Caste system in India

Other languages spoken in India come from the Austro-Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman language families. India has no national language. Hindi, with the largest number of speakers, is the official language of the government. English is used extensively in business and administration and has the status of a "subsidiary official language"; it is important in education, especially as a medium of higher education. Each state and union territory has one or more official languages, and the constitution…

The Ten Commandments are receiving a great deal of ridicule in more recent years. The heated debates within legal systems across the United States on whether or not it is constitutionally correct to have a religious symbol such as the Ten Commandments displayed on government lawns has been met with mixed reviews by Christians. After speaking with my neighbors in an almost completely white-privileged, Christian dominated city on the Iron Range, I find that a great deal of people feel the removal…

The study of tribal community provides new dimensions to our cultural understanding and to the insights towards the society. Such a socio-cultural study has been going on from the times of British rule in India. Many foreign scholars have contributed in this regard. It may be noted that Worrier Elwin carried out research work on many Indian tribes and dedicated his life towards the upliftment of such tribes. Myasabedas are a community who have dedicated themselves to the modern world but still…

below— • English education has impacted our education system. Now it has become a lingua-franca in every field. Its impact can be seen in our communication, job interviews packaging, advertisements and almost all sphere of our life. • Class and caste and religion bias and divide: Colonialism has widened the rift between classes, caste. Policy of divide and rule resulted in religious division in our society. • Urbanization and…

Philippines came the first instance of unity between its islands, and a national identity formed around it. India shares similar experiences with its British colonization, as with the influence of the British, India was united for the first time and transportation and communication between its regions was established, as well as a common language. Lastly, the introduction of a mass educational system and a national language connects a nation’s people in such a way that the tools to communicate…

trade after Vasco da Gama’s arrival at Calicut in Kerala in 1498, several Indian words found their way into Portuguese and then into English. It was almost another century before Thomas Stephens, a Jesuit priest,was the first En¬glishman to dwell in India in 1579.1 By the time of Father Stephens landed in Goa, a considerable body of Indo-Portuguese words was already…

New Hope for the Villages of India documents the story of progressive change for women of developing villages in India. Throughout the documentary, several courageous women spoke about emerging from seclusion in order to serve in their communities by teaching other about family planning. These women are fighting for their rights in a gender-biased culture as they transform and teach other women about taboo subjects, such as reproductive health and their own bodies (Atwell). Family members…

Before the introduction of the writing system, stories were transmitted orally from one generation to the next generation. Communities have depended on such exchanges and transfers. Even cultures and communities that are dominated by literacy, have large sections of non-literate people whose culture is largely oral. In India, several performing arts were used as an important resource to educate the masses from Vedic period to medieval period. In India, oral tradition was as…

a crime against God. This is the ground for the collocation of both expiation and a secular penalty for crimes punishable by the state. The Indian theory of punishment has the aim of deterrence, correction and retaliation “Quite truly the Indian system of punishment is aimed not just at penalty or correction but its…

last for centuries but some could only last for so long without the proper system. Civilizations all need a unified government, a strong standing military, and a great economy to be successful. The government is very important in a civilization.The government makes sure that everything is fair and that justice is served for all.Some Civilizations might be equaled to different levels but they all have some type of law and system. They also put you in a class to be in sometimes, where your work…