Caste system in India

embroidary. The labour process is as fragmented as the production cycle, responding to specific requirements of cost minimisation. Up until the 1970s, tailoring activities mainly went to the traditional tailoring caste in northern India known as ‘darzis’. However, the export boom loosened the caste nexus by increasing the need for new reservoirs of labour that was then found in a migratory labour force from U.P. and Biahar. Presently, around 90 per cent of the factory workers are male migrants…

A woman is the mother of the race and hence India has been symbolized as "Mother India" keeping in view the exemplary qualities of women viz., patience, endurance, love and affection, sympathy and generosity1. Woman is generally described as the better half of man. But she has always been subordinate to man as man always established his control in various forms which have led to domination over and discrimination again women resulting to the prevention of women's empowerment and advancement in…

[New World Encyclopedia]. The practice of each type differs from country to country to culture to culture, some more commonly done than others. Arranged marriages are typically done under traditional means to help continue religious traditions or caste. Within the !Kung and Dinka tribes,…

1. Hinduism has no founder, it evolved over time, starting with the Harappas around 2750-1500 BCE. First an indigenous group, known as the Indus Valley Civilization, was living in the Indus Valley. This group developed their own culture, traditions and rituals. Then, the Indo-European moved in and mixed their culture with the Indus Valley people overtime. Mixed together they become known as the Harappas, and their culture is the Harappa Culture. Then the Harappa’s are wiped out, however it is…

Developing an economic system for in any society can be a challenging task for any newly created government. As the newly appointed Economic Minister of this newly created democratic nation, I have been given the ambitious task of designing an economic system in which capitalistic ideals and will achieve both sustainable high rates of growth and a robust middle class. In order to build this system, I will draw on multiple varieties of global capitalism. I will entitle my brand of capitalism…

Mauryan cultures. The Persian and Mauryan empires differed in their reigning religions and belief systems. Throughout the Persian Empire, people practiced Zoroastrianism which was founded by the prophet Zoroaster. This monotheistic religion was taught through…

Nationalism is a belief system, creed or political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a nation. Nationalism had two components in literature and the arts. (i) It helped writers seek a pre-colonial past that would help them define the nation. (ii) It projected a destiny, a future shared by common to all people within the space of that nation. (Nayar.P.P. 176).…

inapplicability in many democratising countries today. To address this tension, this essay will outline the theoretical foundations of modernisation theory and subsequently offer an institutionalist and voluntarist approach in revealing its inapplicability in India. To conclude, this essay will explore the implications of India’s democratic success on the present state of modernisation theory. I) MODERNISATION THEORY Modernisation theory is concisely summarised by Lipset’s famous adage “the…

True Man Behind India, he discusses the reality of Mahatma Gandhi, and his efforts to achieve spiritual perfection. Adams uses Gandhi’s famous line, “Truth is God, or God is nothing but the Truth,” to understand his spiritual journey of life (Adams 5). However he also attempts to expose the truth behind the man everyone has come to know as a world icon. Was Gandhi a highly spiritual man who searched for the truth of God, or went against word about Hindu-Muslim relations in India? Although he was…

There are many similarities and differences found in the religions of India and the Far East. Some of the religions of India include Hinduism and Jainism and of the Far East include Daoism, Confucianism, and Shinto which is not considered to be a religion in the same sense as traditional religions but an important element of Japanese spirituality, honoring spirits and things coming to be. Hinduism is described as a “range from extreme sensuality, heights of personal devotion of a deity to…