Depiction of women in the traditional and changing dimension of Indian culture (भारतीय संस्कृति के परम्परागत एवं परिवर्तनशील आयाम में महिलाओं का चित्रण)

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 45-47
Author(s):  
Dr. Rajni Gupta ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Indian Culture

भारत संस्कृति में नारी को बहुत ही उत्तम स्थान प्राप्त है जबकि अन्य देशों में नारी को केवल भोग विलास की वस्तु समझा जाता है। “यत्र नार्यस्तु पूज्यंते रमंते तत्र देवता” अर्थात् जहाँ नारी की पूजा की जाती है वहाँ देवता निवास करते है। भारतीय संस्कृति में प्राचीनकाल से लेकर आधुनिक काल तक महिलाओं की स्थिति परिवर्तनशील रही है। संसार की ईश्वरीय शक्ति दुर्गा, लक्ष्मी व सरस्वती आदि नारी शक्ति, धन, व ज्ञान का प्रतीक मानी जाती है। वैदिक काल भारतीय नारी के लिए स्वर्णिम काल था। ऐतिहासिक पात्रों में भी उसे वीरागंना के रूप में प्रस्तुत किया है। भारतीय समाज में महिलाओं की स्थिति समय और काल के अनुसार बदलती रही है। उत्तर वैदिक काल में महिलाओं की स्थिति में उतार चढ़ाव शुरू हो गया तथा सती प्रथा, पर्दा प्रथा इस युग में प्रारम्भ हो गई। मध्यकाल में मुगलों के आने के पश्चात महिलाओं पर अनेक प्रकार की पाबन्दिया लगा दी गयी, जिससे बाल विवाह, बेमेल विवाह, सती प्रथा अनेक कुरीतियों ने जन्म लिया जिसके कारण महिलाओं की स्थिति में परिवर्तन आया। स्वतन्त्रता के पश्चात संविधान द्वारा महिलाओं को पुरूषों के बराबर सब अधिकार मिले। नारी की प्रस्थिति व उससे जुडी विभिन्न समस्याओं को क्षेत्रीय व देशीय स्तर पर समाज सुधारको ने दूर करने का प्रयास किया है। जिससे महिलाओं की प्रस्थितियों में परिवर्तन आया तथा आज वे हर क्षेत्र में अपना वर्चस्व स्थापित कर रही है। वास्तव में नारी शक्ति ही प्रकृति का आधार और भारतीय संस्कृति की सर्वोच्च पोषक व संरक्षक है।

Jhumpa Lahiri’s World of Fiction

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Pratima Shah
Keyword(s):  
Indian Culture ◽  
The Real ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Jhumpa Lahiri

Jhumpa Lahiri is one of the most dynamic and enthusiastic writers among her contemporaries, She is definitely blessed with rare kind of art which she has achieved by virtue of her incessant labour and courage. Although she was born and brought up in the foreign countries, her attachment with India and the Indians became indispensable, which can easily be noticed all through her work. Lahiri subsequently developed her own technicalities, which she deployed in her fictional works. She is heartily associated with Indian culture and traditions, and this is the real cause for her huge popularity and fame.  

Management of Value Based Education and Spirituality: A Practical Application by Mahamana Malaviyaji in BHU

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gitali Choudhury
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Education System ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
Good Citizen ◽  
Social Animals ◽  
Genuine Effort ◽  
Civilized Society

Education is the backbone of a civilized society. Values have an important role in education system of any society. Most important thing is that, education should be based on some core values of human being like truthfulness, honesty, justice, good behavior etc. Only this can help a society to maintain a peaceful atmosphere. As all human beings are social animals, so this is the duty of every human being to obey their social responsibility. Mahamana Malaviyaji is one of those great personalities who felt his social responsibility very well and established Banaras Hindu University to bring people out from the mode of ignorance. He values our Indian culture and tradition, which is based on Bhagavat Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam. His genuine effort was to build the character of new generations, so that they can be a good citizen of the country and thus can serve the country. This paper intends to focus on Mahamana’s practical thoughts and applications to contribute to the value-based education system.

Shashi Deshpande’s Womenfolk and their Struggle of Existence

Think India ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 601-606
Author(s):  
Dr J. Ramakrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Inner Life ◽  
Indian Culture

The aim of writing this article is to highlight the theme of helplessness of woman in Indian society. Whether she is a mother, daughter, sister or wife, the society always desires that she should be docile, timid and submissive. Deshpane’s novels are trying to highlight the change towards which our society. Indian Women’s writings have been a delineation of inner life and understated interpersonal relationship. In Indian culture and heritage, individualism, quest for identity, protests are analised in the article.

