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Showing 1 to 20 of 217 for “"Hindu"”.
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Being Hindu in the American South: Hindu Nationalist Discourse in a Diaspora Community
… to a recent Pew poll approximately 97% of all Hindus live in the countries of India and Nepal. However, there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Hindus living in other parts of the world. Across the United States, Hindu temples are joining the religious landscape of the country. …
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Incarnation : Hindu and Christian thought
… have mentioned the main differences between the Hindu and Christian faiths. I have treated this subject of incarnation with due respect to both the religions. If the subject could be discussed on an evaluative basis, then there would be the possibility of coming to the conclusion that there is …
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Navigating Pain: Women's Healing Practices in a Hindu Temple
… dissertation is an ethnographic study of a Hindu healing temple in North India, popular for treating psychological ailments that manifest as spirit afflictions. Religious healing centers constitute the single most popular pathway of mental health care for Indian women. These folk sites, …
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An Analysis of the Pedagogical Methods of Hindu Gurus
… study was to explore the pedagogical methods of Hindu gurus that could be applicable to elementary school teaching for the inner development of students. With severe cutbacks to classroom instruction and demands by economic, political, and educational leaders for education to produce a highly …
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Work-family conflict among Hindu fathers in South Africa
This research examined work-family conflict among Hindu fathers in South Africa. Various authors have indicated that work-family conflict should be investigated in specific cultural contexts because the demands of work and family differ across various cultures. This research examined the …
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Prisoners of History: Bengali Cultural Nationalists and the Hindu Past
All four authors chosen for this study were prolific writers, and have exerted influence in varying degrees on literary, political and religious trends and movements in Bengal and India. This study is not in any way an attempt to encompass the significance of their careers and influences in their …
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Middle-Class Identity and Hindu Women's Ritual Practice in South India
… an exploration of a middle-class, multi-caste Hindu women’s religious group in south India called the Śri Maṅgala Vināyagar Satsang Group (SMVS). It utilizes the group members’ narratives about rural-urban difference and modifications to Hindu women’s rituals to explore the continuous …
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The electoral incentives for ethnic violence : Hindu-Muslim riots in India
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 1998.
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From Hindu villain to heroic Buddhist king: Dathagiri in the Thiri Rama
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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The Hindu Code Bill and the making of the modern Indian state
… and early independence India. Focusing on the Hindu Code Bill, an attempt to reform and codify Hindu family law that began in 1941 and culminated in 1956, it argues that these reforms sought to alter the way in which male authority was exercised within the Hindu family but also to consolidate …
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Seismicity and tectonics of the Pamir-Hindu Kush region of central Asia
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1981.
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Understanding Intergenerational Family Conflict: A Case Study of Hindu Asian Indian American Families
… conflict is an important experience to study in Hindu Asian Indian families, given the process of acculturation that occurs for immigrant families as well as how Hindu religious beliefs influence duties towards the family (dharma). The current study was designed to understand the various factors …
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ANTYESTI (LAST SACRIFICE): FUNERAL RITES PERFORMED BY HINDU FROM WESTERN REGION OF NEPAL
<p> This Thesis will discuss the process of making, “Anyesti - The Last Sacrifice” which I have directed, produced and edited. It will cover the rites performed by people residing in the western part of Nepal. It will recount how the concept of making a documentary about the last rites came into my …
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The Muslims of Kathmandu: A study of religious identity in a Hindu Kingdom
… state as a marginal group. At the same time, the Hindu state has also shown itself to be tolerant of Muslims: the Hindu state not only intervened in communal clashes between Hindus and Muslims but also showed its support for Muslims at a time of crisis, which then affirmed the loyalty of the …
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The influence of Hindu-Buddhist psychology and philosophy on J. D. Salinger's fiction
… about Salinger's fiction is his use of Hindu-Buddhist philosophic and mystical concepts. His fiction often creates the impression that the author is indulging in cultural disloyalty: rejecting Western and Judeo-Christian values while exalting Eastern values. If this is so, Luce’s remark …
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Journey with Ganapati : a media exploration and analysis of Hindu religious ritual components
… traditional practice and performance of ancient Hindu religious ritual. To illustrate elements of the Indian Rasa theory of aesthetics, the canons of Hindu iconography, the symbolism of mantra, yantra, and tantra with the tools of computer graphics, animation, high speed photography, and to …
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