NAM Journal of Social Sciences

‘In the Lunatic Asylum’: Activities of Ramakrishna Mission in Kerala

Author: Dr. Joy Varkey

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Published Date:01-03-2021

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In a meeting of the disciples of Bhagvan Shri Ramakrishna in 1898, Brahmachari Shuddhananda asked Swami Vivekananda: What would be the Ramakrishana Mission?s role in the regeneration of India? Swami replied: “From this mutt (monastery) hundreds of men of character will go out, who will deluge the country with spirituality. This will be followed by social, political and other revitalizations. Consequently, there will come about a great transformation in Indian society”.i Thus spiritual awakening and consequent secular regeneration, according to Vivekananda, constitute the foremost objective of Ramakrishna Mission throughout the country.

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Classical Ethnography: Reflections from the Ethnographic Narratives on Princely Cochin

Author: Rinu K. Louis

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Published Date:01-03-2021

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The long sway of the British in Princely Cochin witnessed many socio-political as well as cultural and economic changes in the latter. Perumpadappu Swaroopam or Princely Cochin as it was known then received the blooms and thorns of the British rule like any other contemporary state under the latter?s subjugation. The British policy of cooperation later shifted to a policy of subordination. The British also used this period to frame out their perceptions on the indigenous population. The policy of superiority of the European race was highlighted in most of their writings. The existing social groups of Cochin were ascribed new identities which suited the British interests. Though Cochin was under the indirect rule of the British, what was introduced in British provinces was introduced within a decade in Cochin, Travancore,Baroda and Mysore. Cochin was also a melting pot of heterogonous population.

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Native Ruler and the Colonial Power: Judiciary of Cochin in the Age of Sakthan Thampuran

Author: Jose Kuriakose

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Published Date:01-03-2021

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The legal history of the Cochin state can be classified under three heads. Pre-British era, era of coexistence between the British and Indian laws and colonial era. It may be difficult to trace back the Pre-British era, but it can be understood that the legal system was revolved around caste and customs. Morality, born out of casteism, formed the base of the justice system and those who violated such customs were given punishments accordingly. Therefore, social sanctions and punishments created a social order based on fear.

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THE DISCOURSES ON HISTORY IN MALAYALAM WRITINGS; MOULDING KERALA AS AN INDEPENDENT ENTITY IN EARLY 2

Author: Ansu Mathew

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Published Date:01-03-2021

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Colonial India developed a new historical tradition from the inspiration of colonial historiography and practiced to write its histories in a positivist methodology.i During the end of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century, a discursive space was formed in the Malayalam magazines, regarding the historical consciousness and the crafting of history of Kerala. Malayalam literary scholars were the main participants of these discussions. They wrote articles about how to craft history and how to collect source materials for it. Thereby, Linguists had an agenda to establish a particular political unit called Kerala for the validation of the Malayalam language. This study uses a random selection of a few Malayalam essays describing how to write history or Kerala history in the first half of the twentieth century.

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TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL PRACTICES IN MALABAR

Author: Abdul Basith V. P.

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Published Date:01-03-2021

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Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous healing practices or medicine) includes medical aspects that developed over generations within various societies before the advent of modern medicine. The World health organization estimate that eighty percent of the populations in developing countries rely on traditional medicine, mostly plant drugs for their primary health care needs. When adopted outside its traditional culture, traditional medicine is often considered a form of alternative medicine. Practices known as traditional medicines include traditional European medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Korean medicine, traditional African medicine, Ayurveda, Siddha medicine, Unani, ancient Iranian Medicine, Iranian (Persian), Islamic medicine and etc.

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Disparate Sufism: The Making of Distinct Mystic Spaces in Coastal South India

Author: AboobakkarSiddiq T.S.

