Functional illiteracy is reading and writing skills that are inadequate "to manage daily living and employment tasks that require reading skills beyond a basic level".[1] Functional illiteracy is contrasted with illiteracy in the strict sense‚ meaning the inability to read or write simple sentences in any language. Foreigners who cannot read and write in the native language where they live may also be considered functionally illiterate. Contents [hide] 1 Characteristics 2 Links with poverty and
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________________________________ Date: _________________________________ Notes: ● “Scheduled caste” known as Chambar‚ formally known as “untouchables”= lowest category in India’s ranked society ● Mahatma Gandhi sought to raise status of “untouchables” referring to them as Harijan or “children of God” ● Caste‚ class‚ patriarchy‚ slavery are not vanished ● First civilizations were sharply divided along class lines‚ and they too were patr
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CAC between India and China When analyzing cultural traditions and innovations‚ economic relationships‚ and social classifications and expectations during/between the periods of classical China and classical India. Classical China lasted from 2000 B.C.E - 600 C.E‚ while classical India lasted from 600 B.C.E – 600 C.E. There are quite a few similarities and differences between these two civilizations. With regards to cultural traditions and innovations both developed similar technologies in their
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1. The lowest level of India’s society‚ considered “untouchables” were called _______ Pariahs‚ “harijans”‚ “Untouchables”‚ “Outcastes”‚ Dalit‚ “Children of God” 2. The priests in Hinduism belong to what caste? Brahmins 3. What is “Dharma”? “Path of Life”‚ religious teachings of Hinduism – (“eternal order‚ religion & law of the universe)‚ Also – the teachings of Buddha in Buddhism. 4. Which of the religions or philosophies does not worship clergy or gods? Confucianism‚ Buddhism
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Throughout literary history‚ animals have been utilized in tales to convey moral ideologies. Frequently‚ these animals interact with the human race. This literary technique is modeled in the novel Life of Pi. This novel details the adventure of Piscine "Pi" Martel as he is stranded in the Pacific Ocean with a hyena‚ a zebra‚ a orangutan named Orange Juice‚ and a tiger named Richard Parker. Pi is polyreligious; he is a Hindu‚ Christian‚ and Muslim. Pi’s religious beliefs aid him in his struggle
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have sex with to rebel against the Party. Originally those were his intentions‚ but their relationship evolved into a mature‚ developed emotional relationship. She leads him to the Golden Country‚ a beautiful place full of nature where they seem untouchable. It is here that they witness the striking song of the thrush bird (Orwell‚
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their punishment for their actions “Mahatma Gandhi believed the best way to oppose tyranny was through non-violent‚ non-cooperation instead of armed resistance (Toler). One protest Gandhi stated was about The untouchables‚ they were children of God in Gandhi’s eyes. (American History). Untouchables were the lowest caste in India’s society. Gandhi wanted to get rid of the caste system and make India a united country without discrimination. Gandhi used peaceful forms of protest by not fighting back. Gandhi
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html Downloaded from soc.sagepub.com at FUDAN UNIV LIB on May 26‚ 2013 >> Version of Record - Feb 12‚ 2007 What is This? Downloaded from soc.sagepub.com at FUDAN UNIV LIB on May 26‚ 2013 ‘I t would not be difficult for an Indian to identify an Untouchable’‚1 according to Jeyaharan‚ academic and social activist: ‘The very way of dressing‚ the use of vocabulary‚ and the gestures adopted would reveal who she/he is’ (1992: 97 Downloaded from soc.sagepub.com at FUDAN UNIV LIB on May 26‚ 2013 Downloaded
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and gender and patriarchy. The short story chosen was‚ “Dhowli” by Mahasweta Devi. This tells the story of a woman’s battle with her social class and a consequence she will suffer because she is a woman and an “untouchable”. Marilyn L. Barton states in the Britannica Encyclopedia‚ “Untouchable‚ also called Dalit‚
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religious system. Gandhiji regarded this practice as “a leper wound in the whole body of Hindu politic”. He even considered it as “the hate fullest expression of caste.” It is very difficult to give a clear definition of untouchability. The word ‘untouchable’ applies to the despised and degraded section of the Hindu population. Untouchability is a mass phenomenon of group prejudices and discrimination affecting more than 80 million people of India. Untouchability refers to the solid inhibition of touch
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