Essays on Sati

History

Abstract The topic of the essay is Feminism and Nationalism in India and China. The main idea is that people all over the world are to be treated equally regardless of sex, place of birth, religion or color of the face. The problems that were reflected in the paper are:

The difference and similarities between nationalism and feminism;

Prerequisites of the appearance of nationalism and feminism movement in China; Prerequisites of the appearance of nationalism and feminism movement in India; The contemporary situation in both countries. In this paper, some examples of cruel attitudes toward women were given with the author’s explanations. This essay consists of ...

Internalization of Oppression

Reading this article made me feel sick to think of how women suffered with binding of their feet, burning alive, and submitting to vaginal mutilation. I felt glad to live in a society that does not believe in any of these practices. I am surprised by the internalization of oppression. If I was a widow and my husband’s family wanted me to be burned alive with my husband’s corpse, I would run as far and as fast as I could. Hopefully, I would not have married into such a belief in the first place. I suppose certain things are ...

In the 8th century, several significant events occurred in the world. One of these events is the industrial revolution which occurred in England and extended to the rest part of Europe. The industrial revolution resulted in the invention of new sea and trade routes. The route to India was discovered in 1498 by the Portuguese and was referred to as Vasco DA Gama. As a result European and British traders came to India for trading purposes.The industrial revolution led to an increase in demand for raw materials for factories in Britain. Meanwhile, the British needed a market to sell their product ...

Following Harsha’s reign and prior to the Islam advent, political disintegration and a spell of intellectual stagnation was witnessed in India. The country got portioned into numerous small states. The people’s outlook and identities were majorly parochial. Authoritarianism and formalism were dominant in cultural and religious life. The intellectuals failed to give a significant contribution towards innovating ideas, commentaries or religious writing. The Gurjars, Shakas and Hunas abolished the golden age in the dynasty of Gupta. The foreigners progressively adopted the culture and religion of Hindu. Foreigners claimed to be descendants from the Kshrtiyas but they were largely ...

Part 1

Significance essay 1 This essay presents the stylistic significance of the Gandhara Buddha sculpture picture. The sculpture was created between the first and second century. Some of the pertinent features of the image were the face appearance. The face is oval with an inherently deep carving of the eye sockets. Another observable feature of the image is the nose protrusion. The robes depicted in the image are of Grecian dressing style. The long hair lobes enhance the Buddhist look of the image as well as its monastic presentation. The urna located at the middle of the face is a ...

Introduction

The question, whether art influences life or life influences art has been a much debated. While many state that art is the representation of human life and nature, many others argue that artistic depictions result in trends that have the ability to influence the human mind. It definitely seems as if “art” has influenced the society if popular culture is considered. (D) Popular culture, or as it is otherwise known, “pop” culture, is the body of ideas propounded by the majority of a society through various artistic means, such as television and cinema, and it has a impactful influence on the actions, ...