President Versus The Untouchable “Yo Taylor‚ I’m really happy for you and I’mma let you finish‚ but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time”- Kanye West at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards on September 13‚ 2009. Two-thousand-and-nine was a big year in America. Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people” (nobelprize.org). Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music awards in a very rude
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“The God of Small Things” Masterpiece Portfolio By: Taylor Strong Bibliography on Arundhati Roy: Arundhati Roy is an Indian author best known for her first novel The God of Small Things‚ which won numerous awards such as the Booker Prize. It is important to understand what was going on in Roy’s life as she wrote this book to make the connections. Once one has understood what her life was like it is clear to see the connection between the fictional characters and plot intertwining with the
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productivity. Thomas L. Friedman‚ author of The World is Flat‚ argues that‚ “As an individual‚ in a flat world is figuring out how to make yourself as an ‘untouchable’” (280). He then describes ‘untouchables’ as‚ “People whose jobs cannot be outsourced‚ digitized or automated” (280). In order to distinguish ourselves from others and be an untouchable we need to acquire unique skills and provide value to our work. Although many
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there also exists a sub-section‚ the Untouchables who do not‚ even qualify to fit into an ordered society and considered as ‘achoot’ (untouchables) because of their polluting occupations they are specified to perform and placed outside the varna system. In Hindu religion and social order they are considered as Panchama (the fifth varna)‚ ati-shudras or avarnas or Outcaste and placed outside chaturvarna (fourfold) framework. It is this section‚ the Untouchables and the backward
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the violation of the principles which were dearest to Ambedkar’s heart and mind. He resorted to the means of ‘peace’ and ‘persuasion’ even before the constitution came into force. He adopted a ‘peaceful campaign’ to secure civil rights for the untouchables even before the Indian independence. To him‚ the campaign was legal and based on ‘legitimate rights’. It was peaceful as well as reasonable. It did not involve violence against those’ who denied the fundamental rights of life‚ liberty and the
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The Prohibition Era is known as the time alcohol consumption and production was banned in the United States‚ it lasted from 1920 to 1933 but it still affects society today. The prohibition mostly put Chicago and its citizens in a worse situation‚ although there was great support. Instead of limiting abuse in homes and increasing the productivity at workplaces‚ prohibition was the start of the bootlegging business‚ the illegal production and selling of alcohol. Crime and corruption exploded in the
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Dr. Ambedkar: A Social Reformer Through the Magnifier of Antonio Gramsci SAVITA V. DEOGIRKAR Lecturer in English‚ Adarsha Mahavidyalaya‚ Dhamangaon (Rly) Distt: Amravati (M.S.) Abstract A Champion of Human Rights‚ Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar was a multi dimensional personality. He was a great thinker‚ a philosopher‚ a true revolutionist‚ a prolific writer and at the top a devoted reformer. If studied and analyzed his noble saga to fight against Castes’ and
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The caste system in Hinduism was created around 1200 BC‚ during the Vedic period‚ and has been a continual tradition in Hindu society even after being outlawed in the Indian Constitution in 1950 which was a major change for Hindu society. This tradition‚ which is so deeply embedded into Hinduism‚ is hard to abolish as it has been a continued tradition and way of life for a long period of time .The Indian term for caste is jati‚ and generally designates a group that can vary in size from a handful
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Hinduism has shaped India’s culture in many ways. Hindu practices developed from the beliefs of many groups in India. The earliest records of Hinduism‚ the long Sanskrit hymns that the priests memorized‚ were Aryan. The basic ideas of Hinduism were brought into India by the Aryans at about 1500 B.C. Hinduism is the religion that is followed by nearly 85% of the Indian people. Hinduism doesn’t have one holy book like the Bible or Koran. They has many sacred writings which have contributed to the
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started the practice of ’untouchability’. It is matter of shame that the Indian culture‚ which gave to the world the message of world-brotherhood‚ should call some of its own brother’s untouchables. The Brahmins established their monopoly over temples and other places of worship. The Shudras were declared ’untouchables’. They were neither allowed to enter the temples nor even to take water from the well which was used by upper caste Hindus. The members belonging to lower castes‚ were treated worse
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