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Law of India •         India was a collection of kingdoms and empires, which were constantly at war with each other. •         The ancient empire of King Ashoka and the later Mughal Empire united a substantial portion of the nation. •           However, modern India took shape with the conquest of the nation by the British which started in the late 17 the century. Indian... •         India became independent in 1947 •           As a consequence of over centuries of British rule, a substantial portion of Indian law and Indian legal institutions are based on British law. •           During the ancient times the India was inhabited predominantly by Hindus and the legal system took its colour from the Hindu religious and social practices.. Historical development •         The Hindu society was characterized by the caste system and joint family system •         The four castes were Brahmins or priests, the Kshatriyas or the warriors, the Vaisyas or

“Only Daughter” Textual Analysis                         Growing up, did you ever feel isolated or unaccepted in your family? As children, we all want our parents to feel proud of us and accept us for who we are.  It’s a basic human instinct to want to feel love and acceptance from those who we admire the most. The essay, “Only Daughter,” by Sandra Cisneros, demonstrates how a parent’s lack of acceptance and encouragement can shape a person’s life.  Cisneros uses literary terms such as pathos, word choice, and irony to demonstrate how her challenging and isolated upbringing affected her in many ways.                          Sandra Cisneros grew up as one of seven children in an ethnic Mexican family. She was the only daughter surround by six brothers who looked down upon her for being the only girl in the family.  They isolated her because they were ashamed to play with a girl in public. Cisneros had to fight to be noticed in her household.  From an early age, she understoo

About the Author Sandra Cisneros the writer of the essay ‘Only Daughter’ was born into a working-class family in 1954. She was the daughter of a Mexican-American mother and a Mexican father. She spent much of her childhood shuttling between Chicago and Mexico City. She was a lonely, bookish child who began writing surreptitiously at a young age but only began to find her voice when she was a creative-writing student at Loyola University and later at the University of lowa Writers’ Workshop. Her best-known works are the novel The House on Mango Street (1983) and the short-story collection Woman Hollering Creek (1991); she has also published several collections of poetry. Cisneros’s latest novel, Caramelo, appeared in 2002. Background on gender preference In the following essay, which originally appeared in Glamour magazine in 1990, Cisneros describes the difficulties of growing up as the only daughter in a Mexican-American family of six sons. Historically, sons