Kongu Vellalar Gounder Caste: An Overview Introduction: Caste was and has been a central determining factor for individuals born into orthodox families. It not only determines what opportunities are available at your disposal but also what you can or cannot do‚ in practically every sphere of life. Having realized this through various experiences‚ a thought occurred to me to find out‚ atleast‚ how the caste I belong to- Kongu Vellalar Gounder (in Tamil Nadu) actually came into existence. The
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Social Inequality and Stratification Question: What are the three main forms of inequality in diverse societies? Social Inequality happens when an individual or a group within a society has unequal rights to social commodities such as power‚ wealth‚ education and opportunity. The book defines Inequality as "the degree to which culturally valued material and social rewards are given disproportionately to individuals‚ families and other kinds of groups". Each culture has a different expression
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occupied by individuals or groups in relation to other individuals in society (Harris and Scott‚ 1997:28). Therefore the essence of this essay is to critically analyze social stratification as well as compare and contrast the; Class‚ Colourbar and Caste systems of social stratification‚ a brief description of these systems will be given. Additionally‚ the essay will indicate the advantages and disadvantages of these social systems of social stratification to development. Finally‚ the conclusion will
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Ambedkar‚ the concept of socialism is based on the principles of justice‚ liberty‚ equality and fraternity. It is his thought that socialism can be achieved by State control over land‚ industries‚ religions‚ caste and through an elaborate scheme of constitutional method. As per him‚ caste consciousness hampers economic progress‚ so he suggested that the State should redistribute the land to poor farmers and it was his demand that the state should abolish the Zamindari system. In this paper/article
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Condition: The question of condition‚ or problem‚ mainly focuses on what is wrong with the world and your surroundings or with yourself. In the Krishna and Hinduism world view‚ the problem is the illusion‚ or Maya‚ that people tend to build about themselves and what surrounds them. Maya is when people see themselves as something separate instead of the common Hindu belief that all things are connected. Maya brings ignorance‚ attachment‚ and reincarnation into the lives of people. People start
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although these religions are comparatively similar through these aspects‚ there does lay significant differences between Jainism and Hinduism. These differences include the ability of women to reach moksha (release from the cycle of rebirth) and the caste system in each religion. The ability of woman to attain moksha found in Jainism is considerably different to that found in Hinduism. In Jainism‚ their sub traditions question the ability for woman to attain liberation from the rebirth
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had absolutely no status as citizens. The mixed children was called “half-caste”‚ were half Aboriginal and half European. In 1905 the Western Australia Aborigines Act was declared‚ making the Chief Protector the legal guardian of all Aboriginal and half-caste children. It was decided that the half-caste children should be assimilated into the Australian society. This lead to a large scale abduction of half-caste children‚ forcibly moving them from their parents. Some Aboriginal families even
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women. Ravidas and Basavanna are male poets that are also known to have broken society’s rules in terms of caste hierarchy. Thus‚ both genders have similarities and differences in the expression of poetry and the way they question the society. Mirabai and Mahadevi Akka: Mirabai was a Rajput princess born to a maharaja of the Rathore dynasty. She is known to have broken all barriers of caste and expectations of her role as a woman (Hawley & Juergensmeyer‚ 1988). Rajputh women had two main practices:
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A Response on Social Inequality We live in a culturally diverse world. Age‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ ethnic heritage and race are some of the diverse areas in society that are deemed significant. In spite of all these differences we tend to center ourselves around people who are similar to us; those who share the same biological and physical characteristics‚ same status and similar lifestyles. Because of this it is our human nature to be ethnocentric towards those who are different from us
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The beliefs and ideas of Ancient India such as the caste system‚ karma‚ reincarnation and Buddhism greatly influenced its society by keeping the people calm and happy even in unbalanced situations. The caste system is a hierarchical structure in which people are born into their class‚ or caste‚ with no exception. For example‚ if two people were low-ranking farmers‚ the son and/or daughter of these parents would also be born as farmer even if he/she showed outstanding intelligence and leadership
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