The caste system was closely related to Hindu belief and “told” people how to live. People were born into a caste‚ and were forbidden to mingle with those outside of their caste. Hindus believed those in higher castes were purer‚ or closer to brahman. Some lower people in lower castes were considered so impure that they were called “untouchables”. Untouchables lived apart and had a wooden clapper to warn others of their approach. The caste system affected India because it
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Kongu Vellalar Gounder Caste: An Overview Introduction: Caste was and has been a central determining factor for individuals born into orthodox families. It not only determines what opportunities are available at your disposal but also what you can or cannot do‚ in practically every sphere of life. Having realized this through various experiences‚ a thought occurred to me to find out‚ atleast‚ how the caste I belong to- Kongu Vellalar Gounder (in Tamil Nadu) actually came into existence. The
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VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DUE TO SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION CONTENTS Chapter No Chapter Heading Page (s) I Introduction 1-5 II Methodology 6-11 III Discrimination Against Dalits 12-31 IV Dalit & Education 32-36 V Dalit Women: Greater Dalits Among 37-42 Dalits VI Impact of Legislation 43-50 VII Overview and Conclusion
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While Hinduism believed in reincarnation by a person deeds in the last life‚ Buddhism focused on breaking the reincarnation cycle. Hinduism and Buddhism both believe in the concept of reincarnation but Hinduism focuses on climbing the levels of the caste system while Buddhism focuses on breaking the cycle and becoming one with the universe. They both spread to different areas but by similar methods‚ and they both encouraged one to follow their job in life‚ leading to people following a specific system
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Social Inequality and Stratification Question: What are the three main forms of inequality in diverse societies? Social Inequality happens when an individual or a group within a society has unequal rights to social commodities such as power‚ wealth‚ education and opportunity. The book defines Inequality as "the degree to which culturally valued material and social rewards are given disproportionately to individuals‚ families and other kinds of groups". Each culture has a different expression
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occupied by individuals or groups in relation to other individuals in society (Harris and Scott‚ 1997:28). Therefore the essence of this essay is to critically analyze social stratification as well as compare and contrast the; Class‚ Colourbar and Caste systems of social stratification‚ a brief description of these systems will be given. Additionally‚ the essay will indicate the advantages and disadvantages of these social systems of social stratification to development. Finally‚ the conclusion will
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Ambedkar‚ the concept of socialism is based on the principles of justice‚ liberty‚ equality and fraternity. It is his thought that socialism can be achieved by State control over land‚ industries‚ religions‚ caste and through an elaborate scheme of constitutional method. As per him‚ caste consciousness hampers economic progress‚ so he suggested that the State should redistribute the land to poor farmers and it was his demand that the state should abolish the Zamindari system. In this paper/article
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although these religions are comparatively similar through these aspects‚ there does lay significant differences between Jainism and Hinduism. These differences include the ability of women to reach moksha (release from the cycle of rebirth) and the caste system in each religion. The ability of woman to attain moksha found in Jainism is considerably different to that found in Hinduism. In Jainism‚ their sub traditions question the ability for woman to attain liberation from the rebirth
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A Response on Social Inequality We live in a culturally diverse world. Age‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ ethnic heritage and race are some of the diverse areas in society that are deemed significant. In spite of all these differences we tend to center ourselves around people who are similar to us; those who share the same biological and physical characteristics‚ same status and similar lifestyles. Because of this it is our human nature to be ethnocentric towards those who are different from us
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The beliefs and ideas of Ancient India such as the caste system‚ karma‚ reincarnation and Buddhism greatly influenced its society by keeping the people calm and happy even in unbalanced situations. The caste system is a hierarchical structure in which people are born into their class‚ or caste‚ with no exception. For example‚ if two people were low-ranking farmers‚ the son and/or daughter of these parents would also be born as farmer even if he/she showed outstanding intelligence and leadership
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