Caste system in India

Ancient or modern, the society is always male oriented and views women as objects for pleasure. Even when the government advocates policies to protect women, their safety, integrity and honour are consistently being questioned and violated. The problem lies in the collective psyche of the society, which includes both men and women. The sensibility is fashioned according to the male norms and thus the females in our society either witness or participate in their own subjugation process. This…

derivative of the Sanskrit words which means two languages i.e., Dvi (two), Basha (languages). A person who speaks two languages, that of the natives of India and the English or other European language was Dubash. Language barriers between the natives and East India Company officials created this position, and prominent citizens from each presidency of East India Company were appointed as Dubashs. They played an important role in politics, community and trade. In facilitating trade and…

sati system, devadasi system, purdah system, prohibition of widow remarriage etc., which were a great hurdle in the path of women’s progress were either controlled…

tight curls, he is also shown with the wide nose and thick lips that are characteristic of African people (Nairaland forum, 2007). In a two volume work entitled "A Book of the Beginnings" Gerald Massey recorded: “it is certain that the Black Buddha of India was imaged in the Africoid type. In the Black [African] god, whether called Buddha or Sut-Nahsi, we have a datum. they carry in their color the proof of their origin. The people who first fashioned and worshipped the divine image in the…

In our texts, “Caste, Class and Race: A Study in Social Dynamics” by Oliver C.…

While the Han’s focused on education, the Aryan’s focused on war, and building up their army. The Aryan’s also enforced the Caste System, which excluded and put apart many people. The Han Dynasty, on the contrary, focused on including everyone, or at least giving them a fair chance at making a better life for themselves. The Qin Dynasty of China also focused on building their army…

conditions on enslavement). India’s untouchables or Haijan (children of God) dates back as far as 18500 BC when the caste system was introduced. The caste system was formed from the belief that the Hindu text ranked people by how they were formed from a sacrifice from the Gods. TheDanilt people also known as untouchables are raped, murdered, tortured, beaten, sold, etc. In 1950 the caste system was outlawed but many of the social norms that were formed while it was legal are still practiced…

pupils to achieve high grades seem to be keeping with successful and highly ranked schools in the UK. Regarding India’s reserved places systems for pupils from lower castes, although the UK doesn’t have such a system it can be argued that social class continues to affect the schooling opportunities of many children worldwiIt seems both children are immersed in a system that asks them to compete with each other for limited places and limited educational resources. Many countries across the…

Civilization was an inevitable turn for humanity, what with our love of organization and categorizing. However, despite the fact that humanity itself has existed for well over 25,000 years, civilizations did not emerge until around 3500 BCE. Before this existed what are known as early agricultural societies, which are quite different from the later-blooming early agricultural civilizations. The civilizations differed from each other as well, whether pre-classical versus classical or certain…

to Donald S. Lopez, “…belief is not without its historical effects [and] is not an index of the outer life.” In August 2013, Dr. Narendra Dabholkar humanist activist from India was assassinated for allegedly not believing in God and being against the concepts of superstition and black magic. He was also against the caste system (created from the concepts of karma and reincarnation) which he though was barbaric and unethical. He tried to encourage the government to pass an anti-superstition bill…