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Women have ______ (1) been held in high esteem in our country. During the Vedic period they______ (2) important positions in social and religious _______(3) Without women, religious ceremonies were ________ (4) incomplete. Our mythological and philosophical writings bear witness to the fact that the tradition of having a high regard for women was long _______ (5)

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Inequality is at the top of the agenda around the world. Hilary Clinton, the leading Democratic candidate to succeed Barack Obama as president of the United States, made inequality the centrepiece of a major campaign speech. Economists at the IMF too have recently released a study assessing the causes and consequences of rising inequality. Its authors reckon that while inequality could cause all sorts of problems, governments should be especially concerned about its effects on growth. They estimate that a one percentage point increase in the income share of the top 20% will drag down growth by 0.08% percentage points over five years, while a rise in the income share of the bottom 20% actually boosts growth. But how does inequality affect economic growth rates? Economists say that some inequality is needed to propel growth. Without the carrot of large financial rewards, risky entrepreneurship and innovation would grind to a halt. In 1975, an American economist, argued that societies cannot have both perfect equality and perfect efficiency, but must choose how much of one to sacrifice for the other. While most economists continue to hold that view, the recent rise in inequality has prompted a new look at its economic costs. Inequality could impair growth if those with low incomes suffer poor health and low productivity as a result, or if, as evidence suggests, the poor struggle to finance investments in education, inequality could also threaten public confidence in growth-boosting capitalist strategies like free trade.

More recent work suggests that inequality could lead to economic or financial instability. The governor of the Reserve Bank of India argued that governments often respond to inequality by easing the flow of credit to poorer households, however, American households borrowed heavily prior to the crisis to prop up their consumption. But for this rise in household debt, consumption would have stagnated as a result of poor wage growth. Crafting a response to rising inequality is therefore tricky, he says. Some of the negative impact of inequality on growth can be blamed on poor government policies in highly unequal countries. In Latin America, for instance, populist pressure for excessive state economic control seems to shorten the average duration of growth spells. Yet in moderation, redistribution seems too benign effects-perhaps by reducing dependence on risky borrowing among poorer households. Over the past generation or two inequality has risen most in places where progressive policies, such as high top tax-rates, have been weakened. A little more redistribution now might improve the quality and quantity of economic-growth and reduce the demand for more aggressive state interventions later.

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Inequality is at the top of the agenda around the world. Hilary Clinton, the leading Democratic candidate to succeed Barack Obama as president of the United States, made inequality the centerpiece of a major campaign speech. Economists at the IMF to have recently released a study assessing the causes and consequences of rising inequality. Its authors reckon that while inequality could cause all sorts of problems, governments should be especially concerned about its effects on growth. They estimate that a one percentage point increase in the income share of the top 20% will drag down growth by 0.08% percentage points over five years, while a rise in the income share of the bottom 20% actually boosts growth. But how does inequality affect economic growth rates? Economists say that some inequality is needed to propel growth. Without the carrot of large financial rewards, risky entrepreneurship and innovation would grind to a halt. In 1975, an American economist argued that societies cannot have both perfect equality and perfect efficiency, but must choose how much of one to sacrifice for the other. While most economists continue to hold that view, the recent rise in inequality has prompted a new look at its economic costs. Inequality could impair growth if those with low incomes suffer poor health and low productivity as a result, or if, as evidence suggests, the poor struggle to finance investments in education, inequality could also threaten public confidence in growth-boosting capitalist strategies like free trade.

More recent work suggests that inequality could lead to economic or financial instability. The governor of the Reserve Bank of India argued that governments often respond to inequality by easing the flow of credit to poorer households, however, American households borrowed heavily prior to the crisis to prop up their consumption. But for this rise in household debt, consumption would have stagnated as a result of poor wage growth. Crafting a response to rising inequality is therefore tricky, he says. Some of the negative impacts of inequality on growth can be blamed on poor government policies in highly unequal countries. In Latin America, for instance, populist pressure for excessive state economic control seems to shorten the average duration of growth spells. Yet in moderation, redistribution seems too benign effects-perhaps by reducing dependence on risky borrowing among poorer households. Over the past generation or two inequality has risen most in places where progressive policies, such as high top tax rates, have been weakened. A little more redistribution now might improve the quality and quantity of economic growth and reduce the demand for more aggressive state interventions later.

