Brahmo Samaj

fiction writer. Chandak Sengoopta argues that “the ideological convictions of Satyajit Ray derived largely from the social and moral thought of the Brahmo Samaj, a reformist Hindu movement that began in the nineteenth century in Calcutta and subsequently spread to other parts of India”. His grandfather Upendrakishore Ray was a leader of Brahmo Samaj. During his lifetime, Ray directed 36 films, which include 29 feature films and rest are documentaries and short

Mahatma Gandhi: (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) (Father of the Nation, Rashtrapita, राष्ट्रपिता) was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of satyagraha—resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non violence—which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi led nationwide campaigns to ease poverty, expand women

According to research conducted by Kamat (1997), Indian leader Rajaram Mohan Roy, through his organization Brahmo Samaj was among the first who fought to eliminate Sati. The ritual of sati was banned by the British Government in 1829 There was also the Purdah System where women were demanded to wear veils to protect them from invaders from other cultures, but in

1800 are still active in India today. During the rise of devotional movements, the philosophies of Shankara and Ramanuja were developed. In the 19th century reforms took place under the Ramakrishna, Vivekananda, and the sects of the Arya Samaj and the Brahmo Samaj. (“Hinduism”). These movements attempted to reconcile traditional Hinduism with political ideals and social reforms of the day. Hinduism has continued to expand and it’s people have become more diverse throughout history. Now, Indian religious

• CULTURAL DIVERSITY Cultures change and cultural diversity is created, maintained and lost over time. Social learning and choosing, acquiring and assimilating and rejecting information and knowledge is a necessary aspect of the formation of cultural repertoire. Human culture is the inevitable result of the way our species acquires its behaviour. Expertise in exploiting our environment, values about what matters in life are, among other things, what constitute culture. We are very adept at transmitting

Ritual is a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order. Hinduism major religious and cultural tradition of the Indian subcontinent, developed from Vedic religion.. There are two types of worship such as: temple worship and domestic worship. Therefore, within these types of worshipping there are rituals that are performed. Some of these rituals include prasad, darshan, and puja. Thus, A ritual function is a tradition that is used to practice

dreamed of all my life long." Tagore's poems were also praised by Ezra Pound, and drew the attention of the Nobel Prize committee. in London. Gradually... Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was the youngest son of Debendranath Tagore, a leader of the Brahmo Samaj, which was a new religious sect in nineteenth-century Bengal and which attempted a revival of the ultimate monistic basis of Hinduism as laid down in the Upanishads. He was educated at home; and although at seventeen he was sent to England for

Russell Boon Professor Reed 10/19/13 CIV113 Imperialism Imperialism in Africa and India Societies have sought to dominate the weaker neighbors as long ago as ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt all the way through to the present. Motivations have been similar, to obtain natural resources, to subdue enemies, and to gain wealth. European nations set out to build empires all over the world, like none that had been seen before, with the combination of sea power, centralized governments, and industrialized

Hinduism has continually modified itself due to a number of external forces but also to internal forces. External forces that have helped modify Hinduism were Buddhism, Islam, British Colonization, Christianity and even modernity. All have played in a role in shaping or modifying Hinduism and Indian society. Islam’s major push into India began with Mahmud of Ghazni the Turkish ruler. He had established a Turko-Afghan state boarding on Delhi. The successor to Mahmud did conquer Delhi and in turn

The Hindu Succession Act 1956 applies to any person, who is a Hindu by religion in any of its forms or developments, including a Virashaiva, a Lingayat or a follower of the Brahmo, Prarthana or Arya Samaj and to any person who is a Buddhist, Jaina or Sikh by religion; and also to any other person who is not a Muslim, Christian, Parsi or Jew by religion, unless it is proved that any such person would not have been governed by the Hindu law