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In this study, Lt Col Karen O. Dunivin, USAF, examines social change in American military culture and explores the current struggle between the military’s traditional and exclusionary combat, masculine-warrior (CMW) paradigm or belief system and the contradictory evolving model of military culture characterized by egalitarianism and inclusiveness. It is a contest between old thinking and new thinking. The author uses two recent and ongoing cases to illustrate the divergence between paradigm and model: women in combat and homosexuals in the military....

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Analysis of the percentage of men and women by commissioned years of service in the Air Force indicates that women separate prior to retirement more frequently than men. Having determined that women separate from the Air Force prior to retirement eligibility more often than men, Lt Col Laura DiSilverio wanted to find out why. The first chapter demonstrates why the Air Force needs women. It makes the demographic case and presents research results showing the value of diversity in general and the value of women leaders in particular. The second chapter presents the survey results, analyzes why women separate from the Air Force, and lists the types of programs that might retain them. The final chapter looks at the feasibility of implementing some programs that might help the Air Force retain more of its talented members....

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1 WHY THE AIR FORCE NEEDS WOMEN . . . . . 1 The War for Talent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The Value of Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2 WHY WOMEN LEAVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Hypotheses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Reasons for Leaving the Air Force . . . . . . . .27 Retention Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 3 USEFULNESS AND FEASIBILITY OF RETENTION MEASURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Home Basing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Sabbatical/Break in Service Opportunity . . . 45 Permeability of Active-Reserve Barrier . . . . .49 Childbirth/Nursing Programs . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59...

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The Chunochi, Dhamman, Sounchal, Sarsawah and Malhar areas lie along the eastern limb of Hazara-Kashmir Syntaxis. This is an active fold-and-thrust belt in the sub Himalayas of Pakistan. The Early Miocene to Recent sedimentary rock sequence is exposed in the area. The stratigraphic sequence of the study area includes the Early Miocene Murree formation, Early to Middle Miocene Kamlial formation, Middle to Late Miocene Chinji formation, Late Miocene Nagri formation, Late Miocene Dhok Pathan formation, Pliocene Soan formation and Pliestocene Mirpur formation. The Baluch syncline, Panakah anticline and Nainsukh anticline are the major folds. These are open to isoclinal in nature. The Dhamman fault, Tangai fault, Riasi fault, Gali Samiar fault, Godri Badshah- Kotli fault, Chak Nasru fault, Nuhi Sarota fault and Hill Kalan fault are the major faults. The Riasi fault, Godri Badshah-Kotli fault and Chak Nasru fault are active faults. The sedimentary structures observed in the area are cross bedding, load cast and rip ups. The facing of the stratigraphic units is marked on the basis of these structures....

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This free eBook is based on a lifetime of teaching students trying to get to university, undergraduates already at university, and postgraduates working towards an MA or a PhD....

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The book contains the following chapters. 1 An Introduction to Economics in 5,000 Words and a Bit 2 Trying to Make Sense of Economic Policy—What Do Governments Try to Do? 3 Trying to Make Sense of Economic Policy—Why is it Difficult to Get it Right? 4 Business Cycles, Recessions and Economic Booms 5 A Summary of the Advantages and Disadvantages of the Price Mechanism 6 The Difference Between “Economic Growth” & "Economic Development" ...

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The basic hypothesis explored in this paper is that organizational culture and institutional agendas significantly affected the rise and fall of the Twenty-third Air Force. The significance of this research effort is clear considering the 1 October 2003 merger of Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) and AFSOF under the aegis of the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). In light of recent events, this study’s ultimate goal is to provide a preview of how culture may affect AFSOC’s endeavors to strengthen CSAR capabilities. By studying the past, this paper looks for glimpses into the future....

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1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 UNDERSTANDING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 3 HERITAGE AND CULTURE OF AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES . . . . . . . . . .29 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 4 HERITAGE AND CULTURE OF AIR RESCUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 5 ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE: THE RISE OF THE TWENTY-THIRD AIR FORCE . . . . . .101 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 6 ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE: THE FALL OF THE TWENTY-THIRD AIR FORCE . . . . .137 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 7 FROM THE PAST, THE FUTURE . . . . . . . . 171 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 APPENDIX: DESERT ONE ANALYSIS . . . . . . .183 ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199...

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This book also begins with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and most valuable books....

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In the Bible, God‘s first gift to man isn‘t a lesson about how to make a fire or fashion a needle, a knife, or a spear. He first blesses him with language. Even before He takes Adam‘s rib to make Eve, He tells Adam to name every living creature. Adam immediately understands God‘s words and enunciates his own....

