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Shopยญping has always been an activยญity in which cusยญtomers browse the shelves for availยญable goods or serยญvices at various physยญiยญcal retail outlets โ actual shops. Since the beginยญning of known history, humans have directly exchanged goods and serยญvices with one another in a system of trading (barter โ this service or product for that service or product). As civยญiยญlizaยญtions grew, the system of barter was replaced with retail trade involvยญing coinage. Money. That is the system in which we have been familยญiar for the last few cenยญturies โ the system of our parents and grandยญparยญents, includยญing most of our lives.
However, cusยญtomers now can simply access the โmarยญketยญplaceโ via the interยญnet by using their comยญputยญers or smartยญphones. No need for our physยญiยญcal presยญence, physยญiยญcal prodยญucts to be seen and touched, or travel outside the home. This new form of market is the emergยญing mode of busiยญness known as eโbusiness. It has been active in โdevelยญopedโ counยญtries for decades, but it is now operยญatยญing in full force in India, and there are defยญiยญnitely serious effects on our way of life and the landยญscape of physยญiยญcal shops that famยญiยญlies have spent decades investยญing themยญselves in.
In the present-day context, learnยญing and anaยญlyzยญing conยญsumer behavยญior is extremely vital for the success of a busiยญness. The funยญdaยญmenยญtal issue which arises in front of a conยญsumer when he/she embarks on a shopยญping endeavor is now, which mode of shopยญping should they choose to satisfy their own needs. Should they purยญchase online or offline? Go to a traยญdiยญtional marยญketยญplace or a virtual one? Who will they reward with their purยญchase: The actual shop-owner in their town, or an unseen, virtual one that they donโt know?
The quesยญtion facing us is whether or not online shopยญping is better than offline. Who should we reward with our purยญchase? What kind of ripple effects happen to our physยญiยญcal town and local stores when we make our purยญchased online from far-off vendors? How are we hurting our local economy, and thereยญfore ourselves?
The online shopยญping indusยญtry has flared up to a point where people prefer to shop online due to ease of purยญchase, conยญveยญnience, variety of prodยญucts, and tech savvy conยญsumers able to effecยญtively surf the net for exactly what they want. People can shop 24/7 from wherยญever they want, and the world is at their finยญgerยญtips. There is no hustle and bustle, no rushing, no crowded shops.
But, the fact is that our online habits of purยญchasยญing goods is affectยญing our local busiยญness-owners, our towns, our way of living. Or is it?
The traยญdiยญtional way of offline is still conยญsidยญered best by many. People want to physยญiยญcally check the prodยญucts and have face-to-face comยญmuยญniยญcaยญtion (barยญgainยญing, etc.). It is also relยญaยญtively easier to return prodยญucts in person than online. If we have product comยญpliยญcaยญtions after an online shopยญping expeยญriยญence, we face more probยญlems when trying to negoยญtiยญate or return the product. There are also higher chances of shipยญping issues, packยญagยญing probยญlems, misยญhanยญdling by the delivยญery company, and risk of fraud if we enter the wrong website marketplace.
The interยญnet was opened to the public in 1991, and soon afterยญwards online shopยญping became posยญsiยญble. Since that time, the online shopยญping expeยญriยญence has become much smoother and enjoyยญable for the conยญsumer. People have become less skepยญtiยญcal of online shopยญping over the years.
In conยญcluยญsion, it is the opinion of our student ediยญtoยญrยญial group that BOTH traยญdiยญtional and online shopยญping are imporยญtant to us. Despite the rapid growth of online sales in India, and the proยญjected expoยญnenยญtial growth of that indusยญtry, the majorยญity of conยญsumers in India still prefer traยญdiยญtional shopยญping โ espeยญcially since a huge portion of Indians donโt hav access to online shopยญping methods, nor the whereยญwithal to underยญstand how to navยญiยญgate the interยญnet shopยญping expeยญriยญence. People want to see the shop-owner and touch and try on the product in real time.