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Inequality is at the top of the agenda around the world. Hilary Clinton, the leading Democratic candidate to succeed Barack Obama as president of the United States, made inequality the centerpiece of a major campaign speech. Economists at the IMF to have recently released a study assessing the causes and consequences of rising inequality. Its authors reckon that while inequality could cause all sorts of problems, governments should be especially concerned about its effects on growth. They estimate that a one percentage point increase in the income share of the top 20% will drag down growth by 0.08% percentage points over five years, while a rise in the income share of the bottom 20% actually boosts growth. But how does inequality affect economic growth rates? Economists say that some inequality is needed to propel growth. Without the carrot of large financial rewards, risky entrepreneurship and innovation would grind to a halt. In 1975, an American economist argued that societies cannot have both perfect equality and perfect efficiency, but must choose how much of one to sacrifice for the other. While most economists continue to hold that view, the recent rise in inequality has prompted a new look at its economic costs. Inequality could impair growth if those with low incomes suffer poor health and low productivity as a result, or if, as evidence suggests, the poor struggle to finance investments in education, inequality could also threaten public confidence in growth-boosting capitalist strategies like free trade.

More recent work suggests that inequality could lead to economic or financial instability. The governor of the Reserve Bank of India argued that governments often respond to inequality by easing the flow of credit to poorer households, however, American households borrowed heavily prior to the crisis to prop up their consumption. But for this rise in household debt, consumption would have stagnated as a result of poor wage growth. Crafting a response to rising inequality is therefore tricky, he says. Some of the negative impacts of inequality on growth can be blamed on poor government policies in highly unequal countries. In Latin America, for instance, populist pressure for excessive state economic control seems to shorten the average duration of growth spells. Yet in moderation, redistribution seems too benign effects-perhaps by reducing dependence on risky borrowing among poorer households. Over the past generation or two inequality has risen most in places where progressive policies, such as high top tax rates, have been weakened. A little more redistribution now might improve the quality and quantity of economic growth and reduce the demand for more aggressive state interventions later.

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Mother Teresa is famous in the history of mankind for her charity work toward the poor, sick, helpless, homeless, and downtrodden people of the society. She was born on 27th August 1910 in Yugoslavia, as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhin, to Albanian parents.

Agnes Gonxha became a nun of the Order of the Sisters of Our Lady of Loreto in Ireland at the early age of 18 years. She came to India and commenced her novitiate (a beginner becoming a nun) in 1928 in Darjeeling, a hill station in the Indian State of West Bengal. She soon became the principal of the institution. Agnes Gonxha adopted the name "Teresa" in 1931, in memory of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. In 1946 Agnes felt an inner calling to serve the poor, sick, old, and helpless people. Accordingly, she obtained permission from Pope Pius XII in 1948 to leave the convent and serve the people living in the slums and in the streets.

In 1948 Agnes Gonxha managed to secure Indian citizenship and started to drape herself in a sari. In 1950 she started her own order "Missionaries of Charity" to look after the unloved, abandoned, and unwanted people. She also ran many children's homes to look after the orphaned, retarded and sick children. Gradually she came to be known as Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity founded "Nirmal Hriday", which is a home for the dying, at an abandoned Kali temple in Kalighat in West Bengal. In 1953 Mother Teresa founded her first orphanage. She also started a home for the lepers in the year 1957 in Kolkata. Gradually she established around 570 homes for the poor in more than 125 countries, both in the East and in the West.

Mother Teresa was honored with several awards for her contributions to human society. These awards include the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979, Bharat Ratna (Highest Civilian Award in India) in 1980, Templeton Award (Britain), Magsaysay Award (The Philippines), Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Ronald Reagan, etc. However, fame and recognition mattered very little to her. Mother Teresa breathed her last on September 5, 1997, in Kolkata, India. She was buried within the premises of Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata. She has been beatified by the Catholic Church. This is a step towards becoming a Saint. Now she is referred to as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.

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Mother Teresa is famous in the history of mankind for her charity work toward the poor, sick, helpless, homeless, and downtrodden people of the society. She was born on 27th August 1910 in Yugoslavia, as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhin, to Albanian parents.

Agnes Gonxha became a nun of the Order of the Sisters of Our Lady of Loreto in Ireland at the early age of 18 years. She came to India and commenced her novitiate (a beginner becoming a nun) in 1928 in Darjeeling, a hill station in the Indian State of West Bengal. She soon became the principal of the institution. Agnes Gonxha adopted the name "Teresa" in 1931, in memory of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. In 1946 Agnes felt an inner calling to serve the poor, sick, old, and helpless people. Accordingly, she obtained permission from Pope Pius XII in 1948 to leave the convent and serve the people living in the slums and in the streets.

