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    SAVITRIBAI JYOTIRAO PHULE (January 3, 1831 – March 10, 1897). Introduction: Savitribai Jyotirao Phule was an Indian social reformer born in the 19th century, was a woman ahead of her time. One can trace Savitibai’s 66 year life devoted to serving the society. Savitribai Phule along with her revolutionary husband, Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, were pioneers in the struggle against oppression of women, dalits, adivasis and religious minorities. She was modern India’s first women teacher, a radical…

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    above the people already living in India, and made themselves at the highest Varna. The Aryans believed that they were superior because of the color of their skin. Those different Varnas included: Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras, and the Untouchables, who were considered far below the rest of the caste system. Since in the Hindu faith cleanliness is seen as a sign of power, it is only fitting that the priests would be at the top, while the street cleaners, and laborers would be at the…

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    collective whole. Gandhi showcased the ideals of nonviolence, civil disobedience, and unity of all Indians through the Non-Cooperation Movement, the famous March to the Sea, and the “fast unto death” demonstration to protest the discrimination of the untouchable caste. Gandhi’s civil movement still holds significant value today, and exemplifies the power of one individual acting on the behalf of many. In 1920, Gandhi…

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    carefree youth. The song refers to self destructiveness and troubled youths. Someone is possibly dead or deserted, the shadow symbolising how the person’s presence is still there but untouchable, a silhouette…

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    How the Colonization of India was Detrimental Though the British created a new political and social system in the Raj, the outcome and methods behind these additions proved to be detrimental to the Indian culture and survival. The British exploited the Indians lack of power in the government and deficient literacy rates to strip them of and violate their culture. As a result of British rule, all Indians had no voting rights and no say at all in the decisions made within their country. This…

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    that’s what they were born into and can’t help what they are born into. Which makes it wrong altogether to discriminate against the lower castes because if they could they would move up their caste systems. The lowest possible caste is called the untouchables. These people are born into poverty and never escape it. Their job and housing options are limited to only the most demanding and dangerous ones leftover from the rest of the town’s…

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    Woman Before An Aquarium

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    escape. The writer wishes to be a fish because even though fish are certainly not free, at least they have not the capability to realize they are trapped. Furthermore, in the poem in stanza 20 she expresses her desire to be untouchable “the only power of the woman: to be untouchable.” meaning woman are priceless. She feels as a person who cannot live and act the way she wishes to because of her family strict rules of society that are implied on her. In the painting we see in the poem we see a…

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    “Leadership is not to be measured just by appearance, but by the virtue of learning from experience.” From all the way back during the ancient times to the invention of television and much of the present day, man has perceived looks to be a leadership trait. This particular idea and belief has been coalesced into what is known today as “The Great Man Theory.” The theory created by Thomas Carlyle during the 19th century dogmatically asserts that “leaders are born not made,” following further into…

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    Change In The Caste System

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    Change in the Caste System The caste system is a system which decides a person’s social status and trade by his or her birth. The four castes and the untouchables determined the basic structure of the Hindu society when the caste system had begun till now. The untouchables were considered so impure by society that they were not even considered part of the caste system. The caste system equally applied to both men and women, boys and girls inherited their father’s caste when they were born.…

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    their own little world, and a set perception of them depending on their place. The caste system levels include The Kings, The Princes, The Workers, and The Untouchables. The book “Of Mice and Men”, illustrates how caste systems were present in the Great Depression by presenting the characters as metaphorical Kings, Princes, Workers and Untouchables. A king is a powerful figurehead who determines the law of the land and makes…

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