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Published Date:01-03-2021

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This paper tries to locate the nature of Sufi hospices in the context ofKayalpattanam, a pre-modern coastal town of South India. Unlike in the North and Deccan regions of India, the coastal Muslim town of Kayalpattnam housed Sufis and their institutionsunder the political patronage of native rulers with regional sway.Inscriptions identified from Kayalpattnam region and spatial analysis of monuments like Jami, Palli, Dargahand Thaykaform the basis of this paper. Sufi settlements in the North and Deccan regions of India took form through the establishment of hospices (Khanqah, Jama’tKhana, Ribat and Zawiya) by a Sufi or a group of Sufis who travelled from the Persianatei regions from the beginning of the twelfth century AD. By the fourteenth century this Persianate territory extended to southern parts of India through the expansion of the Sultanates of Delhi and this political movement paved the way for the formation of Sufi spaces in the Deccan region. From the period of Tughlaqs, Sufi migration into Deccan intensified and new Sufi landscapes emerged under the Mughals which continued during the period of independent Sultanates of Deccan. However, on the Coromandel Coast the pattern of Sufi settlement is distinctive as compared to those in the Persianate territories even while some likeness can be ascribed.

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Legal Dimensions of Prisoner’s Right In The Light of Article 21 of The Constitution of India

Author: Mohd Aqib Aslam

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Published Date:01-03-2021

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In India, a person being a prisoner, cannot be seized of all his rights by the authority, even though he is convicted as he is having fundamental rights guaranteed by the Article 21 of the Constitution and protected by the Supreme Court and High Courts. In this background, the rights of the prisoners gained importance and have become the study of this research work. This paper explains about existing Constitutional and Legal framework in India to safeguard the prisoner’s rights and also elucidates the various executive and judicial guidelines issued from time to time concerning the needs and care of prisoners. This paper examines the role of the apex court for the protection of prisoner’s rights and their basic fundamental rights remain enforceable. This paper examines available instruments and compares them with the laws prevailing in India for providing protections to maintain their human rights and legal rights.

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Mapping, Surveying and Categorization: Locating Colonial Landscapes in Malabar

Author: Lijin M.

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Published Date:01-03-2021

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This paper is an attempt to unravel the process of British engagements with nature through the methods of surveying and mapping, and how the colonial administration reshaped the landscapes of Malabar. Moreover, this study also explores the British administration’s constant efforts to reconstruct the Malabar region into a governable space. Surveying and mapping were the central tools of this endeavour. These methods also helped the colonial power to weave the new regions into the British administration.The broader aim of this study is to trace out the British administration's efforts to transform the Malabar region into a governable landscape and locating the colonial landscapes in Malabar.

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Tarkamrta of Jagadisatarkalamkara

Author: Anju P. P.

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Published Date:01-03-2021

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The word darsana is derived form the root ‘drs’ (to see) applying the suffix lyut. Literally the term darsana denotes seeing. Generally darsana is divided into two nastikadarsana and astikadarsana. Nastikadarsana did not accept the authority of Vedas. They are Carvakadarsana of Carvaka, Jainadarsana of Vardhamana Mahaveera, Bauddhadarsana of Sreebuddha. Astikadarsana accept the authority of Vedas. They are six types, Samkhyadarsana of Kapila, Yogadarsana of Patanjali, Purvamimamsa of Jaimini, Uttaramimamsa of Badarayana. Vaisesika darsana of Kanada and Nyayadarsana of Gautamamuni.

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The Educational views of Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan

Author: Raghishma P. M

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Published Date:01-03-2021

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Indian Muslim pragmatist, Islamic reformist, and philosopher of the nineteenth century, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was born on October 17, 1817, in Delhi.He came from a family of nobles of the Mughal court.After the death of his fatherhe joined the services of the East India Company in 1838, as a judicial officer.And remained loyal to them during the revolt of 1857, whereas the British rulers regarded the Muslims as their ‘real enemies and most dangerous rivals’ and followed a policy of discrimination against them.He believed that the future of Muslims was doomed by the rigidity of their orthodox outlook, and began to promote Western-style scientific education by founding modern schools and journals and organising Muslim entrepreneurs.

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