1956‚ popularly also known as Babasaheb‚ was an Indian jurist‚ political leader‚ philosopher‚anthropologist‚ historian‚ orator‚ economist‚ teacher‚ editor‚ prolific writer‚ revolutionary and a revivalist for Buddhism in India‚ inspiring the Dalit Buddhist movement. He was also the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. Born into a poor Mahar (considered an Untouchable caste) family‚ Ambedkar campaigned against social discrimination‚ the system of Chaturvarna – the categorisation of Hindu society
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Small Things is the novel that captures many social values of Indian society. This novel that is set in Kerala (India) after the colonial era describes clearly the culture of Indian society and how it influences many aspects of the society life‚ including the family life‚ the neighborhood relationship‚ political condition and so on. At least‚ there are three cultural values can be reached after reading this novel‚ they are about the caste‚ gender‚ and cultural transformation in post-colonial era.
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major forms of stratification are the Caste System‚ the Slavery System‚ the Feudal System‚ and the Apartheid System while major contemporary forms of social division include the Class System‚ Ethnic Inequality‚ and Gender Inequality. The caste system The Caste system was once very predominant in India. The Aryan priests divided society into a caste system with four parts. This system determined Indian occupations. The priests and teachers were the highest caste- the Brahmins. The second in rank were
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Professor‚ Satywati College (M)‚ University of Delhi. Abstract The traditional Indian system gave monopoly of educational resources to Brahmins. Anyone who tried to break the hegemonic encroachments of educational resourceswas severely punished by the Laws of Manu or by the preaching of Vedic scriptures such as Rig-Veda. For a very long-time Indians born in disparate Varnas could not even think of transgressing the caste lines or stepping into the zones that were not made or meant for them‚ especially
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China and India were very similar. The complexities of both India and China’s social hierarchy systems were very different. However their religious views and ideas were similar‚ and they both began to decline but were able to recover and maintain stability. Both China and India used social hierarchy systems‚ but they were used differently. India used a very strict system called Varna‚ or the caste system. People only associated with people in their class. Marriage outside of your class and helping
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Ambedkar‚ “Symbols of Hinduism”‚ Writings and Speeches‚ Vol. 3‚ Education Department‚ Government of Maharashtra‚ Bombay‚ 1987. B.R.Ambedkar‚ “the House the Hindus Have Built”‚ Writings and Speeches‚Vol. 5‚ Education Department. B.K.Anitha‚ Village‚ Caste and Education‚ Rawat Publications‚ Jaipur‚ 2000. Chandhoke‚ Neera‚ Beyond Secularism‚ New Delhi: Oxford University Press‚ 1999. Ghanshayam Shah et.al (Ed.)‚ Untouchability in Rural India‚ Sage Publications‚ New Delhi‚ 2006.
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number of ’untouchables’‚ called the burakumin. But it is in the Indian sub-continent that this system survives‚ closely bound with culture‚ religion‚ history and contemporary politics. Today over 170 million men‚ women and children in the India are considered untouchable‚ and improvement in their lot has been slow despite legal safeguards and government programs THE INDIAN CASTE SYSTEM There are four castes in Hindu society and each caste has assigned duties‚ responsibilities and privileges. The Brahmins
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itself indicates that the speaker of these lines is a reformer‚ democratic leader and great orator. There have been a number of great people in the world who have dedicated themselves to struggle of emancifipation‚ uplift of the powerless victims of system in their countries. Above lines are spoken by such a person who is a champion of human rights none other than Dr. B.R Ambedkar. He was a multi – dimensional personality. He was a great thinker‚ philosopher‚ true revolutionist‚ profolic writer and
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Indian Legal System The Indian Legal System is one of the oldest legal systems in the entire history of the world. It has altered as well as developed over the past few centuries to absorb inferences from the legal systems across the world. The Constitution of India is the fountainhead of the Indian Legal System. It demonstrates the Anglo-Saxon character of judiciary which is basically drawn from the British Legal System. The primary origins of law: * The Indian Constitution * The Indian
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the whites‚ but the whites have more respect just because of the color of their skin. Jack Kessler Your ethnicity in India does not determine your social status. In India their social hierarchy is organized by your occupation. This system is known as the Caste System. In the 1900’s in the United States your social placement was determined by your race; having Whites
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