Reservation in India

A Few Needs on the Reservation Many reservations lack the appropriate needs for its people. There is an increase of several major issues on some of the reservations that need proper attention. There are some people who know and understand the needs on these reservations. There are also some people who know what is happening on these reservations that choose to ignore it and do nothing. Still, there are some people who do not know what is happening on these reservations. While some reservations are doing well financially, there are some reservations that are not doing well financially. Some look at only the negative and turn a blind eye to the good positive attitudes of some of these people doing poorly on the reservations. Even the programs that are trying to better the living standards for the people living on these reservations in poverty conditions are lacking in funds and are being scrutinized. Native Americans on these reservations need the understanding of the government as well as the backing of the citizens of this great nation because of improper housing, poor nutrition, and poor medical and mental health care. There have been two reservations that I have been on: Pine Ridge Reservation and…

the filtration process/entrance of my under graduate education. India is a country of various cultures and diversities in religion. Dating back to 1500 BC, There existed 4 categories of people namely Brahmins, Kshatriyas, vyshyas and shudras in the society (mentioned in the decreasing sequence of their social hierarchy). The shudras/untouchables were typically designated as labor class and performed menial jobs. Islam came to India during the 7th century with the advent of traders from Middle…

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…

AIM IMS Application (Annexure – 1) DR. BHIMRAO RAMJI AMBEDKAR – A PEACEFUL WARRIOR OF HUMANITY - Dr. Mithun G Kherde, (BDS, MPH) - Introduction Born on 14th April 1891 at Mhow (MP), to Ramji and Bhimbai in Mahar caste which was considered to be untouchable, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar is today well known to the world as an intellectual revolutionary, who became the ultimate ray of hope for the depressed and discriminated human beings in India. He was the greatest son born to India. A True “Bharat Ratna”,…

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,…

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 Classes. His demand was respected by the British and the…

Americans were outraged by Britain’s actions and overwhelming voted for war in the House of Representatives (Doc B) with most of the supporting voters coming from the south (Doc B). The War of 1812 truly had no outcome but it did solidify the American’s independence and starts and era of increased expansion and nationalism. In 1828, Andrew Jackson was elected as president and his main policies were anti-Indian and expansionist. To clear out more space for expansion, Jackson forced the six…

Movement and campaigned against social discrimination against Untouchables (Dalits). Ambedkar was born into an ‘Untouchable’ family. He was the first untouchable to attend college and earn advanced degrees at Columbia University and London School of Economics. He was India’s most radical thinker and an eminent writer who overlook the drafting of the Indian Constitution and served as India’s first law Minister. Dr BR Ambedkar is worshiped by millions of low caste followers in India. He wanted to…

1994) In India, three empires have affected the Indian society, as we know it today, the Empire of Asoka, Mughal Empire, and the British Raj Empire. After the last foreign invaders the british raj, the country was divided into three different countries where…

Gandhi and Ambedkar both of them were prominent figures of Indian freedom struggle as well as nation building. Both of them wanted to build an India not only free from colonial exploitation, but also free from political, economic and social discrimination. Although they had similarities, they also had many dissimilarities and differences between their views on socio- economic- political freedom and state building of India. As a mass leader, Gandhi was more concerned about all the people of India…