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1. Did Water Monkeys Swim before We Spoke?-From whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet? We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make sense of speech. -- 2. The Gift of Memory-For millennia, mnemonics reigned over commerce, news, entertainment, and the perpetuation and refinement of crafts. -- 3. From Whence Cometh Indo-European Tongues?-Did a freshwater lake community flee a saltwater surge that filled the Black Sea and scatter its language west toward the Atlantic, southeast toward India, and northeast toward the Pacific? -- 4. Scripting Symbols of Shape-Scripting symbolic images lets man communicate over space and time. Balance of power shifts from tribal chiefs to city-state warrior-kings and priests. -- 5. Symbols of Sound Demand Analysis-The alphabet makes the pen mightier than the sword, generating the powers of knowledge needed to create and govern empires. -- 6. China‘s InfoTech Siblings-For centuries, the Chinese keep to themselves ?the wasps’ secret? and then develop printing blocks—the precur...

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En 2013 Colombia vio su vida pública estremecida por un cruento paro agrario que dejó decenas de muertos y un país dividido en las ambiguas percepciones alrededor de la vida en el campo. Mientras esto ocurría, en un pueblo andino al nororiente del país, se desarrollaba un enconado debate alrededor de la pureza del folclor. En un momento ambas historias se cruzan y la ciudad se ve dibujada sobre un nuevo paisaje. El libro tiene el estilo de un reportaje-perfil con un personaje principal, que al seguirlo, el lector se encontrará con un estudio sociológico que puede caber a cualquier pueblo de América Latina: la cultura, las tradiciones, el negocio cultural, la violencia política....

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"La ciudad es un trazo inconcluso, hecho de memorias y de olvidos, más de olvidos quizás, pero sobre todo, de invenciones. Los seres que la habitan se la inventan día a día. Algunos de ellos son la suma de tales invenciones y asoman al paisaje urbano su figura". ...

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I La salida al mundo II La invención III La tragedia de los inventores IV El regreso a casa

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I ka hiki ana mai o ke kau ua, o ka hooilo, ola hou aela na mea e ulu ana ma ka honua. Ua kapa ia ia wa ka makahiki. Mai na awawa a ka ae kai, ua akoakoa mai ka poe i mea e hookipa ai i ka hoi hou ana mai o ke akua o Lonoikamakahiki. Lawe ia maila na hookupu, he mea ai a he ia kekahi, a ua komo mai lakou i na hana lealea a me na hana hooikaika kino, no ka mea, ua hoomaha ia na hana a pau ma ia wa makahiki. I kekahi makahiki i ka wa kahiko, ia lakou e hoolaulea ana, ua pau koke ka hanakuli o ka pahu pai. O ia ka manawa i hanau ia ai ke keiki hanau mua a ke alii. Ua kena ia akula na kahuna kiekie nana e pule no ka pomaikai o ka makuahine a me kana keiki. A o ka holo akula no ia o ka elele i kahi o ka lehulehu e ku ai me ka hai i ka lono. “He keiki kane, he keiki kane ka hanau mua, a Keaweikekahialiiokamoku, ke alii nui.” A laila, ua kani hou na pahu pai, a oi loa aku ka hanakuli nui no ka hoolono ana i ka nuhou. Ua pule no hoi na kahuna i hoohanohano ai ke keiki. Ua puliki ke alii wahine o Lonomaaikanaka i kana keiki a pili pono. He mamo o ia mai ke kuauhau o Piilani, ke alii nui o Maui. Ua noa, ua pau kona mau la i noho ai ma la...

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O ke kumu o ko Paao haalele ana i kona aina hanau, ua hakaka laua, me kona kaikuaana, o Lonopele. O Lonopele, o ia ke kahuna a he kanaka mana, he akamai, a he ike i kela mea, i keia mea ma kona ano kahuna; he mau kanaka mahi ai laua. O Lonopele, ua mahi ai o ia i kona aina a maikai, a ua kanu o ia i na laau hua ai he nui loa i loko o kona kihapai. I kekahi manawa, ua pau i ka aihue ia ka hua o na laau kanu a Lonopele ma kona kihapai, a manao ihola o ia, ua hele ke keiki a Paao e kolohe i ka hua o kana laau, no laila, hele maila o ia ia Paao, a olelo maila no ka pau o ka hua o kana laau i ka Paao keiki. Olelo aku hoi o Paao, “Ua ike pono no nae paha oe, ua pau io ka hua o ko laau i kuu keiki” Pane maila hoi o Lonopele, “Ua ike au i ka hele ana o ko keiki i laila, aole nae au i ike i ka lawe ana, aka, ua manao no nae au, nana no i kolohe.” Olelo hou aku o Paao, “Ina pela, e kaha ana wau i ka opu o kuu keiki, a i loaa ole kau hua, a laila, pehea” Olelo mai no hoi o Lonopele, “Aole iau ia, aia wale no ia i kou manao. I ka wa hea no la hoi kou ike ana e kaha ia ana ka opu o ke kanaka, a ia oe wale ae nei no ke kaha ia.” Pane aku no o Paa...

