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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Africa. Apartheid of India is ‘Casteism’. So‚ is India a replica of South African apartheid? Certainly not. The South African natives were segregated on the basis of laws‚ made by men in authority‚ which were later dismantled by human efforts‚ again by men in authority. But in India‚ the discriminatory nature of class as well as race is duly recognised by the Constitution but not practised as the men in authority here are not distinct. Hence‚ the apartheid between Bharat and India is beyond the reach
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At present caste system is discouraged in India‚ its root was very strong in ancient India. The ancient Aryans started the system. They divided the society into four castes such as Brahmana‚ Kshatriya‚ Vaisya and Shudra. This division was made on the basis of the work which the Aryans did. Economists term it as division of labour. At that time society needed the work of all these castes. There was interference of one caste in another. The Brahma worshipped Gods and Goddesses. The Kshatriyas were
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Divisions in India Society: The Caste System There are different theories about the establishment of Caste system. There are religious‚ mystical‚ biological and socio-historical theories about the Caste system. The word “caste” is derived from a Portuguese word “casta” which means “bread” or “lineage” (Encarta). A Class vs. a Caste System In any country’s history‚ a high stage of social development is reached only when the main social divisions are formed. “The caste system penetrates the Hindu
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Jury system And Its relevance in India. ------------------------------------------------- Abstract ------------------------------------------------- This research article attempts to explain what exactly is jury system and the objective behind having jury trials. Also‚ we talk about its relevance in India and Indian judiciary. Tracing right from the period after independence when jury system prevailed in India‚ later when it was abolished and the present times where it is nowhere to be seen in
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tools. . I as a educationalist appreciate the words of Mr. Sam Pitroda‚ at the same time faculty members of RUB came from 6 colleges -- Sherubtse College‚ Institute of Language and Culture Studies‚ College of Natural Resources‚ Samtse College of Education‚ Jigme Namgyel Polytechnic‚ College of Science and Technology and also from the Office of the Vice Chancellor. Papers were presented on a wide range of research topics covering social science‚ agriculture science‚ humanities‚ and natural sciences
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BANKING SYSTEM IN INDIA Banking system in India plays a vital role in the economic development of a country. Banking system in India can be broadly divided into unorganized sector and organized sector. Unorganized sector mainly comprises of money lenders and indigenous bankers. The organized sector consists of commercial banks‚ co-operative banks and regional banks. Apart from these institutions which provide short-term credit to businesses‚ there are number of specialized term lending institutions
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a common male ancestor. Panini defines Gotra for grammatical purposes as ‘Apatyam Pautraprabhrti Gotram’‚ which means “the word Gotra denotes the progeny (of a sage) beginning with the son’s son.” The existence of Gotra system in the Indian society seems to be a matter
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The caste system of India All types of societies and races have some sort of functional social stratification. The only difference is that in most cases it remains in an elementary from and elastic. The peculiar feature of the Indian caste system is that in India the aforesaid process has crystalized into watertight compartments. And it has become permanent feature of the Hindu society. It is very difficult to give out and dried definition of caste. We may offer fairly accurate description
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ENG Chinese education system and the American education system The differences between the Chinese education and the American education are more obvious in people’s mind‚ not only to the international students‚ but also to the native students and some people who study on this. As more and more Chinese students come to America to have better education‚ we should think about why the American education system is better and how could we change our system to have a new education system in China. These
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