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Even though the caste system was outlawed nearly fifty years ago, it still finds a role in today’s Indian society. Socially, caste is a thing of the past. It’s not acknowledged in casual situations, but that does not mean it has disappeared completely. Two factors major factors are still keeping the caste system relevant in society: human nature to associate with a group and the modern democratic system’s emphasis on group representation. As individuals, we find strength in numbers.…

system, corruption etc.  Following are few common castes based social problems faced by the society: 1. CASTE BASED VIOLENCE Caste- related abandon has occurred and occurs in India in assorted forms. According to a address by Human Rights Watch, "Dalits and aboriginal peoples (known as Scheduled Tribes or adivasis) abide to face discrimination, exclusion, and acts of common violence. Laws and behavior adopted by the Indian government accommodate a able base for protection, but are not getting…

POLITICAL HEGEMONY This week’s readings start with Antonio Gramsci who was a very influential Marxist theorist and politician that his ideas are still relevant today. Gramsci followed the Marx but he added much more to the Marxist tradition in terms of explaining why Western societies didn’t experience the revolution. He introduced the concepts of civil and political society as two main parts of the superstructure and most importantly he defined hegemony as the mixture of coercion and consent.…

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…

Marginalization means “Boundary or Margin”, the people live beyond that boundary or lines are known as “Marginalised People”. In world, millions of people suffer through marginality. The marginalised people do not have proper control over their lives, their rights and the resources available to them. The people are marginalised on numerous factors, like mental illness, learning disorder, people from lower class and so on. In this topic, the description is about the people who are marginalised as…

there has been an ‘important’ emphasis on caste, or varna, determining which occupation and class one belongs to. During the Vedic period, five classes were created consisting of Brahmins, the priestly caste, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudras and the Dalits . Not only did this caste system determine occupation, but also determined the financial being of those belonging to that specific caste. Roughly around 563 B.C.E, a prince was born into the Kshatriya class whose name was Siddhartha…

HINDU PEOPLE Hindu people also follow the tenets of Dharma, Karma, and Moksha. Dharma is the ultimate goal in Hinduism and is the “right way of living”. It also proposes that there is a way of living life according to your own path of truth and that these paths vary between all of us. On the other hand, Karma proposes that anything a person does, whether good or bad, will eventually return to them in this or a future life. This concept is closely related to that of reincarnation, doctrine in…

Hindu Rashtra is one of the most complex and misunderstood concepts of modern India. Intellectuals and opinion makers had divergent beliefs on this issue. There has been a historical significance as well as modern understanding of this concept that makes it a very widely debated issue on various print and visual media. The concept of Hindu rashtra can be understood by understanding the meaning of the two words ‘Hindu’ and ‘rashtra’ separately. The term Hindu connotes not a particular religion,…

people belonging to the lower caste system that are allowed eat meat typically do not because they cannot afford to buy it. Upper caste Hindu communities can have other sources of fat and protein, like ghee (clarified butter) and milk, but the Tribals, Dalits (lower caste), and other poor people do not have these options, and consequently they are incredibly malnourished (Vart 267). Additionally, there are some Hindus that call themselves vegetarian despite the fact that they eat insects such as…

Skipping school for an entire year? Sounds too good to be true, but it is true. This phenomenon is called a gap year which defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “a one-year hiatus from academic studies to allow for non-academic activities.” Many European countries are doing this method, where students take a year break after graduating high school but before college to give themselves time to do what they please without the anxiety and stress of academics. The Gap Year is a great…