From Mission to Movement: Nair Service Society
The paper is a study of transformation that the Nair society underwent in Travancore in the state of Kerala in India,in the latter part of nineteenth century under the impact of education,a cash economy ,increases in social assertiveness and political aspiration among the educated class in Travancore.The spatial distribution of the Nair community was altered around Travancore state with the advent of Colonialism.
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Students' Perspectives on Sex Education:A Study of Sexual Attitudes and Behavior among Girl Students in Bangalore
Human Sexuality is a very important area and deserves to be studied objectively by social and biological scientists for its own sake.Country -pecific and culture-specific information is required to support advocacy and formulation of programmes to aid better adolescent development.In this study,an attempt has been made to study the sexual knowledge ,attitudes towards sex education,preferred sources of information and queries on sexuality related issues of adolscent girl students studying in high school,P.U.C.. and University college final years.
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Human Rights and Human Development share a common vision and purpose -to secure the freedom,well being and dignity of all people everywhere.Human Rights add value to the agenda of development.It shifts the priority to the most deprived,especially to the deprivations based on discrimination.Acoording to the 1986 United Nations Declaration on the Rights to Development,the Rights to Development is an inalienable human right by viture of which every human being is entitled to enjoy economic,social,culturaland political development in which all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realized.
Artha Journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 1 No. 2 (2003): Artha Journal of Social Sciences; 183 - 191
'Process Theodicy':A Postmodern Alternative to Problem of Evil
'Process Theodicy' provides us with a constructive postmodren alternative to the 'tradtional' theodicity ,by redefining the omnipotence of God(one of the elements of the incompatible triad) from a 'metaphysical' consideration of the nature of the world upon which the power is exerted.Unlike the traditional theists,who maintain that all apparent evil is really ,from the utimate perpective ,a means to good ,process theists hold the view that the possibility of genuine evil is rooted in the metaphysical characteristics of the world.
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Trade and Transport were closely related aspects in pre-modern period.In fact efficient transport system benefited furtherance of trade and commerce.two broad categories of transport were land transport and water transport.In the land transport there was the use of human labour and packed animals.In the water transport there was the use of ships and boats.They were used both in internal,inter-regional and international trade.Realizing the financial benefits of providing protection to the traders the state tried to support their cause by constructing roads,rest houses,etc.
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A Comparison of Maslow’s Theory of Hierarchy of Needs with the Pancha Kosha Theory of Upanishads
There is a growing recognition that reductionist and mechanistic worldview that we hold of human motivation needs to be revised and transformed. Many attempts have been made in this direction including a more humanistic approach. In the Western world, Maslow‟s needs hierarchy was a first such attempt.However, not many attempts have been made to expand further the concept of self-actualization proposed by Maslow. On the other hand, there was a criticism of his approach as not being rooted in research and the real world. In this article, the authors attempt to explore the similarities between the needs hierarchy as proposed by Maslow (1943, 1954) and the model of „Pancha Kosha‟ or„five sheaths‟ theory as presented in the Taittriya Upanishad
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On the Question of Integrating Spirituality with Counselling in India
This paper explores the therapists’ views and experience on spiritual components in counselling. Qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews, and thematic analysis used. The participants were nine mental health professionals from different backgrounds with 15 to 30 years of experience in the field. The four main themes that emerged are faith in God, the power of prayer, forgiveness and wholesome treatment process
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Mouna Vratha: An Effective Traditional Method of Self-Regulation
Self-regulation is an important psychological skill that aims at self-realization and better self-actualization. Self-regulation directed towards behaviour is called behavioural self-regulation; directed towards emotions, inner states and cognitive function is known as emotional self- regulation. Most of the relationship or social issue in the western tradition is due to either of the two types of self-regulation failure-inadequate or misguided self-regulation. Mouna Vratha, the religious practice of vow of silence emphasizes that self-control is very important to be observed by a person. The use of Mouna vratha as a technique of self-regulation in counselling and psychotherapy will help an individual to explore themselves in the realm of silence. The present paper discusses the effectiveness of self-regulation and how it can be implemented through the practice of mouna vratha.
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The Impact of Attachment Styles on Social Competence of Adolescent Students
Attachment styles are indispensable elements in evoking human behavior. Precious and priceless social relations or social behavior of every individual is ever more determined by these styles only. Adapting to positive well-being at home, school and peer adjustments are the essential social capabilities expected from the adolescents in order to have effective behavior potentials. Mostly, accomplishments and achievements of academic pursuits of adolescents seem to get initiated by the affectionate bond they receive either from their parents or from their caretakers. Hence, the current study seeks to sketch the probable link between attachment styles on the social competence of the adolescent students. Here, sample consists of 1152 male and 1188 female adolescent students. The Attachment Styles Questionnaire and The Adolescent Social Competence Scale were used to collect relevant data. Suitable statistical analyses were adopted for analyzing the data. The findings showed that the attachment styles seem to persuade the social competence of the adolescent students.
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