Both online and offline expeยญriยญences have their good and bad points, probยญlems and benยญeยญfits. There is a trust issue for us when dealing with money online. However, the allure of a better product assortยญment and easy shopยญping expeยญriยญence is a benefit for the online proยญpoยญnents. There are serious responยญsiยญbilยญiยญties we have of taking care of our towns and local shopยญping centers by conยญtinยญuยญing to shop offline so that we reward our local vendors and their famยญiยญlies โ making our towns strong. Also, quesยญtions of what is better for the enviยญronยญment โ offline or online?
In any event, how we spend our money is extremely imporยญtant. Every rupee we spend is a reward to someone for someยญthing. We need to take many issues into account when we buy someยญthing either online or offline. Time marches on, and we have to adjust to moderยญnity and yet remain true to our values.
โข Classes 1 & 2 come between 10:00 โ 11:00
โข Classes 3 โ 5 come between 11:00 โ 12:00
โข Classes 6 โ 8 come between 9:00 โ 10:00
โข Classes 1 & 2 come between 10:00 โ 11:00
โข Classes 3 โ 5 come between 11:00 โ 12:00
โข Classes 6 โ 8 come between 9:00 โ 10:00
โข Classes 1 & 2 come between 10:00 โ 11:00
โข Classes 3 โ 5 come between 11:00 โ 12:00
โข Classes 6 โ 8 come between 9:00 โ 10:00
One of the most imporยญtant strucยญtural aspects of a society is the relยญaยญtive number of males and females who compose it. Accordยญing to the Fishยญerโs Prinยญciยญple, gender ratio is defined as the proยญporยญtion of females relยญaยญtive to one thouยญsand males in a popยญuยญlaยญtion. In India, we are now seeing, for the first time since the onset of modern record-keeping, the gender ratio as tipped in favor of females. Now, for the first time since the Vedic Period, over 1,000 years ago, for every 1,000 males, there are 1,020 females accordยญing to the National Family Health Surveyโ5.
During the Vedic Period in India (1,500 BCE โ 50 BCE), women enjoyed absolute ecoยญnomic and sociยญetal status, and equalยญity and freedom (although it wasnโt perfect as a boy-child was still preยญferred over a girl-child). The Vedic Period is known as the โGolden Ageโ for women in India. That era was charยญacยญterยญized by the absence of the purdah system (the pracยญtice of keeping men and women sepยญaยญrate), no disยญcrimยญiยญnaยญtion for eduยญcaยญtional opporยญtuยญniยญties between the genders, equal rights in selecยญtion of partยญners, polygamy being rare, and widows being able to marry again.
In the post-Vedic period, the status of women fell: women sufยญfered many setยญbacks when various restricยญtions were put on womenโs rights and privยญiยญleges. It became increasยญingly untenยญable to birth a girl-child instead of a boy-child. Eduยญcaยญtion, which had been an accepted norm for women, was neglected, and later on, girls were totally denied access to eduยญcaยญtion. The Medieval Period was the darkest era in the history of India for women. The status of women in society further deteยญriยญoยญrated when child marยญriage, a ban on re-marยญriage for widows, the purdah system, polygamy, Jauhar, and sati Pratha (throwยญing women onto her her husยญbandโs funeral pyre) became a regular part of culยญtural life.
A gender ratio which is not in favor of women is a danยญgerยญous sign for any society because it indiยญcates a high female fetal morยญtalยญity rate, selecยญtive aborยญtions, and excess female deaths. India is a patriยญarยญchal society where there is active gender selecยญtion by parents, which means that many girls are killed before they are even born. Parents expect sons, not daughยญters, to provide finanยญcial and emoยญtional care, espeยญcially in their old age: Sons add to family wealth and propยญerty while daughยญters drain it through dowries; sons conยญtinue the family lineage while daughยญters are married away to another houseยญhold. People often have a belief that a girl is a liaยญbilยญity while a boy is an asset. Misuse of advanced parental diagยญnosยญtic techยญniques (sonoยญgrams) has led to gender selecยญtion with the wideยญspread terยญmiยญnaยญtion of female fetuses which conยญtributes to a rapidly declinยญing girl-to-boy ratio.
