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The Menstrual Taboo And Modern Indian Identity, Jessie Norris Jun 2017

The Menstrual Taboo And Modern Indian Identity, Jessie Norris

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Throughout the 20th century India underwent several political and cultural changes, including their independence from Britain in the 1940s and their declaration as a secularized nation. However, even secular India has been unable to remove itself from a religious practice that functions within it, the menstrual taboo. The Hindu menstrual taboo has survived for thousands of years, which begs the question: Are Hindu beliefs and values fundamentally Indian? The practice and history of Hinduism in India has informed the mistreatment and negative stigmas associated with women and menstruation. Restrictions are placed on menstruating women in India, including exclusion from religious …


Bali: The Land Of Many Gods, Brian E. Coutts Apr 2016

Bali: The Land Of Many Gods, Brian E. Coutts

DLPS Faculty Publications

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Ua3/2/1 Prayer For World War Ii, Sindar Gokhale Jan 1941

Ua3/2/1 Prayer For World War Ii, Sindar Gokhale

WKU Administration Documents

Letter from Sindar Gokhale of Poona City, India to the mayor of Bowling Green transmitting 3 copies of a prayer for the return of the 1918 victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Prayers were to be distributed to the public library, Ogden College and Western Kentucky University.