Constitution of India

religious tolerance and equality (a substantial one) for all the religions; hence do we see special privileges offered to the minority communities. At the same time, one could argue that what we have in India is pseudo-secularism; the Shah Bano case for example. But also, although I cannot argue that India is not a secular state, I still cannot imagine a religion-powered state or vice-versa. If people think secularism is creating differences and thus communal violence, what is the situation of…

The caste system used by Hindus of India is the oldest social structure in the world. The first mention of the system is in the Sanskrit text Manusmriti (also known as the Laws of Manu), which dates 1000 years before the birth of Christ, which "acknowledges and justifies the caste system as the basis of order and regularity of society"(BBC, 2017). The system divides Hindus into hierarchical groupings based upon their karma (work) and dharma (duty). These groupings are called castes. There are…

INTRODUCTION: In India, the backward castes had been denied all kinds of social and economic endowments. Hence, they had been lagging behind in the process of development. The social and economic deprivation among Scheduled Castes had been most common during pre and post-Independence. Therefore, there was a need of number of special safeguard policies. One of that is, ‘Reservation Policy’. People of depressed classes were considered as untouchables and in 1919, the British Government granted…

Caste and social policy in India The caste system has been playing a very vital role in India. Even in the present 21st century also the Indian social structure is completely based on the caste system. Apparently it plays a critical role in Indian society. The caste system is basically derived from Hindu society and it has been practised since 1000- 1500 B.C. in Hindu society particularly. Basically the Hindu society has been divided in to four varna or caste in a typical hierarchical order,…

the Depressed Classes, their separate identity needed to be maintained and safeguarded. Mahatma Gandhi gave birth to the term ‘Harijans’ in the 1930s. The term ‘Harijan’ literally means God’s children. It was said that in order to unite the whole of India against the common oppressor, this move was adopted by Gandhi as a part of his political strategy. However, Ambedkar did not subscribe to the notion of the Hindu majority representing the common interests of both the Hindus and the Depressed…

A Curious Wealth of Poverty There is no place on earth quite like India. It is alive and bursting at the seams, its economy expanding at unprecedented rates. Potential is the national currency: GDP skyrocketing, international investment booming, and industry flourishing. Where dirt once dominated, there now stand skyscrapers, highways, luxury apartments. And yet, amidst all this wealth and prosperity, 363 million Indians are still living below the poverty line (Katyal), excluded from the…

is seen in the society. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY • The paper will discuss briefly about Indian culture and tradition. • Emergence of western culture in India. • Wide acceptance of pop culture in Indians in terms of lifestyle, food and dressing. INDIA – A COUNTRY KNOWN FOR ITS VAST CULTURE AND TRADITIONS As the famous Sadhguru says, India as a culture, with all its apparent disorganisation, used to be very organised deep down. It functioned very systematically. Even today the nation has…

no hero to the public’s interest. India’s first Law Minister and the chief architect of the Constitution of India Bhimaro Ramji Ambedkar’s conflicts with Gandhi lies in several differences of understanding and opinion of Indian society, the caste, the Poona Pact, and the question of whether Gandhi…

Book Review: Half Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao transformed India by Vinay Sitapati. Published in Viking by Penguin Books India 2016. Around the time when the family of P.V. Narasimha Rao was commemorating the former Prime Minister’s 95th birth anniversary and India was marking 25 years of economic liberalisation; a young scholar, Vinay Sitapati, launched his debut book ‘Half Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India,’ in New Delhi. The book is a biography, that has given Pamulaparthy…

Diversity in India India is an extremely diverse country in Asia. It has many different religions and languages that lead to many problems for the government. In terms of population, it is the world’s largest democracy, according to Masci (2001). The country is relatively new only gaining independence in 1947 from the United Kingdom. India has adopted many of the colonial forms from their previous masters, such as a common law system, a parliament, as well as the English language. The country…