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Excerpt from the Native Life in Travancore, written by The Rev. SAMUEL MATEER, F.L.S of the London Missionary Society

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Slavery

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DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v ABOUT THE AUTHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . vii PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . xi INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Habit 1 Get a Haircut! First Impressions Last . . . . . 1 Habit 2 Shut Up! Listen and Pay Attention . . . . . . 9 Habit 3 Look Up! Attitude Is Everything . . . . . . . 15 Habit 4 Be Care-Full! Take Care of Your Troops . . . 23 Habit 5 Sharpen the Sword! Take Care of Yourself First. . . . . . . . . . . 35 Habit 6 Be Good! Know Your Stuff . . . . . . . . . . 45 Habit 7 Build Trust! Be Trustworthy . . . . . . . . . 51 Habit 8 Hang on Tight! Find an Enlisted Mentor . . . 59 FINAL THOUGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67...

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Women have served in and with the United States armed forces since the founding of our nation; yet it has only been since the 1970s that issues concerning women in the military have been seriously and systematically pursued by both scholars and military planners. This volume is an effort to identify and examine key events, questions, and policies pertaining to women in the United States armed forces. To do this, a multidisciplinary analytical strategy that incorporates the methodology and conceptual tools of history, social science, organizational theory, policy analysis, and future studies was adopted....

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Religion and culture in general have been long neglected by planners, policy makers, and diplomats. Our experience in Phase IV, or the constructive phase, of Operation Iraqi Freedom has clearly exposed this inattention as a serious flaw in bringing peaceful development to Iraq. These authors suggest that military chaplains can be a part of a better solution. It is not a case of trying to proselyte; it is rather one of engaging local religious leaders to facilitate the stabilization process....

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1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 RELIGION IN STABILITY OPERATIONS . . . . .7 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3 CHAPLAINS IN STABILITY OPERATIONS . . 13 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 4 MODIFICATIONS TO THE CHAPLAIN SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 5 CONCLUSIONS AND RESPONSES TO POTENTIAL OBJECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39...

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The frustration, fear and search for answers to the economic disaster that was America's great depression. A common man's insight into why we do what we do....

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Our Depression Scene I 9 Scene II 13 Scene III 23 Scene IV 31 Scene V 41 Scene VI 49 Scene VII 55 Scene VIII 62 Scene IX 69 Reflections in Verse Resonance Along the Rio Grande 75 Mary McCrea 78 The Demagogue 83 That’s Texas 85 Between the Colorado’s Canyon Walls 87...

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Indian bureaucratic loot. Pay, perks, pension, commutation of pension &c. and feudal oppressive language usages

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This study uses Brig Gen J. F. C. Fuller’s theory of war to investigate the motivation of pilots flying in combat. The study holds the physical and cognitive domains of war variables constant and analyzes the moral domain effects on pilot behavior....

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1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 THE MORAL DOMAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 3 METHODOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 4 SURVEY RESULTS AND ANALYSIS . . . . . . . 25 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 5 CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40...

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This book, Guidelines for Command, is the result of countless hours of research and contains the collective thoughts and lessons learned from many previous commanders. It has a wealth of information to assist you during your tenure as a commander. Use it in conjunction with your personal leadership skills, your base’s subject-matter experts, and your fellow commanders to lead our Airmen to new heights....

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Mai kona makahiki eono ua hele pinepine o Rangelug i ka holo kai me kona papa ma ka pae aina o Kalolina. Ua ao ia o ia i ke ano o ka nee ana o ka waa i ke kai. Ninau o ia i na ninau he nui e pili ana i na huihui hoku. Ua kuhikuhi kona papa i na huihui hoku he nui, aka, imi mau o Rangelug ia Mailap, ka Manu Nui. He mau eheu ma elua aoao o ka hoku malamalama nui loa ma ia Manu Nui. I ka piha ana ia Rangelug he umikumalima makahiki, maopopo ia ia ka hookele ana i ka waa, a kokua o ia i kona ohana i ke kalai ana i na waa. Hauoli ko Rangelug papa i ka hoihoi a me ka holomua o kana keiki kane. Makemake o ia e haawi i kona ike hookele waa ia Rangelug. I ka manawa i piha ai ia Rangelug he iwakalua makahiki, hookuu kona papa ia ia me ke kuleana hana. Ua ao ia o Rangelug i ka hookele ana ma o na hoku he nui ma na pae aina like ole. Ua ao mai o ia i ka hoomaopopo ana i ke ano o kona waa i na makani a me na au like ole. “Mai lalo mai o Mailap,” i olelo ai o ia, “e hele mai ana ka Moae a me ke kai ohu.” Ua ao mai o Rangelug e alakai i ka mea hookele me ka ohu ma hope ona a i ole ma ka aoao o ka waa i mau ai ke ala kai a lakou e holo ana. ...

