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    Until the beginning of the 20th century there was no formal education available for Dalits. Dalit literature as a genre emerged only in 1970’s through some of the Dalit protest movements in Maharshtra and Andhra Pradesh. Dalit literature is the literature produced by the Dalit consciousness. Human freedom is the inspiration behind it. Dalit literature must be written from the Dalit point of view and with a Dalit vision. The “Dalit view point” calls for writer to internalise the sorrows and sufferings

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    the choices that she made‚ and her own selfish pride led to the injustices she received. Misrilal is a young Brahman who is captivated by a young Dusad widow. In the Indian culture‚ the Brahman caste is one of the highest castes‚ and the Dusads are one of the lowest. Because of the difference in castes‚ a relationship between the two is forbidden. Although Misrilal is aware of this‚ he nonetheless persists in pursuing Dhowli. Dhowli is tormented with his proclamations of love and wanton lust

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    reference to the way members of the Untouchable caste have to sweep away their footprints so that people of higher classes don’t "pollute" themselves by walking in them. Even though by Indian standards their family is of a relatively high social status‚ they are of a low social status in relation to the British. Pappachi would not allow Paravans into the house. Nobody would. They were not allowed to touch anything that Touchables touched. Caste Hindus and Caste Christians. Mammachi told Estha and Rahel

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    Caste System Throughout thousands of years in the Hindu religion‚ a person’s social class was determined immediately after they are born. This organisation was then later known as the Caste System. Caste members lived‚ married‚ and worked within their selected group. A person born into one caste was not allowed to change castes or associate with other members of a different caste. Rules and expectations were set for each caste‚ each caste had a clear and distinct role within the community. It does

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    There is a difference between the three estates and the caste system of India. The first estate was the Church‚ the second estate were the nobles or nights‚ and the third estate was the peasantry. There are many differences between these three estates. The Indian caste system has been in use for many years. The caste system has order and peace among the people in India. There is a comparison between the caste sytem of India and the three estates. The first estate represented about two percent

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    The “Untouchables” is a chapter that comes from Thomas L Friedman’s book “The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century” which was published on April 5‚ 2005. His book is based on the broad subject of “Globalization” primarily in the 21st century. The main thesis that we can derive from Thomas L Friedman’s Untouchables is evidently “the world is becoming flatter. This has to do with the rise of the middle class. He defines an untouchable as someone who’s work‚ or job cannot be outsourced

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    Work involving mostly mental activity is called:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | white-collar work. | Correct Answer: | white-collar work. | | | | | * Question 3 3 out of 3 points | | | The historical replacement of caste systems with class systems:Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | replaces one kind of inequality with another. | Correct Answer: | replaces one kind of inequality with another. |

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    Basavanna was a 12th century poet and philosopher who stepped outside of traditional Hindu worship by denouncing ritualistic practices and embracing a new branch of the religion that was open to all genders‚ from all socioeconomically backgrounds‚ while allowing followers to worship the lord directly ; Tim McGaw‚ a 21st century country music singer and song writer. In his poem‚ Before the grey reaches the cheek‚ Basavanna speaks about the need to worship the lord “before age corrodes your form”

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    modernization theory support? What about dependency theory? What do you think will happen? Why? Briefly describe the main characteristics of caste systems and class systems. How are these types linked to different kinds of economic production (agrarian versus industrial technology)? In what ways are people in class systems more equal than those in caste systems? What are the different justifications for inequality in each case? Question 1 Global inequality has been on the rise over the past century

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    Soegijapranata Catholic University‚ Indonesia Judith F. Balares Salamat Department of Humanities‚ IASPI‚ Philippines Mukesh Williams University of Tokyo‚ Japan Address:-Ashok Yakkaldevi 258/34‚ Raviwar Peth‚ Solapur - 413 005 Maharashtra‚ India Cell : 9595 359 435‚ Ph No: 02172372010 Email: ayisrj@yahoo.in Website: www.ror.isrj.net Research

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