... capability over time through experience and expertise, and would be represented by politicians such as P.V. Narasimha Rao, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Narendra Modi, Mayawati, Mamata Banerjee, etc. The "culture hero" path is essentially a phenomenon of the southern states, especially in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, where film stars entered politics, banking on their popularity for electoral success. ... family, Naveen Patnaik, M.K. Stalin, Sachin Pilot, and so many more. Spary (2007) modifies the above framework in order to specifically study the political careers of women politicians in Ind...

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... other parts of the world. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, feminist movements in Europe, the United States, Australia (Silard 1994), Argentina (Oller 1994), Brazil (Thomas 1994), India (Bush 1992), the Virgin Islands (Morrow 1994) and many other parts of the world developed strategies to protect women from violence in the home through shelters, support groups for victims ... their health such as female genital mutilation, honor killings, pledging of daughters to temples at an early age to be sex workers or handmaidens of gods (the devadasi system in India and similar systems in Nepal,...

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... . Though out times people were always comparing themselves to others and history of the country, civilization played a big role in shaping societies' image of pleasant and attractive. In India first objects to represent feminine were terracotta figures. The physical features in these figures were representing ideal features in feminism. These figures had big hips, breasts and supple legs and ... were believed to stand for productiveness and fertility in India( Dhavalikat 178). Kalokagathía as a term reflects ideals highly valued in Antiquity – particularly in ancient Athens – ideal...

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... warfare however with the passage of time and due to its basic teachings to tolerance and respect for other religions Islam absorbed much from local cultures in India (Niaz, U 2003). Thus changed it views regarding women who was treated as inferior person then a men, a men is like a God to ... her to whom she had to obey (Segala, 1999). The women in India used to burn alive after the death of her husband in a customary practice; it shows us a long history of burning women alive. The practice of ... Bride burning because of fewer dowries in India is so common and today, dowry has spread ...

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... route in transporting slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries. Merchants from different places would gather in marketplaces to exchange goods brought from other places such as Egypt, Europe and India. Essentials such as slaves; gold; and ivory were a commodity. However, slaves especially women slaves were the main focus. Slavery of women had come in many forms such as, being forced ... war continue so that women can be misused in order for the government to keep making profits off of several venues. Cattle Rustling From another perspective, the persistent cattle rustling culture by Northe...

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Bhutan is a small landlord country nestled in between China in the north and India in the south.The nation is well known to the rest of the world due to the philosophy of Gross National Happiness which was introduced by His Majesty the 4th ... Wangchuck in the year 1972 with renowned phrase "Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross Domestic Product. " The philosophy focuses on the conservation of environment and preservation of its culture. Above all, it emphasizes on the equality among the citizens. Equality is a state of having equal right, opportunities, status, and advantage...

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