In recent years, India has enacted several govยญernยญment iniยญtiaยญtives (see addenยญdum below) to address these imporยญtant issues in order to begin the process of creยญatยญing a more optiยญmistic future for females in India from birth throughยญout all of life by proยญtectยญing them more holisยญtiยญcally and fully.
The status of women improved during the wave of femยญiยญnism in India in the last few decades. The Femยญiยญnist Moveยญment (also known as the Womenโs Libยญerยญaยญtion Moveยญment) refers to a series of politยญiยญcal camยญpaigns that aim to define and estabยญlish the politยญiยญcal, ecoยญnomic, perยญsonal, and social equalยญity between the sexes. The focus was on instiยญtuยญtional reforms which resulted in reduced gender disยญcrimยญiยญnaยญtion, giving women access to male-domยญiยญnated spaces, and proยญmotยญing equalยญity. However, despite all of that, evils such as domesยญtic vioยญlence, female infanยญtiยญcide, sexual abuse, and aborยญtions for gender selecยญtion still exist in our society and must be addressed openly with meanยญingยญful reforms taking place.
Despite the conยญtinยญued issues of gender inequalยญity, good news is indeed good news, and we should discuss it and celยญeยญbrate it. The ratio of females to males in India has indeed equalยญized for the first time in over a thouยญsand years. Our country is finally beginยญning to appreยญciยญate the deep value that females bring to the table to make India a world leader. The imporยญtance of proยญtectยญing the equal rights, safety, and health and welfare for females of all ages is a founยญdaยญtional aspect upon which we can build a modern culture and be a world leader.
This turn of events is largely due to the increasยญing life-expectancy of females as well as the changes that have been made in the public conยญsciousยญness as well as the various govยญernยญment iniยญtiaยญtives. Although safe spaces for open conยญverยญsaยญtions are hapยญpenยญing on an increasยญing basis, we still need to make conยญstant assurยญances that we will acknowlยญedge the dignity of women. Laws that protect women are on the books, but they need to be enforced, and perhaps we need even more laws to ensure that the life of all females is proยญtected and safe from inequalยญity, disยญcrimยญiยญnaยญtion, child marยญriage, aborยญtion, vioยญlence, rape, beatยญings, verbal abuse, mutiยญlaยญtion, torture, โhonorโ killings, and trafficking.
Gender equalยญity must be disยญcussed, encourยญaged openly, and proยญtected in our country in order for us to become the world leader that India is capable of.
Thus, it is imperยญaยญtive to put even more focus on improvยญing the existยญing poliยญcies, laws, and proยญgrams to ensure the surยญvival and utter respect for all females in Indian society. We must conยญtinue to protect females from harm and disยญreยญspect. We must build upon these ideas and not slide backยญwards once again.
โYatฤฑra nariyasthu pulyยญathe remanยญthe ththra devethhaโ: The meaning of this Sanยญskrit sloka is โWhere women are respected, there angels will resideโ.
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Swami Vivekanandโs birth as Narenยญdranath Dutta was an Indian monk, reformer, philosoยญpher, and one of the most celยญeยญbrated spirยญiยญtual leaders of India. He was an inspirยญing perยญsonยญalยญity and is well known both in India and America since the last decade of the nineยญteenth century. He is an example of a person who despite having a short life, lived it to the fullest. He taught unconยญdiยญtional love, how to be a better person, and reinยญforced the imporยญtance of giving back to society.
Narenยญdranath Dutt was born into an affluยญent Bengali family on January 12,1863 in Calยญcutta (now known as Kolkata), in West Bengal. His parents were Vishยญwanath Dutt and Bhuยญvaneshยญwari Deri. His father was a sucยญcessยญful attorยญney and his mother was a strong, endowed, woman with a God-fearing mind who had a great impact on her son.
