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South Asian immigrants to the United States and Canada have already established a distinct identity for themselves. Their positive contributions to the enrichment of American and Canadian societies have been well recognized. The summative essay in the book clearly delineates not only the positive contributions made by these affluent immigrants but also identifies some of the unforeseen challenges faced by them in a multicultural environment with a predominance of ...
Beyond September 11, 2001 : Political Attitudes of the Indian Immigrants in America is a study of the political sub-culture of the Asian Indians in the post-September 11 American society. The focus of this book is on Asian Indian professionals in the United States. In this sense, it is a study of the "Political Attitudes of Asian Indian Professional Elites. This book analyses 204 completed questionnaires that were received by the end of July 2002. The ...
"The dowry-related problems among South Asian women posits moral dilemmas of an extreme nature. The problems are immensely complex and complicated phenomena and that no quick-fix solutions can be offered. The most worrying aspects of dowry-related violence among South Asian women has been that problems have been on the increase and now occur no longer only in South Asia, but the world over. Rather than condemning South Asians as misguided, we ought to apply ...
The concept of human rights is as old as the ancient doctrine of natural rights founded on natural law, the expression human is of recent origin. Human rights are those minimum rights which every individual must have against state or other public authority by virtue of his being a member of human family, irrespective of any other consideration. The protection of human rights has now become one of the keystones in the arch of peace, democracy and development. The ...
The concept of human rights is necessarily evolving in nature apace with the evolution of human civilization in the context of a changing social, political, economic and cultural milieu. This book aims is to present a general overview of the human rights situation in South Asia. The ethos and problems of a developing ancient oriental society like India must first be understood before an acceptable standard of rights performance assessment is evolved. Indeed, the ...