Question 3a. What were the advantages and disadvantages of the caste system? How did the caste system reflect Indian society. A caste system was used by the ancient Indian society to separate themselves into categories. There are advantages and disadvantages with the use of this system but they all reflected Indian society in different ways. The term Caste and Varna meant “heredity” and “color”. The caste system was originally created to separate the early Aryans from the native Indians
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------------------------------------------------- REPORT ON TIGERS The tiger (Panthera tigris)‚ a member of the Felidae family‚ is the largest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera.[4] The tiger is native to much of eastern and southern Asia‚ and is an apex predator and an obligate carnivore. The larger tiger subspecies are comparable in size to the biggest extinct felids‚[5][6] reaching up to 3.3 metres (11 ft) in total length‚ weighing up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds)‚ and having canines
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and wouldn’t have to listen to the first lord. (Page. 401) This social structure of medieval Europe can compare to the early caste system. The caste system has four levels to their structure: Brahmin‚ Kshatriya‚ Vaishya‚ and then Shudra. The medieval structure is: King‚ Lord‚ Knight‚ and then Peasants. Both of the systems they person has to be born into. The caste system and medieval social structure both have a person or representative in the form of religion. The old saying describing the social
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Termites‚ from all different houses‚ can slowly destroy it with their varying diets. Since termites eat many different types of wood. Termites have a caste system. Which include Kings and Queens. Also‚ blindness is a trait that most termites have. Termites have a caste system. Which includes the workers‚ soldiers‚ reproducers‚ the King‚ and the Queen. The King and Queen are the founders of their ¨kingdom¨ or nest. They started the reproduction of more termites to live in their nest. The soldiers
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disastrous. Similarly in Aravind Adiga’s book The White Tiger‚ western culture‚ which is normally a great part of certain societies‚ when mixed with indigenous culture‚ leads to corruption. Adiga’s novel is about an Indian entrepreneur who sees a world much bigger than the one he lives in. He notices how those with wealth take advantage of the rest of society. Laws‚ political power‚ and other western societal developments are traded for bribes. India’s class system takes a whole new meaning when mixed with
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religion is the Aryan caste system‚ reincarnation‚ and the Vedas. In the Hindu religion they believe in the Aryan caste system which determined a person’s role in society. They also believe in the process of reincarnation which is a cycle of rebirth. Lastly one of the origins of Hinduism is the Vedas which is one of the earliest “sacred text.” The Hindu caste system influences Indian society and culture in many ways. There are four main categories in the Hindu caste system and it is Brahmin‚ Kshatriya
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part‚ as out in the open as it used to be‚ it is still maintained by preserving the social castes today. The presence of a social caste system in today’s society implies truthfulness in Alexander’s statement. When Alexander insisted that American democracy was built on a time when the black person was seen as three fifths the value of a white person‚ she pointed out that America has still maintained a caste system concept that it was built on and it also goes to lengths to preserve power. I agree that
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The caste system of India is one of the main dimensions where people in India socially differentiated through religion‚ class‚ tribe‚ region‚ gender and language. The Indian caste system is considered a closed system of stratification‚ which means that a person’s social status is obligated to which caste they were born into. Caste is a social status determined by a system in society based on one’s position in that position could be low and high depending on the importance attached with that position
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the interaction between caste and patriarchy in India. A khap panchayat in Haryana ‘declares’ that mobilization of women(of a particular age gap) should be monitored(in reality restricted). Marriage by choice or outside one’s caste or inside one’s gotra is forbidden and those who challenge it‚ become a story in themselves. Young girls(at few incidents boys too) fall prey to moral policing. A high court judge asks the ‘wives’ to learn to adjust. In spite of abolition of caste in public life‚ manual
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111313 Political Science gr.2 The Political System in India Caste Politics Introduction India is a multicultural and multilingual country. Indian society is broadly divided into four groups. Forward communities (FC) are communities from caste and religion who do not qualify government of India reservation benefits; Backward Communities (BC)‚ Scheduled Castes (SC)‚ and Scheduled Tribes (ST) were the underprivileged groups. D.r
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