Brahmoism

DR. RAM MANOHAR LOHIA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW B.A. LLB (HONS.) 2ND SEM 2013-14 SUBMITTED TO:- SUBMITTED BY:- VANADANA SINGH

was decided and formally declared that the basis of Brahmoism would henceforth be no longer any infallible book, but "the human heart illumined by spiritual knowledge born of self-realisation". Hindu scriptures however continued to be respected without being considered infallible and Debendranath compiled two volumes the Brrahma Dharma, a selection of suitable passages from the Hindu sastras and wrote the Brahmo Dharma Vijam (the Essence of Brahmoism) consisting of four short aphorisms for the use and

The socio-religious context of the marital status of women and influence of religious and social orthodoxy in the men-women relationship, dress up and social behavior drives Mohsin Hamid to write “Exit West.” Additionally, patriotism and political violence were at play for the production of “Exit West.” He describes in the novel how religious sensibility supports a prejudice about the extra and premarital status of women in the Indian sub-continent that responds to a similar definition of marital

Haimabati’s persona in the narrative reveals two contradictory aspects of her position and situation in the social and medical history for women in 19th century Bengal. In a sense she was radical, taking decisions for herself, rejecting Brahminical Hinduism, remarrying a Brahmo, and pursuing at great risk her ambition to get educated and become self-sufficient. During her wanderings in search for education and a better life, after she left Benares, she met a woman ‘ruined’ and deserted by the man