Caste system in India

Male hegemony and male domination created too much challenges for women and it is a big social issue which need to be stopped. As India is a multi culture and multi identities country so it most or less affected by the problem of patriarchy. So in this term paper I want to explore the structure and problem of patriarchy as a social issue in India through lens of three different genres. I have selected a, Arunthati Roy as…

a life free of pain and suffering. A branch of the religion, Mahayana Buddhism, introduced the idea of the enlightened helping to guide those who have not yet reached that same state of being. Both these religions became fairly popular throughout India due to their appealing ideas of a detached life. However, although Hinduism and Buddhism shared similar aspirations of reaching a point of awakening, Hinduism’s…

Ancient India Timeline Event: Buddhism Date: 563 B.C.E. - 1100 C.E. (India) Information: The Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) was born in the noble caste in India 563 B.C.E. At age 29 he rejected the life of luxury to seek enlightenment and the solution to suffering Followed a strict ascetic lifestyle for six years Rejected this extreme, and sat in meditation, then achieved Nirvana - an awakening to the truth about life - becoming a Buddha (The Awakened One), at age 35 The Buddha taught the four…

These actions were not just aimed towards the higher groups of India’s caste system, but even the lowest of the low, such as the…

‘Ancient’ and the ‘Modern’ has a personality of its own because it was not merely a period of time between the 4th-5th century and the 12th century but one that marked the transition between the ancient and modern world. The early medieval age in India was an era which showed immense transition, developments in the society’s social, economic and political field and drastic changes in the way of civilization. Many historians have tended to look at South Asian history from the point of view of the…

environment. He is referred to as the “White Tiger” Freedom In an interview with Aravind Adiga, he talked about how “The White Tiger” was a book about a man’s quest for freedom. Balram, the protagonist in the novel, worked his way out of his low social caste and overcame the social obstacles…

Indo-Aryans, a group of nomadic people, were able to bring their many traditions and practices into the Northern region of India. This migration was done willingly and played a substantial role in the development of the Indian language “Sanskrit”. This language is used today by religions such as Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism. Within the languages the Indo-Aryans brought forth to Northern India were “poetry, hymns, prayers, and heavily allegorical history” which would later be translated into…

perceptions of social justice, Indian freedom struggle and the problem faced by the women of India. They observed that Ambedkar crusade was two faceted. On the one hand, he fought the British who had enslaved India and on the other hand he waged a war against all those who for centuries denied equality, liberty, freedom, and civil rights to the Untouchables. He had not only to fight for the political emancipation of India but also to struggle relentlessly for achieving…

Founded by Siddhartha Gautama, who at the time was frustrated with the power and riches of the Brahman priests that is found in the Hindu caste system. Gautama sought out on a journey of meditation to overcome these frustrations. Through meditation, Gautama achieved an enlightened state, a state he called Buddha, which brought on the creation of Buddhism. Buddhism is an idea of escaping suffering…

broadly focusing on the overall political process in the country rather than social mobilization of the backward castes. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY The present study aims to analyze the Political Participation of Backward Castes in Andhra Pradesh with special Reference to Ananthapuramu district and accordingly the following are the objectives 1. To analyze the concept of Backward Caste, the approaches for understanding the political participation and the representation patterns. 2.…