social groups into which people are born and out of which they cannot move during a lifetime. A person may‚ however‚ by acquiring good karma‚ be born into a higher caste in the next life. The three basic caste groups during Aryan times were priests (Brahmins)‚ warriors (Kshatriyas)‚ and a group that included herders‚ farmers‚ artisans‚ and merchants (Vaisyas). Later a non-Aryan group was created called Sudras‚ which included farm workers and servants. The lowest-ranked people were called Untouchables
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into the Indus valley in the second millennium BCE from what is now iran. The Aryans of this period were organized along tribal lines and were led by chieftains called rajas. Aryan society began to develop into three basic classes called varnas (Brahmins -> Kshatriyas‚ vaishyas‚ shudras.) Aryan Religion The collection of gods that the Aryans worshiped seems to have been personifications of various natural forces‚ such as the storm‚ the sun‚ the moon‚ and the fertility of the soil. -> This indicates
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Dhowli is a widow and she does not have a husband by her side‚ the author basically says she is not worth anything and without a man she is and has nothing. She falls in love with a man‚ Mirsa Boy‚ who is in the Brahmin Caste. Dhowli knows she is an untouchable and she has no chance with the Brahmin. Mirsa Boy continues to pursue her‚ Dhowli willingly gives herself to this man and then she ends up pregnant‚ he leaves her stranded and she is shunned from the community. This shows how the author illustrates
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Intro The composer’s use satirical techniques to show humility’s countless attempts to cheat death and by doing so‚ leads to the death of spiritual‚ emotional and cultural death of our society. Through the two texts‚ “The Loved One” by Evelyn Waugh a post-war satirical novel written in 1948 that deals with the superficiality and materialism of the funeral industry in modern day society and “death” an episode of the popular British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous written in the 90’s that comments on the
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Sarojini Naidu Sarojini Naidu‚ also known by the sobriquet as The Nightingale of India‚ Naidu was born in 13 February 1879 in Hyderabad to a Bengali Hindu Kulin Brahmin family of Agorenath Chattopadhyay and Barada Sundari Devi. Her father was a doctor of science from Edinburgh University‚ settled in Hyderabad State‚ where he founded and administered the Ahmadabad College‚ which later became the Nizam’s College in Ahmadabad. Her mother was a poetess baji and used to write poetry in Bengali. Sarojini
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Allama Iqbal’s Biography Birth Iqbal was born in the Punjab on February 22‚ 1873. His ancestors‚ who were Kashmiri Brahmins‚ had embraced Islam two hundred years earlier. Iqbal’s own father was a devout Muslim with Sufistic bent of mind. Primary Education He received his early education in Sialkot. After passing the entrance examination‚ he joined Intermediary College. Mir Hassan‚ a great oriental scholar‚ had a special aptitude for imparting his own literary taste and to his students
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was easier for Egypt to be influenced by other cultures in the operation of it’s society. The social order of Egypt and India was very much different. In India the Caste system had ultimate rule‚ it consisted of four "varnas" or social classes; the Brahmins‚ Kshatriyas‚ Vaishyas‚ and Shudras. These classes were heavily influenced by heredity and allotted almost no room for growth and improvement‚ much less for foreigners; this was very much unlike the system in Egypt. In Egypt peasants and slaves provided
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The word Muniandi is a combination of two words‚ Muni and Andi. The word Andi could be defined in two ways. One referring to slave of God and the other ruling (as in ruler). The second explanation could be derived from the word Aandavar which literally means he who rules. The reason for this explanation is the word Andi being used for other Gods in the Tamil Hindu pantheon. Please refer to the following examples: Brahma - Virumandi Vishnu - Mayandi Siva - Peyandi Murugan - Malayandi As such
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Nativism in Girish Karnad’s Naga-Mandala Abstract Bhalchandra Nemade observed that modern Indian literature has been basking in the glory of western modernism. It always locates the centre of creativity outside the desi (native) tradition. In his book Nativism Nemade poses a question‚ ‘Do we need native standards to interpret and evaluate native tradition or the so-called “universal” standards for this purpose?’ Nemade’s question becomes very important in Indian context‚ because throughout the
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centercenter INDUS VALLEY CIVILAIZATION Submitted by: Fabiha Fatima Submitted to: SamiaUsmanSubmitted on: 16th October 2014 Submitted as: Regular Research Account Contents Introduction…………………………………………………….……………………..…...5 Location………………………………………………………….…………...……………5 Religion………………………………………………………….…………..…………….6 Languages………………………………………………………..………………..………7 Occupation……………………………………………………………………...………….8 Trade………………………………………………………………………...…………..…9 Architecture…………………………………………..…………………
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