Caste system in India

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    text The dis¬courses or narratives written then and later address the issues of the 'new' nation-mapping of territorial spaces, the re¬grouping of communities, peoples, cultures, languages into a homogenous identity of being Indian and belonging to India. Within this text of national identity runs the sub-text of centrality and marginality. The schemes of the nation include or exclude people, communities from its centre space. In this article I will attempt to look at the issues of marginality…

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    Caste and Female Autobiographies: The majority of the mainstream society in Maharashtra was residing at villages. The caste system had arranged the people in the typical hierarchy. The caste was equivalent to surnames of the people. All of the people from different caste identity lived together like one big family, particularly at the villages like Jalalpur. (Tilak 68) No doubt, they followed the laws of untouchability. But they did not dominate one another through the caste system. Laxmibai…

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    For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. Kiera Cass’ The Selection takes place in a country known as ‘Illea.’ This country has been separated into a caste system. Many years ago, a man named Gregory Illea made these castes based on how wealthy the people that lived there were. In present Illea, the children of the ancestors are forced to work where they had to work. America, an artist, gets sent a letter from the prince to be part of the Selection.The Selection is used…

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    Muslims to India and Pakistan respectively after partition in the name of religion. The paper attempts to critically analyze the story as a political satire and criticize the political regimes of both India and Pakistan which divided the nation both religiously and geographically. Key…

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    support positive moral actions by teaching that selfishness, greed, and desire is the opposite of morality and spiritual growth. Then, I am going to show how these two religious texts have also reinforced negative social outlooks by following the caste system and disconnecting themselves from this world and its issues. Lastly, I am going to conclude by showing how both…

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    The Refugee’ a one act play was written by Asif Currimbhoy.The play portrays the miserable condition of the refugees from East Bengal on hand and on the other hand the play throws ample light on the effects of the refugee problems in social life in India during 1971.Asif combines the major issues with other problems like communalism as it is also led by other issues. It suggests that one problem gives way to other problems. The present play focuses all the issues due to the influx of refugees.…

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    the role of caste in an Indian Hindu society. The dominance of caste divides the society as well as human psyche. Since ancient period a lot of religious taboos, superstitions and misconception exist in Indian Hindu society and they may be responsible for subalternity in society. At the one hand high caste Hindus dominate and exploit lower caste because they think their birth in high caste is the blessing of God and they have the right to rule over subaltern class. At the other hand castes…

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    They say that all men are created equal, eh? Not everyone believes that, but it is true. All of us, every single human, is the same. An increase of melanin affecting the the skin tone of a human doesn’t make it okay to ridicule or abuse them. People have been told they can’t do things, such as have certain jobs, live in certain places, or have a good education, based on the color of their skin, their nationality, or their religion. This is called segregation. Segregation is wrong, no matter what…

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    is the caste system important to the social order in India during ancient times? The caste system is a system that Hindus are born into, married and die by. It divides people by birth from high to low caste, in which it fixes their jobs and place in society. Order is a vital for society, because it tells your place in that order, who performs the necessary rituals, and you fulfill your duty in each ever cast your born into. 2. How does this early ordering of society still affect India today?…

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    The caste and class system are both social dividers that determines the way one lives their life. In India, there is the caste system where citizens are split up into groups based on birth and religious purity. The lower caste are workers, servants, or the untouchables who are commonly treated differently than higher castes. The lower the class the less money, privilege, and respect one is given. Much like the caste system in India, modern day United States has a class system categorizing people…

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