Julian Sturtevant: Scientific giant, warm humanist, social activist, nature lover, gentle teacher, kind friend

2007 ◽  
Vol 126 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 9-10
Author(s):  
Kenneth J. Breslauer
Keyword(s):  
Social Activist

BALBIR MADHOPURI. KORE KĀĠAZ KĪ GAHRĪ LIKHAT / INSCRIPTIONS ON A TENDER MIND (A CHAPTER FROM CHĀNGIĀ RUKH / AGAINST THE NIGHT)

2020 ◽  
pp. 249-264
Author(s):  
A. V. Bochkovskaya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social Activist ◽  
Good Education ◽  
Social Oppression ◽  
The Third ◽  
Home Village ◽  
To Receive

The commented translation from Hindi of a chapter from the Chāṅgiā rukh (Against the Night) autobiography (2002) by Balbir Madhopuri, a renowned Indian writer, poet, translator, journalist and social activist, brings forward episodes from the life of low-caste inhabitants of a Punjab village in the 1960–1970s. Following the school of hard knocks of his childhood in the chamar quarter of Madhopur, a village in Jalandhar district, Balbir Madhopuri managed to receive a good education and take to literature. In 2014 he was awarded the Translation Prize from India’s Sahitya Academy for contribution to the development and promotion of Punjabi, his mother language. Narrating the story, Balbir Madhopuri shares memories, thoughts and emotions from early days that determined his motivations to struggle against poverty, deprivation and injustice. The chapter Kore kāġaz kī gahrī likhat (Inscriptions on a Tender Mind [Madhopuri, 2010]) tells readers about joys and sorrows, hopes and fears, delights and regrets that were part of his childhood in Madhopur. Scenes from everyday life in the home village, episodes highlighting complex relations between its inhabitants — predominantly Sikhs and Hindus — intertwine with Balbir Madhopuri’s reflections on social oppression and caste inequality that still remain in contemporary India’s society. This commented translation is the third in a series of four chapters from Balbir Madhopuri’s autobiography scheduled for publication in this journal in 2020.

Stage for Action: U.S. Social Activist Theatre in the 1940s

2018 ◽  
Vol 104 (4) ◽  
pp. 1059-1060
Author(s):  
Barbara Melosh
Keyword(s):  
Social Activist

Thomas Hodgkin: Social activist

2000 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Rosenfeld
Keyword(s):  
Social Activist

scholarly journals Sofía Korvin (Sofía Kovalevsky) (1850-1891) una heroína de las matemáticas

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vernor Arguedas T
Keyword(s):  
Women's Rights ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Social Activist ◽  
Las Mujeres

 Se analizan algunos aspectos de la vida de Sofía Korvin (Sofía Kovalevsky) en sus facetas como escritora, matemática, activista social y luchadora incansable por los derechos de las mujeres. Abstract  Some aspects of the life of Sofía Korvin (Sofía Kovalevsky) in her facets as a writer, mathematician, social activist and tireless fighter for women’s rights are analyzed.

scholarly journals MIECZYSŁAW BIERNACKI – DOCTOR, FREEMASON, SOCIAL ACTIVIST

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (8) ◽  
pp. 1756-1760
Author(s):  
Waldemar Gniadek
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Doctor Who ◽  
Political Organizations ◽  
Social Activist ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Political Activist ◽  
Managerial Positions

The article presents the life and work of dr. Mieczysław Biernacki, a Polish doctor of medicine, freemason, social, economic and political activist unknown to the younger generation of Polish doctors, who was born in 1862, Throughout his life, he actively worked to raise the level of education and health of Lublin’s inhabitants. He held managerial positions in numerous associations, economic institutions, local government and political organizations. Above all, he was a doctor who effectively fought against infectious diseases, venereal diseases and tuberculosis. As an editor and publicist, he took the floor by writing on medical, economic and literary subjects. He died in 1948, at the age of eighty-eight.