The Music Therapist: Creative Arts Therapist and Contemporary Shaman

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Creative Arts ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
Music Therapist ◽  
Psychotherapy Practice ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Contemporary Psychotherapy ◽  
The World ◽  
Traditional Healing Practices

While much of contemporary psychotherapy practice often focuses primarily on verbal exchange between therapists and clients, it is important to recognize that verbal expression is just one mode of expression, and not necessarily the deepest or most profound. Many clients in therapy may be more comfortable in expressing themselves in other ways through the modes of music, art, dance and psychodrama. The sources of the arts in healing extend back for many thousands of years and their modern expression through the creative arts therapies are now widely utilized in the mainstream of modern psychotherapy. Traditional healing practices are still widely practiced in many indigenous cultures around the world today and an appreciation of these practices can deeply enrich our understanding of the essential role of the arts in human expression. The aim of this paper is to consider the roots of the arts therapies and really all of psychotherapy, going as far back as pre-historic evidence, followed by an overview of living indigenous healing practices in such settings as Bushman culture in Namibia, Native American Indian culture, as well as in Kenya, Bali, Malaysia, Mongolia and more.

Indian Influences on Balinese Culture : The Role of Hinduism and Buddhism in Present Day Bali

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
I Ketut Ardhana ◽  
I Nyoman Wijaya
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The People

Indian culture has dominantly influenced the Indonesian people, particularly in the western part of the archipelago. This, which started centuries ago, can still be seen in the peoples’ daily lives in social, cultural, economic and political matters. Both the Hindu and Buddhist lessons have been practiced in Bali, although it is argued that the Buddhist lessons had been developed earlier than the Hindu ones. These developments have strongly characterized Balinese daily life, so, it is very important to understand how the people anticipate and solve some crucial issues regarding the processes of modernization and globalization. There are some important questions that need to be addressed on the Indian influences in strengthening the Balinese culture from the earlier periods until the modern and even postmodern times. In this case, the specific questions are: Firstly, how did the Balinese accept these two lessons in their daily lives in the context of Balinization processes? Secondly, what kinds of tangible and intangible cultures of the Hindu and Buddhist lessons can be seen in the present day Bali? Thirdly, how do they strengthen the Bali identity or Balinization,  known as “Ajeg Bali”? Through this analysis, it is expected to have a better understanding of the issues of social, cultural, economic and political changes in Indonesia in general and Bali in particular in modern and postmodern times.

Commentary

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Nicholls ◽  
Michael Pushkin ◽  
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
German Idealism ◽  
Russian Philosophy ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
Greek Philosophy ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
Russian Symbolism ◽  
P Sources

Sources of the thinking are given, preceded by an investigation of the relation between philosophy and music, an account of the idiosyncratic way Skryabin studied, an interview between Skryabin and a philosopher of the period and a memoir by a student and patron summarizing the thought. The titles of the sections show the sources and influences: Ernest Renan, Greek philosophy, German idealism, Russian philosophy, and Russian symbolism, Conference at Geneva (this was a philosophical conference of which Skryabin studied some of the material), the influence of theosophy, and Indian culture. These influences were combined by Skryabin, not into a system but into a world view which vitally affected his creative work.(114)

Northeast India as an Indigenous Centre for the Domestication of Plants and Animals

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manjil Hazarika
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
Close Association ◽  
Northeast India ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
Rice Agriculture ◽  
Animal Domestication ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Diverse Cultures

Northeast India is situated at the nexus of the South Asian, Southeast Asian, and East Asian biogeographical realms and harbours diverse biota, providing a unique opportunity to archaeologists and anthropologists for the study of the relationship between humans and their environment over the ages. Moreover, this region, the abode of diverse ethnic groups with diverse cultures and customs, hints at a long history of continuous and close association between humans and nature, which is important in the understanding of plant and animal domestication. Genetic analysis of present-day domesticates with their wild counterparts provides valuable insights into their differentiation, time of domestication, and changes in their morphological traits through control by humans. The chapter also elucidates the role played by rice in Northeast Indian culture and highlights the long-term history of rice agriculture in the region.

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