The caste system‚ or Varna‚ of India‚ came about when the Aryan speaking Nomadic groups came to India about 1500B.C.. 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 second in rank were rulers and warriors‚ with merchants and traders third in rank. Last were the workers and peasants who were born to be servants to the other three castes. People could not change their caste. They
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The caste system is the societal map of Hinduism‚ and it dictates every part of the Hindus’ lives. Hinduism teaches that all followers are born into the caste system‚ and their actions from previous lives are what determine the caste level into which they are born. The caste system is separated into five different social classes. These classes are what determine a person’s social standing. This also affects what they eat‚ what type of job they may hold‚ where they are to live‚ and even dictates who
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Annihilation of Caste: One More Look by Dr. L. Jawahar Nesan Contents 1. Prologue 2. The evolution of the caste system and its current status 3. Annihilation of caste: the old thesis 3. Annihilation of caste: the New theory 4. Who should lead the revolution? 5. Post-revolution integration Prologue I am neither a sociologist nor an anthropologist but a student of the human society and for being that I leave the choice to the readers that they can assign me under any terminological category
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Caste Discriminations in India India is an extreme diverse country with vast differences in geography‚ climate‚ cultures‚ languages and ethnicity across its expanse. India is a union of twenty-eight states and seven union territories. India is also well known from its caste system. In order for me to fully understand the concept of the word caste‚ in my Webster dictionary it states that caste is a social group or class distinction. The word caste derives from the Portuguese casta‚ meaning breed
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3 – The Caste System The origins of the complex hierarchy of the Hindu caste system can be tracked back to the Vedic ages. The principle of the caste system is based upon that a person’s status in society can be placed in a block of a pyramid‚ the higher you rise up the pyramid the closer you get to reaching Moksha.1 Moksha is the ultimate spiritual goal for a Hindu‚ where the soul is liberated from the cycle of death and rebirth‚ and the soul mergers with the Supreme Reality.2 Caste placement
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The caste system in India restricts the freedom of its population and Indian society. From a perspective of someone who lived in India for three years‚ the caste system in India restricts Indian society. According to “Wikipedia; Caste system in India”‚ caste system affects a lot of people with choosing their profession or even having any options at all. The importance of caste system in India is not only restricting its economy‚ it is also restricting its population’s freedom. Indians living in
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The caste system described on Wikipedia‚ is the social stratification and social restrictions in the Indian subcontinent‚ in which social classes are defined by thousands of endogamous hereditary groups‚ often termed as jātis or castes.The caste system in India can be explained more of the a complex social structure of their hierarchy. The caste system is more of a group of people having a specific social rank. The jatis or castes can vary in size from a few to thousands of people. There are various
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I will be talking about the caste system with the ethnographic examples “The Untouchable of India” from page 191‚ with my reflection on how the caste system plays a huge role in my life. A simple definition of caste system is a sort of identification which an individual is placed right at birth. For example‚ if your parents are born as Brahmin‚ you will follow the same class. Caste system and class has almost a similar meaning to it‚ the only difference is that caste use titles to represent someone
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site‚ I will select two tests and address a few questions. In the body‚ I will need to annotate which quizzes were taken. Next‚ I will explain if the scores I achieved on the quizzes surprised me. What strengths do I think I have in the area of inter-cultural awareness? What weaknesses did I identify from the quizzes? Then‚ I will create a plan of specific steps I can take to build on my strengths and improve areas of weakness. Then conclude by explaining why it is important for managers to
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7th October 2012 Analysis of Half-Caste by John Agard- How does the poet present his ideas and views to the reader? Half-Caste is a poem written by John Agard. It presents another culture through dialect and uses complicated terminology. The poem is quite emotional and John Agard uses many techniques to present his ideas and views on Half-Caste. The poem is all about the different definitions of Half-Caste‚ it is undefined. Agard compares the word half-caste to Tchaikovsky’s piano‚ Picasso’s
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