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Ua noi aku ka poe holo kai Polenekia ia Kane, ko lakou akua nui a me Kanaloa, ke akua o ka moana, i ka makani oluolu a i mea e awiwi ai ka lakou holo kai. Ua maopopo lea i ka poe holo kai kahiko, aohe mea e pakele ai lakou ke nalowale a i ole ke kahuli ka waa. He mea kokua ka makani a me ke kai holo, a he mau mea loko ino kekahi. Ua kapa ia ka Pakipika he kai malie, a i kekahi mau manawa he oiaio no ia i ka poe holo kai, aka, nui na mea poino no ka poe Polenekia e pale ai ke hele ka lewa lani a poeleele. Powehiwehi na hoku a ua poluliuli ka la i ka inoino ma ka moana a he mea ia e paakiki ai ka hookele ana, aka, nui no na poino e ae i ka manawa ino ma ka moana. Kaipuni! Pikipikio ka moana i ke kaipuni a ua kaili ia na lako a i kekahi mau manawa, na kanaka i ka nalu nunui inoino. Ina he ikaika loa ka makani, kahuli a piholo ka waa a wawahi ia i ka nalu nunui....

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“Ehia Kanaka”. 1 -- Ka Moana Palena Ole . 8 -- Ke Kaiapuni Loli Mau. 13 -- He Lonoa E Ae. 22 -- “Aia Hoi He Moku!”. 25 -- No Ka Holo Moana Ma Ka Hokulea. 35 -- Nainoa Thompson. 37 -- Kawika Kapahulehu. 43 -- Chad Baybayan. 47 -- Keahi Omai a me Kaau McKenney. 51 -- Ka Nalu a me Ka Ohuku Ale. 56 -- Ka Palulu O Na Mokuaina. 61 -- Ka Holo Kai O Na Waa Kaulua. 66 -- O Kelii, Ka Mea Kalai Waa. 70 --...

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There was a language in the Malabar coast, that is, in the northern parts of current day Kerala. This language was also known as Malayalam but quite different from the modern official version Malayalam. This language has more or less vanished in the last 30 years or so, succumbing to the onslaught of the official version, South Kerala Malayalam which came with statutory support. The issue of there being a different language in Malabar comes to the fore, due to the fact that the COMPULSORY MALAYALAM teaching lobby is insisting that every man and woman in Kerala should be compulsorily taught their 'mother tongue'. If that is so, then the people of Malabar would have to be compulsorily taught this language and not the southern version official Malayalam....

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Hawaiian history has been studied and described from many different points of view—cultural, archaeological, geographical, and botanical, among others. But very little has been written about Hawai'i's postcontact linguistic history: how outsiders first became aware of the Hawaiian language, how they and the Hawaiians were able to understand each other, and later, how they tried to record and analyze Hawaiian vocabulary and grammar. Our first records of European contact with the Hawaiian language are in the journals from Captain James Cook's third voyage, in which he and some of his crew recorded their efforts to communicate with this latest (and for Cook, the last) branch of the Polynesian peoples encountered on their exploration of the Pacific. Luckily for those of us interested in language, we had our counterparts over two centuries ago: some people who wrote down just a few words of Hawaiian, and others who were curious enough to set about gathering much longer lists of words. These reports vary in quality as well as in scope, often reflecting the native languages, training, and attitudes of those who collected them. None of the...

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Now we move on to discuss the various facets of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act. As mentioned earlier, this discussion cannot follow the tracks of wordings of the Act, which at best is only a display of empty pedantry. Before entering into the exact premises of the discussion, there is one more item that needs mention. That is the so-called equality between men and women. It is a theme that is ferociously discussed in many nations. More in nations, where actually there is not much of an ‘equality’ issue. It is like the claims of the Blacks for right to equality with the Whites in English nations, where actually there is not much of a discrimination as that can be conceived of as in nations like India. For in nations like India, such right to equality with any superior class of people, including the rich, government officials, social superiors etc. cannot even be pondered upon, by the lower classes. In Indian feudal languages, it is a very rare occasion for anyone to be equal to anyone else, just like that. More so, the husband with the wife and the wife with the husband. In most Indian vernaculars, the wife ...