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Jainism is often considered as an "other worldly" religion which puts great emphasis on asceticism and salvation. This is particularly thought so about Digambar Jainism. However, asceticism in Shvetambar as well as Digambar Jainism is only one side of the proverbial coin-the other being the fact that Jainism equally emphasizes the "in worldly" things, the individual wellbeing and human welfare in society. The Jain religious values and ethics, ...
India has trade and cultural relations with the Persian Gulf region since antiquity. However, there is evidence of Indian settlement in the region since the sixteenth century. Small communities of Indian traders called banyans existed in present-day Iraq, Iran, Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. When the region came under British influence in the nineteenth century, Indian merchant communities flourished in a number of towns ...
The Non-Resident Indians in the Unite Arab Emirates are on of the richest business communities in the Gulf region. Estimatedlly, they own up about $25 billion. Most of this wealth is sourced through work and work-related accomplishments, particularly as technology entrepreneurs, physicians and health care providers, small business owners, and corporate executives.
Modern Indian Diaspora in West Asia has a long and checkered history dating back to at least the sixteenth century. A number of small communities of Indian traders called baniyans existed in present-day Iraq, Oman, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia in the Seventh and eighteenth centuries. When the region came under British influence in the nineteenth century, Indian merchant communities flourished in a number of towns of the Gulf countries. The Indians served as bankers, ...
The book analyses the population characteristics such as population growth rate, fertility and mortality trends, age structure, urbanisation and urban concentration, education and human resource development, internal and international migration, gender disparities, ethnic demography, etc. and their impacy on the socio-economic formations in West Asia and North Africa and vice versa. In spite of the fact that there has been unprecedented economic development in ...