History of the Indian caste system From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Indian society has consisted of thousands of endogamous clans and groups called jatis since ancient times. The Brahminical scriptures and texts tried to bring this diversity under a comprehensible scheme which hypothesised four idealised meta groups called varna. The first mention of the formal varna Indian caste system is in the famous Purusha Sukta of the Rigveda‚ although it is the only mention
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SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a renowned spiritual leader and multi-faceted humanitarian whose mission of uniting the world into a violence-free family has inspired millions of people worldwide. The icon of non-violence and universal human values‚ Sri Sri seeks global peace through service and dialog. Born in 1956 in southern India‚ Sri Sri’s appeal transcends class‚ race‚ religion and nationality. Millions of people revere him as their spiritual leader‚ and
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chairman of the drafting committee that was constituted by the Constituent Assembly to draft a constitution for the independent India; he was the first Law Minister of India; conferred Bharat Ratna in 1990. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar is viewed as messiah of dalits and downtrodden in India. He was the chairman of the drafting committee that was constituted by the Constituent Assembly in 1947 to draft a constitution for the independent India. He played a seminal role in the framing of the constitution. Bhimrao
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Introduction Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram‚ Patit Pavan Sita Ram Sita Ram Sita Ram‚ Bhaj pyare tu Sitaram Ishwar Allah tero naam‚ Sab ko Sanmti de Bhagawan.......... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi‚ Mahatma Gandhi‚ the apostle of peace and the Father of the Nation was born on 2nd October 1869 at Porbandar in Gujarat. In his autobiography "My experiments with Truth" Gandhi recalls that his childhood and teen age years were characterized by education in a local school‚ marriage to Kasturba at the
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Huffman argues that identities are complex matter. Identities are historically bound and socially constructed element and it can be changed in time to time. Every individual has own self-identity that defined by own experiences‚ and cultural practices. Huffman discussed about four theoretical approaches to understanding the role of identities in conflict. Here‚ I would like to discuss about theory of protected social conflict in the context of Nepalese conflict‚ which I have experienced in my own
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When it comes to societies‚ it is important for everyone within that society to look after one another and maintain peace. Although most of the people living among societies‚ DO in fact live in a positive form‚ its not that rare to find that some things do go wrong. For example‚ when a people who live within that society have problems within one another‚ they tend to turn their backs on each other. That’s an example of when the people within a society can make the positivity turn into a negativity
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Valmiki’s Joothan is written from the personal experiences of dalit who rises to prominence from his marginalized presence. Omprakash Valmiki’s voice is today recognized as an empowered voice of a writer who works on behalf of Dalits. Himself born in a desperately poor family in North India‚ the lowest caste in Indian society‚ a community of the illiteratre Untouchables ‚ he describes from his personal experiences the torments of the Dalits who even have no right to fight for education or food. He
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Dichotomy: a Dalit Feminist Perspective - A Study of Bama’s Sangati “When I was born/ Mother wept‚ saying “A row of worries/Endless trouble.” (37) -Imayam Caste and gender are the two important identity building mechanisms that create a Dalit Feminist perspective. Dalit feminism redefines woman from the socio-political perspective of a Dalit‚ taking into account the caste and gender oppression. This critique focuses on three aspects‚ firstly the oral narrative style that Bama‚ a Tamil‚ Dalit writer
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Maharashtra (/mɑːhəˈrɑːʃtrə/; Marathi: महाराष्ट्र [məharaːʂʈrə] ( listen)) is a state in the western region of India. It is the second most populous state after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India. Maharashtra is the wealthiest state in India‚ contributing 15% of the country’s industrial output and 13.3% of its GDP (2006–2007 figures).[5] Maharashtra is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west‚ Gujarat and the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the northwest‚ Madhya Pradesh
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Introduction. The Delhi gang rape case in which a paramedical student was brutally gang raped in moving bus shook entire nation .With massive protests round the country and demand of death penalty for preparators from all sections of society focus was to make our cities safe for women.But another issue which also gained importance during these protests and news room debate was that of Juvenile Deliquency as one of the acussed ( the most brutal one) was juvenile and while others were awarded death
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