ails Uttar Pradesh? The states of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Tamil Nadu (TN) reveal a marked north-south divide in India. Uttar Pradesh‚ which was ahead of Tamil Nadu in the 1960s‚ now lags behind in the same sectors where Tamil Nadu has made significant progress. If one were to study Indian history or politics‚ UP’s lag would come as a surprise. All but four Prime Ministers of India have come from UP. UP has the famous Taj Mahal‚ the ancient & holy city of Varanasi and the confluence of Ganga and
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The Case of the untouchable water carrier Introduction: The caste system was and continues to be a terrible reality for people in Europe and Asia. Even though it is not as prominent now as it was before it was abolished‚ it still affects many people all around the world. To be born into a status‚ one that you can never leave or outlive is a great tragedy. How does one come to terms with knowing that a choice was never an option? It doesn’t matter if all the laws changed today‚ the fact remains
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This outrageous practice resulted in the destruction of he untouchables’ moral fairness and fundamental right to mature into productive and well thought-of societal members. Anand found “the stratification of society on the basis of caste abominable. Though people may claim that the intention behind it is noble‚ it should never be tolerated as it causes untold suffering to the under-privileged” (Paul 127). As a worker‚ Bakha did earn a small pittance for the jobs he performed. With
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culture of corruption by upper castes. They are now trying to grab their share at the spoils of the system. This in a sense echoes the idea of “sanskritization of corruption” by the subaltern sections. Sanskritization is a reality in our Indian society where lower castes tend to imitate the culture of dominant castes. There are also certain observations made within the academic circles which point to the fact that the marginalised groups have for many years seen the upper castes in power‚ leading rich and
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Once‚ the Bodhisatta was born in a Chandala family by the name Matanga. Those days the caste-system was very rigid in ancient India and untouchability was rampant. One day‚ a pretty maiden Ditthamangalika‚ the daughter of a wealthy and the so-called ‘high-caste’ family was on her way to a park with her friends. Before‚ she could enter the park‚ she saw Matanga coming from the opposite direction. Considering his sight ‘inauspicious’‚ because he was a ‘Chandala’ and ‘untouchable’ according to the
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weakest people in the society. Both Jeanette Winterson and Arundhati Roy have strong opinions on these adult boundaries. Arundhati Roy was born in 1961 in the North-eastern Indian region of Bengal‚ to a Christian mother and Hindu father in India’s caste system. She spent her childhood in Ayemenem in Kerala. Roy is widely known for political activism. Winterson was born in Manchester. She was adopted and raised in Elim Pentecostal Church. Her parents wanted her to be missionary. Winterson identified herself
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According to Bama “All women in the world are second class citizens. For Dalt women‚ the problem is grave‚ their identity gave them a different set of problems.” Sangati encapsulates the author’s experience of working within an erogenous and apprised society and the serious of several interconnected anecdotes‚ experiences‚ news‚ and events as narrated in the book‚ from an autobiography of a community. Sangati is a portrayal of many trouble witnessing stories as one’s writer’s paati said “Once you
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Swarajya. Essentially‚ however‚ Gandhi was a Sadhaka‚ one who was in search of God. His ultimate goal was Moksha or the realization of God. Since he believed that service of man was the best way to realize God‚ he lived and died in the service of India‚ which in a mircrocosm‚ was the service of Mankind. That was his pilgrimage towards realization. In this context‚ the eleven were very important to him. They were a part of ’Tapa’ Austerity and Self - denial for Purification. Tapa is considered necessary
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through violent means by individual warriors‚ or a class of warriors (such as the warrior class of kshātriya‚ specifically) in their pursuit of re-gaining their kingdom through violent and heroic battle. Arjuna‚ who belongs to the kshātriya caste (the warrior caste) and third of the Pandavas (the “good” side‚ the protagonists) displays his unparalleled ability with the bow‚ and his physical strength‚ in The Story of Drupada (Mbh‚ p.33). All of the princes from the warrior class were the first to approach
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Anand including what he believed to be the responsibilities of the writer. It goes on to explain how‚ through his work‚ Anand hoped to fuse the past with the contemporary mindset and technical knowledge and integrate them to secure a humanitarian India. This chapter looks at the differences in home-life circumstances and hygiene. It investigates the double-standard present among Indian residents and British rulers. It also evaluates the conflict of a modernized‚ industrial way of life versus an agricultural
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