In 1948 Agnes Gonxha managed to secure Indian citizenship and started to drape herself in a sari. In 1950 she started her own order "Missionaries of Charity" to look after the unloved, abandoned, and unwanted people. She also ran many children's homes to look after the orphaned, retarded and sick children. Gradually she came to be known as Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity founded "Nirmal Hriday", which is a home for the dying, at an abandoned Kali temple in Kalighat in West Bengal. In 1953 Mother Teresa founded her first orphanage. She also started a home for the lepers in the year 1957 in Kolkata. Gradually she established around 570 homes for the poor in more than 125 countries, both in the East and in the West.

Mother Teresa was honored with several awards for her contributions to human society. These awards include the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979, Bharat Ratna (Highest Civilian Award in India) in 1980, Templeton Award (Britain), Magsaysay Award (The Philippines), Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Ronald Reagan, etc. However, fame and recognition mattered very little to her. Mother Teresa breathed her last on September 5, 1997, in Kolkata, India. She was buried within the premises of Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata. She has been beatified by the Catholic Church. This is a step towards becoming a Saint. Now she is referred to as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.

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Mother Teresa is famous in the history of mankind for her charity work toward the poor, sick, helpless, homeless, and downtrodden people of the society. She was born on 27th August 1910 in Yugoslavia, as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhin, to Albanian parents.

Agnes Gonxha became a nun of the Order of the Sisters of Our Lady of Loreto in Ireland at the early age of 18 years. She came to India and commenced her novitiate (a beginner becoming a nun) in 1928 in Darjeeling, a hill station in the Indian State of West Bengal. She soon became the principal of the institution. Agnes Gonxha adopted the name "Teresa" in 1931, in memory of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. In 1946 Agnes felt an inner calling to serve the poor, sick, old, and helpless people. Accordingly, she obtained permission from Pope Pius XII in 1948 to leave the convent and serve the people living in the slums and in the streets.

In 1948 Agnes Gonxha managed to secure Indian citizenship and started to drape herself in a sari. In 1950 she started her own order "Missionaries of Charity" to look after the unloved, abandoned, and unwanted people. She also ran many children's homes to look after the orphaned, retarded and sick children. Gradually she came to be known as Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity founded "Nirmal Hriday", which is a home for the dying, at an abandoned Kali temple in Kalighat in West Bengal. In 1953 Mother Teresa founded her first orphanage. She also started a home for the lepers in the year 1957 in Kolkata. Gradually she established around 570 homes for the poor in more than 125 countries, both in the East and in the West.

Mother Teresa was honored with several awards for her contributions to human society. These awards include the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979, Bharat Ratna (Highest Civilian Award in India) in 1980, Templeton Award (Britain), Magsaysay Award (The Philippines), Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Ronald Reagan, etc. However, fame and recognition mattered very little to her. Mother Teresa breathed her last on September 5, 1997, in Kolkata, India. She was buried within the premises of Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata. She has been beatified by the Catholic Church. This is a step towards becoming a Saint. Now she is referred to as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.

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Mother Teresa is famous in the history of mankind for her charity work toward the poor, sick, helpless, homeless, and downtrodden people of the society. She was born on 27th August 1910 in Yugoslavia, as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhin, to Albanian parents.

Agnes Gonxha became a nun of the Order of the Sisters of Our Lady of Loreto in Ireland at the early age of 18 years. She came to India and commenced her novitiate (a beginner becoming a nun) in 1928 in Darjeeling, a hill station in the Indian State of West Bengal. She soon became the principal of the institution. Agnes Gonxha adopted the name "Teresa" in 1931, in memory of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. In 1946 Agnes felt an inner calling to serve the poor, sick, old, and helpless people. Accordingly, she obtained permission from Pope Pius XII in 1948 to leave the convent and serve the people living in the slums and in the streets.

In 1948 Agnes Gonxha managed to secure Indian citizenship and started to drape herself in a sari. In 1950 she started her own order "Missionaries of Charity" to look after the unloved, abandoned, and unwanted people. She also ran many children's homes to look after the orphaned, retarded and sick children. Gradually she came to be known as Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity founded "Nirmal Hriday", which is a home for the dying, at an abandoned Kali temple in Kalighat in West Bengal. In 1953 Mother Teresa founded her first orphanage. She also started a home for the lepers in the year 1957 in Kolkata. Gradually she established around 570 homes for the poor in more than 125 countries, both in the East and in the West.

Mother Teresa was honored with several awards for her contributions to human society. These awards include the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979, Bharat Ratna (Highest Civilian Award in India) in 1980, Templeton Award (Britain), Magsaysay Award (The Philippines), Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Ronald Reagan, etc. However, fame and recognition mattered very little to her. Mother Teresa breathed her last on September 5, 1997, in Kolkata, India. She was buried within the premises of Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata. She has been beatified by the Catholic Church. This is a step towards becoming a Saint. Now she is referred to as Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.