Caste

in the selection. Women are placed in their husband's caste, and princesses are sold to other royal families. People in lower caste are also affected by the rulers of the government, and their choices on the way the people in the lower castes live. Gender can play a ginormous role of the necessity of hope in The Selection. Women have the hope of moving up economically based on who they marry, because women can marry someone who is the caste above hers. Since this rule is in place, many women’s…

In our caste-based Indian society, upper caste women are more advantaged than lower caste men and women. But the condition of lower caste women is worse because apart from caste discriminations, they even are the victims of gender discrimination in the domestic and social level too. The intersections of caste, class and gender express power relations in the political, economic, social and cultural domains and Dalit women’s suppression cannot be decontextualised from these realities. It is…

Throughout his life, staunchly advocated for social justice and equality, which are bed rock of Indian constitution. He was first post independent India's law minister and played pivotal role to draft the constitution of modern India. Annihilation of Caste is a prolific work by Babasaheb and some social scientist opined that his book, occupies a place similar to what The Communist Manifesto once did in the world communist movement. Originally Ambedkar prepared a speech for…

the ancestry they have in common. Their factory is divided into four companies Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma, and Epsilon, with the different races categorized into a certain caste system. From this we can say that race plays a role in how they work. There is also a link between the Director of the factory’s impenetrable social caste and normal physical characteristics. The D.H.C. has this idea…

will explore the disabilities and functionalities of region specific caste system in India. As it analyses the complex nuances of marginality in terms of caste, it also reveals the complementary nature of caste and class in certain cases as Indira Goswami has demonstrated, that leads to unique identity formation at multiple levels. In this Story Damayanti’s course of actions heightens the fact how the age old discourse of ‘caste-purity’ and ‘othering’ of people on the basis of the difference in…

In India, a Hindu society can be fragmented into caste system. Each individual within Hindu society belongs to a caste, he or she cannot change their caste, and it is set for the rest of their lives and passed from generation to generation. (Berreman, Gerald D.,1979). There are five castes: Brahmins (priests and intellectuals), Kshatriya (warriors and rulers), Vaisyas (trading and land ownership), Shudras (farmers), and…

freedom is taken away from the characters in the story is the caste system. The caste systems are predestined before anything is done, it’s the first priority. Caste System consist: Alphas are the smartest, strongest, and the leaders, they are able to have some freedom. Betas are second in the order and just a little below the Alphas, still considered important with little freedom. Gammas is when the freedom starts to diminish in the caste system, they will only perform the basics. Deltas have…

There are some good news and some bad news. The good news is that The Eve Trilogy and The Selection are two interesting series for young-adults who enjoy reading dystopias and romance books, but the bad news is that you can’t decide which one is the best book. The Eve Trilogy and The Selection are young-adult dystopian romance series. Both books main characters are young women who live in cities under the king’s ruling. This takes us into a trip through the hard life of living in a dystopian…

The Gupta Dynasty had an advanced empire that was based on Hinduism. Hinduism is a religion that has no specified founder and the people who practice the religion believe it has always existed. Hinduism is polytheistic, meaning they worship more than one god. Three gods that Hindus worship are Vishnu, Brahma, and Shiva. These gods are responsible for the creation, sustenance, and destruction of the world. Brahma is the creator, Vishnu is in charge of the preservation, Shiva is the destructor of…

will be based off his destiny “What caste is that top or bottom? And I knew that my future depended on that question” (Adiga 53) In the beginning of Second Night Balram tries to learn how to drive, but the first thing that is asked of him by the old man “What caste are you?”(Adiga 47). The old man’s tone seems to be authoritive and skeptical because he asks nothing about Balrams education, experience, background, but his caste. As soon as he hears that Balrams caste is “Halwais” (Adiga 47), he…