDS.org). Of those, “7 out of 10 deaths for 2008 were in Sub-Saharan Africa, a region that also has over two-thirds of…

The leadership of the Muslim League never tried to look for the roots of nationalism inside the Muslim community. The second nation in India was simply defined as "Muslims living in the subcontinent," a definition that did not take into consideration the ethnic, linguistic, cultural, regional, and economic differences among the Muslims living in various parts of India. It was assumed that the larger umbrella of Muslim identity had taken care of these differences.” The two-nation theory as…

Since its independence, India has come a long way in terms of its democratic journey. It has faced many challenges and has its own set of unique problems. Today, about 80 percent of the Indian population is Hindu, and the recent political and social trends show that there is a rise of a Hindu Nationalism in India. There are many factors like, the decreasing popularity and power of Congress over the years, party fragmentation and rise in leadership and popularity of the BJP that are responsible…

Alberuni’s India, it discusses in depth many important aspects of the classic Indian culture. Some aspects of what classic Indian culture include varna (caste systems) and also the different gender roles. When you compare the aspects of India to The Tales of Ancient India, we can pick out several differences between these two texts. With that, in this paper I will talk about what I consider to be realistic when referring to the two texts, how gender roles differ between The Tales of Ancient…