He went to Calยญcutta Metยญroยญpolยญiยญtan School for his early eduยญcaยญtion and later enrolled the Presยญiยญdency College of Calยญcutta. IN 1880, he joined Keshab-Chandra Senโs Nava Vidhan and also became a member of Sadยญhaยญran Brahma Samaj led by Keshab Chandra Sen and Debenยญdranath Tagore. In 1881, he passed the fine arts examยญiยญnaยญtions and comยญpleted a Bachยญeยญlor of Arts degree in 1884. he was a sharp, intelยญlecยญtual student and was interยญested in music as well as excelling in studies. He also scruยญtiยญnized Hindu scripยญtures โ the Upnishads on one hand while on the other hand he studied western phiยญlosยญoยญphy and spirituality.
As he grew up, his knowlยญedge led him to quesยญtions about the exisยญtence of God. Invesยญtiยญgatยญing this, he met many monks but none of them could provide answers to his deep quesยญtions. As he met Ramakrยญishna Paramhansa at Dakยญshiยญneshยญwar kali temple he asked him the same quesยญtion: โ Have you seen the God? โ He was given a simple answer, โ Yes,I have seen. I have seen God as clearly as I see you, only in a much deeper sense. โ This inspired Vivekanand to conยญtinue meeting him.
In 1884, when his father died, there were many finanยญcial crises in his family and that was the turning point in his life as he accepted Ramakrยญishna Paramhans as his life-mentor. One year later, In 1885, Ramakrยญishna sufยญfered from throat cancer and was transยญferred to Calยญcutta. His disยญciยญples took care of him. Ramakrยญishna gave up his life on 16 August, 1886. After this inciยญdent they all started to live together and they perยญformed math, Yoga and medยญiยญtaยญtion. But, after some time he left this and decided to tour around the world to know about several sociยญeties and culยญtures, and also underยญstand and pracยญtice what is common in their daily life. Vivekanand carried out his โfree-thinkยญingโ phiยญlosยญoยญphy into a new parยญaยญdigm. He went off to Chicago USA to attend the meeting of the World Parยญliaยญment Organization.
On 11 Sepยญtemยญber 1893, in Chicago, Swami Vivekanand gave an outยญstandยญing speech full of wisdom. He started his speech by addressยญing the audiยญence as โbrothยญers and sisters of Americaโ. in his speech, he described the prinยญciยญples of Vedanta. This led to a huge silence amongst the crowd, and at the end he received a standยญing ovation.
When he returned to India in 1897, he founded Ramakrยญishna Mission in Belur Math, Calยญcutta. The main vision of the mission was to love life, focus on the sigยญnifยญiยญcance of the indiยญvidยญual โ his presยญence and abilยญiยญties. A school, college, and hosยญpiยญtal was estabยญlished under this. In the mission, his teachยญing was purยญposely based on the Vedanta and spirยญiยญtual teachยญing of Ramakrishna.
On the evening of 4 July, 1902, he died at the age of 39 while perยญformยญing mediยญaยญtion at Belur Math, Calยญcutta. He attained Mahasamadhi, and was creยญmated on the banks of the river Ganga.
Here are some addiยญtional stories and facts about Swami Vivekanand:
This essay was written by Sanjana Agrawal (who also celยญeยญbrates her birthยญday today ;^). Thank you Sanjana for sharing your article with us.
One of the most imporยญtant strucยญtural aspects of the popยญuยญlaยญtion of any country is the relยญaยญtive number of males and females who compose it. Accordยญing to the Fishยญerโs Prinยญciยญpal, gender ratio is known as โthe proยญporยญtion of females relยญaยญtive to one thouยญsand males in a popยญuยญlaยญtionโ. In India, we are now seeing, for the first time in the preยญviยญous several scenerยญies, the gender ratio has tipped in favor of females. This is big news! For every 1,000 males in India today, our country now has 1,020 females accordยญing to the National Family Health Surveyโ5.
In ancient times, the birth rate of women was quite equal to that of men because the conยญdiยญtions for women then was more favorยญable. The unfaยญvorยญable conยญdiยญtions for women began in the Mughal Empire and lasted