scholarly journals Pr. Carl Sonnenschein – apostle of charity

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-125
Author(s):  
Mirosław Górecki
Keyword(s):  
Social Movement ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Pastoral Ministry ◽  
Social Activist ◽  
Social Reformer ◽  
Catholic Priest ◽  
History Of ◽  
Saint Francis

This text is a draft of Carl Sonnenschein (1876–1929) biography. He was a German Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher, social reformer, charismatic social activist, founder of the Catholic social movement in Germany, the creator of new forms of metropolitan pastoral ministry, the apostle of Berlin, after his death he was called Saint Francis of Berlin. In Poland, his figure is almost unknown. The aim of this article is to bring closer his profile, the climate accompanying his activities and to contribute to the understanding of the aura of fascination and uniqueness, which surrounds not so much his work as a person, so important in the history of the German and universal Catholic Church and also for followers of other religions.

scholarly journals The Adequacy of Existing Support Systems in Addressing the Issue of Teenage Pregnancies in Malaysia: A Legal Response

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-150
Author(s):  
Aishah Mohd Nor ◽  
Najibah Mohd Zin ◽  
Roslina Che Soh
Keyword(s):  
Support System ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Integrated Services ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Social Activist ◽  
Specific Policy ◽  
Legal Response ◽  
Monitoring And Enforcement ◽  
The Government ◽  
Laws And Policies

This article examines the adequacy of the current support systems in addressing the issue of teenage pregnancies in Malaysia. This study was conducted primarily through a doctrinal study of existing literature such as articles, journals and reports related to the current issues encountered by the pregnant teenagers. There is also a non-doctrinal method carried out whereby the researchers had conducted fieldwork interviews with the government department, non-government organisations (NGOs) and social activist on the efforts done in addressing the problem. Due to the lack of a specific policy on teenage pregnancies in Malaysia, there have been concerns on issues related to the rights of these teenagers to education during pregnancy; criminal issues on abortion, infanticide and child sexual grooming; child marriages and the lack of support from parents, family members and the society for care, motivation, healthcare and preparation for motherhood among these teenagers. The findings establish the current support system is inadequate to meet the contemporary needs of pregnant teenagers. It is suggested that a comprehensive legal framework for teenage pregnancies in Malaysia needs to be put in place. These can include legislating necessary laws and policies, which can be more effective through integrated services and proper monitoring and enforcement in order to meet the current needs of the targeted group.

scholarly journals Acid attacks: Issues and Challenges

YMER Digital ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 382-387
Author(s):  
Mr. Kiran Ranganath Kale ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
The Body ◽  
Law Students ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Bodily Harm ◽  
Social Activist ◽  
Acid Attack ◽  
The Face

cid attack is against the indivual but consequences are universal; hence I think it is one kind of deep rooted social evil. As a learner of law we all are well aware that crime is against world at large or against the society. Now this acid attacks demeans the society and humanity. It reflects crony of human beings which is always hidden and not apparent. Over the years the gravity of this heinous crime has centralized Research scholars, thinkers’ Social activist, Legislatures, law students’ judges as well to make out way to curb this paranoia. In A.K. Gopalan’s case Justice Patanjali shashtri said that “man is rational beings desires to do many things but in civil society his desires will have to be controlled with the exercise of sillier desires of other indivual.” And not pouring acid on him or her. Because the main reasons behind commission of this brutal act are unwarranted desires like rejection of love marriages not love but proposal of marriages, refusal of dowry, rejection of sexual demands, property dispute, family conflict, disputes of live-in relationships though desires of human beings cannot be legislated but behavior can be controlled by penalizing it. The acid attack is unpredicted and permeated violence against beauty and body of the person; this is the only attack which can be done against inherent things of the body rather than bodily harm to the person. Those beautiful things of the victims can be targeted which are impossible to digest to the acid throwers. Acid attack is not only crime but also brutal violence that shows the gravity of the act of the thrower. This leads several long term consequences like blindness, disfigurations of the face and body, having negative felling to live along with society. Hence this evil must be eradicated before it grows in civil society

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