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Papers On India
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Jainism / Discussion of an Indian Religion
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6 pages in length. A through discussion of Jainism -- an Indian religion. The writer examines Jainism's history, beliefs, and the social status of its adherents in India. Also looked at are the disparities that exist among the various sects of Jainism. Some comparison is made between Jainsim and Buddhism. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Jainism.wps
Mahavira/Jainism
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A 5 page research paper that investigates the significance and the details of Jainism, one of the major religions of India. The writer particularly stresses the importance of the Tattvarthadhigama Sutra in studying the Jain religion and the life of its founder Mahavira, a sixth century BC Indian mystic and contemporary of Buddha. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: 00jain.rtf
Child Labor in India
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The problem of child labor is discussed in this 8 page overview. While India is the country highlighted, the world situation is discussed as well as how the Western world plays a role. Statistics are cited. Recent efforts made by the Indian government to resolve the problem are noted. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Indialab.wps
Indian Women and the False Promise of Education
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10 pages in length. As India becomes a significant player in the newly-emerging global marketplace, the country's women still remain socially inferior to their male counterparts. This analytical research dpaper specifically examines Indian women, the availability of education, the false promise of employment, and some possible socio-cultural solutions.
Filename: Indiedu.wps
Economic Status of India
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This 15 page report discusses India’s
various economic situations and addresses a variety of issues and
concerns such as working conditions, foreign investment, and
historical precedence for contemporary situations. In 1997,
India marked the fiftieth anniversary of the nation’s
independence. Economic reforms implemented throughout the 1990s
and carried out by the Indian government have been remarkable
given the prevailing attitude among numerous social scientists,
politicians, and economic analysts that such reforms would be
impossible to implement. However, social programs have not
succeeded in conquering the nation’s rampant poverty.
Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: BWindeco.wps
Pakistan and India’s Dispute over Kashmir
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This 7 page report discusses the long-running dispute between the nations of India and Pakistan regarding the state of Kashmir. Kashmir was one of the “loose ends left dangling” when the British Empire came apart at the seams. At the time of the 1947 partition of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan, more than 560 states had to
join one of the two new nations. Kashmir has always been in dispute with a third of the contested area absorbed into Pakistan as Azad (“free”) Kashmir. Because it is India’s only predominantly
Muslim state, the issue has accelerated into something akin to another holy war. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BWpakind.wps
Patriarchal Bargaining In India & The US
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10 pages in length. While patriarchal bargaining seems very strange to us, not only is it the tradition in India, it is a tradition that is practiced routinely and with fervor. Any business aspiring to invest in India must understand that though patriarchal bargaining is not our way, it is theirs. US companies investing in India must remember that they essentially are guests in the country, and as such, owe it to their hosts to make concessions to India's old traditions without necessarily embracing them. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Bargain.wps
Survival of the Zoroastrians of India
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This 12 page report
discusses the Zoroastrians of India (also known as the Paris or
Parsees), who fled from Persia in the Middle Ages to protect
their beliefs from the spread of Islam. The founder of their
religion was the prophet Zoroaster (Zarathushtra). The increasing
complexities of modern society have also deeply affected the
Zoroastrians, who like most deeply religious groups that exist
outside of the mainstream of life, have been susceptible to the
overpowering and transformative power of modern life.
Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: BWzoroas.wps
Social Hierarchy: Similarities Between Old Regime Europe, America, Hindu India and Confucian China
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A 7 page discussion of the similarities between four distinct geographic and political regions in terms of social hierarchy. Emphasizes the role of the lower classes in shaping and supporting each region. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPsocHei.wps
Lenin and Gandhi / Leadership, Power & the Pursuit of Peace?
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5 pages. Any comparison between Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi and Vladimir Ilyich Lenin might seem obvious in the dichotomy: while Gandhi was considered one of the greatest proponents of non-violence, Lenin was recognized as a significant figure in enacting violence and totalitarianism. But there are a number of similarities that come to light when considering the influence and the structures that supported the leadership of these two men, and an important look at their own perspectives supports this premise.
Filename: Lengand.wps
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