Indian life and thought. Some see India’s caste system as the defining feature of Indian culture and some have dismissed it as a colonial artefact. Since the days of the British rule‚ both historians and anthropologists referred to India as a ‘caste society’. Obviously this is an overstatement of the importance of caste. But for many leading personalities‚ caste was‚ and is‚ a real force in Indian life. As explained by experts in the field such as Dr Susan Bayly‚ caste is not the essence of Indian culture
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’Why are we behaving like water Wally’s all over again?’ The article ’Why are we behaving like Water Wally’s all over again’ is an article written by Shane Green for The Age newspaper. It was published on the 26th of January 2013 and its main contention is to warn us about what will happen if we continue to waste water on a daily basis. It was written to notify us that apart from waiting for it to rain‚ we are doing almost nothing to save ourselves from getting back into a drought. We have a
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TOK Prescribed Title essay ”We see and understand things not as they are but as we are.” Discuss this claim in relation to at least two ways of knowing. This essay will attempt to show that the title claim is correct. In order to do this an analysis will be made to show how ways of knowing such as sense perception‚ emotion and reason have an impact on how the knower perceives reality and the world. This task will be carried out while taking into account the areas of knowledge and analyzing the
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plays in the socialization process? Does it affect everyone to the same extent? Post your positions in your blog and defend your positions. Several forms of media from music to television and including books and magazines influence people of society‚ children especially. Children are influenced easily due to the fact that they are still learning and have little experience in certain areas of life. Not to say that adults are not impressionable because there are some immature adults who are still
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We are Unique How many times have we been judged based on how we look? An individual are therefore force into following the status quo‚ thus forming a particular group of people while being categorized with certain stereotypes. The prevalent nature of stereotypes in modern society has resulted in blonde girls being categorized as dumb airheads‚ Arabs being typecast as dangerous terrorists‚ and the intellectually gifted being labeled as studious nerds‚ or synonymously‚ geeks. The practice of overlooking
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The article that I have chosen to summarize is “Can We Just‚ Like‚ Get Over the Way Women Talk?” written by Ann Friedman. In this article Ann Friedman discusses how women are undermined because of the way they talk. What she means by this is women are not taken serious when they speak because of the tone they speak in‚ choice of words they use‚ and low confidence that is used when they speak. Some specific examples of this are women saying the word “sorry” too much‚ saying the word “like” too much
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Theory of Knowledge “We see and understand things not as they are but as we are” Discuss this claim in relation to at least two ways of knowing. Name: Carlos Hill Quinta Candidate Number: 0650 035 Word count: 1‚495 People are aware of reality just how they see it and how they live it. People perceive things how they understand it which sometimes can lead to conflicts and discussions on the fact that each person can perceive things differently. One way speaking people perceive and understand
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We Alone (alicewalkersgarden.com) We Alone by Alice Walker is about how we have the ability to value or devalue objects. The only reason gold is so expensive is because we as people have a high demand for it. After all it is just an object found in earth just like rocks and iron and seashells and leaves. However‚ as a society we have chosen to value the shiny gold matter. The poem is made up of free verse there is no rhyme or pattern to the poem. The tone of the poem is optimistic and also tired
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threatning‚ it is the highest mortality rate of mental illnesses. About 24 million people struggle and almost 50 percent of them meet the criteria of depression. There are many causes‚ but these are the main causes that have to do with daily interaction we do. For example even with friends‚ they compare themselves with others that are often praised and complimented or even liked. So they suddenly believe that they will recieve the same treatment and attention if they portray the same image as their friend
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The term ‘society’ is used in several sciences. Generally any organised human group is described as society. For instance‚ g group of women is looked upon as a society. Similarly‚ there are specific associations which are wrongly regarded as society. There are many examples of such associations but it will serve our purpose of quoting a few of them. They are Harijan society‚ Bramho society‚ Labour society‚ Students society‚ Teacher’s society and the like but. These associations do not fit into
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