Labour in India: A Study of the Conditions of Indian Women in Modern IndustryG. Allen & Unwin ; New York, 1923 - 281 pages |
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... Organization have each helped to spread the interest . Public opinion as yet , however , has not the means for coming to an accurate knowledge of the facts . In a country like England , where much has been written about Labour , it is ...
... Organization have each helped to spread the interest . Public opinion as yet , however , has not the means for coming to an accurate knowledge of the facts . In a country like England , where much has been written about Labour , it is ...
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... organization formed by the early Indo - Aryan invaders White sweet - scented jasmine grows freely throughout India . Its flowers , strung blossom by blossom , frequently form the continuous chain in the long garlands that are prepared ...
... organization formed by the early Indo - Aryan invaders White sweet - scented jasmine grows freely throughout India . Its flowers , strung blossom by blossom , frequently form the continuous chain in the long garlands that are prepared ...
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... organization which it conserves are sanctioned by religion . The four main divisions keep their stations because of the belief that they sprang symbolically from the mouth , the arms , the thighs , and the feet of the Divine Source of ...
... organization which it conserves are sanctioned by religion . The four main divisions keep their stations because of the belief that they sprang symbolically from the mouth , the arms , the thighs , and the feet of the Divine Source of ...
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... organization . A Muslim of Arab , Persian , Afghan , or Moghul origin maintains to the rank and file a similar ... organized on the model of regular castes within which boycotting of refractory members is enforced by councils and ...
... organization . A Muslim of Arab , Persian , Afghan , or Moghul origin maintains to the rank and file a similar ... organized on the model of regular castes within which boycotting of refractory members is enforced by councils and ...
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... organized for a mechanical purpose , " " the organized self - interest of a whole people . " If he writes , " we who are no nation , " in opposition to the emphasis laid by most Indian reformers on the growing unity of India , it is not ...
... organized for a mechanical purpose , " " the organized self - interest of a whole people . " If he writes , " we who are no nation , " in opposition to the emphasis laid by most Indian reformers on the growing unity of India , it is not ...
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Page 180 - Shall, while she is absent from her work in pursuance of paragraphs (a) and (b) be paid benefits sufficient for the full and healthy maintenance of herself and her child, provided either out of public funds or by means of a system of insurance, the exact amount of which shall be determined by the competent authority in each country, and as an additional benefit shall be entitled to free attendance by a doctor or certified midwife.
Page 180 - In any public or private industrial or commercial undertaking, or in any branch thereof, other than an undertaking in which only members of the same family are employed, a woman — (a) Shall not be permitted to work during the six weeks following her confinement.
Page 139 - Europeans who resent these conditions not only from the health point of view, but also from the moral and social point of view.
Page 180 - Shall have the right to leave her work if she produces a medical certificate stating that her confinement will probably take place within six weeks.
Page 212 - Then the earth was rent and parted, and a golden throne arose, Held aloft by jewelled Nagas as the leaves enfold the rose, And the Mother in embraces held her spotless sinless Child, Saintly Janak's saintly daughter, pure and true and undefiled, Gods and men proclaim her virtue! But fair Sita is no more, Lone is Rama's loveless bosom and his days of bliss are o'er!
Page 53 - Durga, scourge of all thy foes, As Lakshmi, bowered in the flower That in the water grows, As Bani, wisdom, power ; The source of all our might, Our every temple doth thy form unfold — Unequalled, tender, happy, pure, Of splendid streams, of glorious...
Page 235 - Mines is of opinion that there is urgent and immediate in women danger to the life or safety of women or children employed in or at any " '."'' mine, he may, by order in writing, prohibit the employment of such dangerous.
Page 226 - In British India the principle of a sixty-hour week shall be adopted for all workers in the industries at present covered by the factory acts administered by the Government of India, in mines, and in such branches of railway work as shall be specified for this purpose by the competent authority. Any modification of this limitation made by the competent authority shall...
Page 212 - If unstained in thought and action I have lived from day of birth, Spare a daughter's shame and anguish and receive her, Mother Earth! If in duty and devotion I have laboured undefiled, Mother Earth!
Page 208 - Take a man out of his villagecommunity, and you remove him from all the restraints of society. He is out of his element, and, under temptation, is more likely to go wrong than to remain true to the traditions of his home-life. Even between village and village the usual restraints of public morality are not always recognized.