Category: Sociology

Although there is a tradition which indicates that the Prophet was against the revocation of gifts, it is a well established rule of Muslim law that all voluntary transactions, including gifts, are revocable. The Muslim law-givers have approached the subject of revocability of gift from several angles. Image Source: htmlgiant.comFrom one aspect, they hold that all gifts except those which are made by one spouse to another, or to a person related to the donor within the degrees or prohibited relationship, are revocable. ADVERTISEMENTS: The Hedaya gives the reasons thus: “The object of a gift to a stranger is a return for it is custom to send presents to a person of high rank that he may protect the donor; to a person of inferior rank that the donor may…

25 /2Â, Sarat Giria Road,Ludhiana -141 098.February 20, 2011 ADVERTISEMENTS: My dear Mayank,The vacations are on and I am sure you are enjoying yourself. Life has been particularly kind to me during this vacation because I have rediscovered the joy of reading. In fact, I am writing this letter to you with the intention of telling you that I have discovered a rare autobiography. It is written in deceptively simple language that startles you with its poetic beauty and abounds with pearls of profoundly philosophical wisdom. Image Source: blogs.adobe.comI am talking about Ruskin Bond’s Scenes From a Writer’s Life which has had a tremendous impact on the way I look at life. Please do not think it to be one of those artificial ‘feel good’ books. This one just has…

Consisting of specific molecules which show easily detectable difference among different strains in the DNA sequences (polymorphism). Image Source: proteomesci.com ADVERTISEMENTS: A linear map of different chromosomes of a species depicting the location of various molecular markers is known as molecular map. Uses of Molecular Markers: 1. Varietal and hybrid identification2. Identification of MS line of sunflower red leaf petiole (anthocyanin) pigment.3. Identification of TGMS line in rice. PTGMS lines with receptive purple leaf colours. ADVERTISEMENTS: 4. Identification of cultivars resistant to pests and diseases.Trichomeless trait in Cumbu – smut resistantCotton-replant colour, hairiness of leaf glanded cotton offer resistance to various pests and disease.5. Quality: Flax – varigated seed colour mutant used to identify fatty acid profile. Low linoleic acid varieties can be developed through this. Groups of Molecular Markers:…

The Mitakshara written by Vijnaneshwar in the latter part of the eleventh century is a very comprehensive commentary which deals with all titles of Hindu law. Image Source: collegedunia.comIt is a running commentary on the Smriti of Yajnavalkya. Although the authority of Mitakshara was accepted throughout India, yet the exact practice of law differed in different parts of the country on account of differences in the customary rules followed by them. ADVERTISEMENTS: Hence the Mitakshara School itself was subjected to further sub-divisions and consequently five sub-schools developed in course of time. All the sub-schools regarded the authority of the Mitakshara as supreme but some differences between them particularly relating to adoption and inheritance made their emergence quite conspicuous. Every sub-school under the Mitakshara preferably acknowledged the authority of certain treatises…