es were poor. Thus‚ he argued that the cause of trauma was not in the caste system‚ but elsewhere. Judged by the standards being applied to India‚ Gandhi claimed‚ every human society would fail. He acknowledged that the caste system in India spiritually blinded some Indians‚ then added that this did not mean that every Indian or even most Indians blindly followed the caste system‚ or everything from ancient Indian scriptures of doubtful authenticity and value. India‚ like any other society‚ cannot
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Nayar of India Latonya Myles ANT 101 Instructor Wendell Johnson April 25‚ 2011 Nayar of India Nayar is a Hindu caste of the India state of Kerala. The region contained small‚ feudal kingdoms‚ in each of which royal and noble lineages‚ the militia‚ and most land managers were drawn from the Nayars and related castes. Unlike most Hindus‚ Nayar traditionally were matrilineal. Their family unit‚ the members of which owned property jointly‚ included brothers and sisters‚ the latter is children
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Caste: Social and Gender Hierarchies The fundamental issues of caste not only affect the privileged and the working peoples‚ ethnic and racial minorities‚ and religious piety‚ but also the roles of men and women within the framework of gender relations. Through male domination of the public sphere‚ specific female roles were constructed. The primary concept of caste supported depictions of oppressed and subordinate women‚ which can be examined through the early literature of India. Women were no
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SOCIAL EXCLUSION OF DALITS IN RELIEF AND REHABILITATION- A CASE STUDY OF KENDRAPARA DISTRICT‚ ORISSA BY ASMITA G. NIKAM 2011DM008 Jamsetji Tata Center for Disaster Management TATA ISTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE Deonar‚ Mumbai-400088 2013 1 Social Exclusion of Dalits in Relief and Rehabilitation-A case study of Kendrapara District in Orissa A Project Report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements In the Degree of Master of Arts in Disaster Management By Asmita Nikam
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uncomfortable life‚ in disenchanted poverty and could not survive independently‚ would you seek a new religion to find peace and equality? Buddhism was a major advantage for India because it made people equal in the caste system compared to Hinduism and Jainism. Within the caste system In India‚ there are five levels of diversity in Hinduism. “The Brahmins were the upper class men who in India refer to the class of educators‚ law makers‚ scholars‚ priests and preachers of Dharma in Hinduism (I
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Modern India Behind Mud Walls Paper In order to understand India‚ one needs to understand its villages. Behind Mud Walls does a great job in providing a detailed background of an ordinary village life in India. Since seventy percent of Indians live in villages‚ it is important to learn about village lifestyle and the changes that take place in it. Only then one can learn about the cities because one needs to understand the relationship between the two in India. Behind Mud Walls provides the opportunity
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Reservation A Boon or Bane Reservation is the hot topic of the day. There are endless debates going on at various platforms and levels. Some vehemently oppose it same die hardly support and some stay neutral. Before going on to support or oppose it‚ first of all we have to detach our emotions from the topic and look at the issue who us tically Background The issue of reservation cropped up soon after our independence and a committee under Mr. Keleekar was appointed the recommendations
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lowest castes of Hindu society‚ the Chamar or tanner‚ the spiritual status he attained was profoundly troubling for orthodox Hindus of his time. His ancestral profession was the making and mending of shoes. Members of the Chamar caste were considered physically and ritually impure on account of their occupational contact with carcasses‚ and were deemed to be ‘untouchables’ in medieval Hindu society which operated according to normative values determined according to one ’s place in the caste hierarchy
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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 emerging from the characteristics of the Indian caste system. Ideas of occupational purity in the genesis of the caste system led to the
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lack of eye-witnesses. Caste Discrimination of Dalits does not only occurs to adults‚ the society’s discrimination of the minority ethnic group spreads to Dalit children and their disadvantage in education. Even in schools‚ teachers and students discriminate students belonging to the Dalit ethnic group. They were also forced to do the least desired and look down upon work‚ such as clearing faeces. These work are often considered menial and hazardous. Indians of higher caste rank often look down on
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