Azim Premji of Wipro pledges huge endowment to support education
Region: IndiaIn a huge act of philanthropy by an Indian, Azim Premji of Wipro will give about Rs 8,846 crore to improve school education in India. His endowment has paled the other charitable donations by any person or corporation in India. Azim Premji who is India’s third richest man with a net worth of $ 18 billion will transfer 213 million equity shares of Wipro Ltd to the Azim Premji Trust. It will fund educational activities of Azim Premji Foundation which works mainly with schools in ... more
Views: 1456A needy girl gets sewing machine for self employment
Region: IndiaAzad India Foundation ,NGO working in Kishanganj district of Bihar gave away a sewing machine to a needy girl from village Farrabari under sponsorship from Giveindia an online giving site. more
Views: 1938Helen Keller: Honor the Woman, Not the Child
Region: District of Columbia
Yesterday, members of Congress unveiled the statue of Helen Keller in the United States Capital Building. The statue honoring Keller depicts her as a child standing next to a water pump at the moment when she first made the connection, between the word water, spelled into her hand by her dedicated teacher Annie Sullivan, and water itself, pumped into her hand by Sullivan. While this event was certainly a watershed moment for Keller in learning to use language to communicate, it fr... more
Views: 3066Is Hannah Montana Really Such a Great Role Model?
Region: New York
First in the series: Today’s Female Role Models Who says, who says I can’t be Superman? I say, I say that I know I can. Who says, who says I won’t be president? I say, I say you ain’t seen nothing yet! (“Who Said?” Performed by Hannah Montana, 2006) It sounds like a Girl Power anthem if there ever was one, joining the ranks of “ I am Woman, Hear Me Roar.” As I find myself singing along with my children to Hannah M... more
Views: 4226Judge Sotomayor's Meltdown and Kay Corleone's Hysteria: The Persistence of Gender Stereotypes
Region: United States
Judge Sotomayor’s “Meltdown” and Kay Corleone’s “Hysteria” The Persistence of Oppressive Gender Stereotypes “Unless you have a complete meltdown, you are going to get confirmed.” Senator Lindsey Graham to Judge Sonia Sotomayor at her confirmation hearings, July 13, 2009. Here we go again. It’s the old gender stereotype of overemotional women and rational men. It is hard to imagine a senator making th... more
Views: 2259What is the concept of culture in sociology
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)Culture is the way of life of a social group,the group's total man made environment including all the material and nonmaterial products of group life that are transmitted from one generation to the next.The classic definition of culture which more sociological defintions have followed was stated by Edward B Taylor:"That complex whole which includes knowledge,belief,art,morals,law,custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society .According to Kroeber the cons... more
Views: 28782On Social Behaviorism
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)Social behaviorism is a theoretical position within sociology that views the individual and his interaction with other individuals as the basic unit of sociological analysis. Social behaviorism is not atomistic since social concepts and generalizations on the group or societal level are definitely not rejected but are regarded as valid and meaningful in so far as they are based upon the behavior of individuals. Social behaviourism embraces a variety of approaches including symbolic in... more
Views: 4542What is sociological concept of authority
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)Power that is legitimized and institutionalized in a society or other social system.This form of power is attached to a social status and is accepted as proper and legitimate by all members of the social system.Subordinates comply with the directives of those in authority because they accept their control as justified and proper.As a rule,authority inheres in the status itself and does not depend on the personal qualities of the occupant of the status.Systems of authority are particularly cha... more
Views: 1990What is cultural Anthropology
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)The study of the culture and social structure of a community or society is called Cultural anthropology.It emphasizes the understanding of the total configuration and interrelationships of cultural traits,complexes and social relationships in a particular geographic environment and historical context.Thus it is concerned with the influence of geographic and historical as well as social and psychological factors in the anaylsis of the development of culture,its present characteristics and the ... more
Views: 1367What is the concept of Regionalism in sociology
Region: IndiaRegionalism can be defined as a multi-dimensional phenonmenon in terms of its components like geographical,historico-cultural ,economic,politico-administrative and pyschic.It has both positive and negative dimension.In positive term regionalism embodies quest for self-identity and self-fulfilment on the part of the people of an area.In negative terms,regionalism reflects a psyche of relative deprivation on the part of people of an area not always viable in terms of rational economic analyasis... more
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