ESSAY Subject: History of Civilizations Question: 1. Analyze the Indian caste system and compare it to modern social stratification of the society. Discuss and identify similarities and differences. "Birth is not the cause‚ my friend; it is virtues which are the cause of auspiciousness. Even a chandala (lower caste) observing the vow is considered a Brahman by the gods." (Lord Krishna) In period of around 1500 BCE‚ Indo-European civilization called Aryan‚ settled in south-east
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1‚ Jan 2011 Social system influences Political System A comparative study of sub-continent Mughees Ahmed∗ Fozia Naseem∗∗ Abstract: The study of the culture of the Sub-Continent in the political context is the main object of this paper. Casteism and Biradarism are main component of this culture which has very deep impacts on political alignments of the people. This factor gained more significance in Pakistan in the era of non-political governments. Social system of sub-continent influences
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The Caste System of India Many people have heard of the caste system in India‚ but few understand its complexity. This system has kept India’s Hindu people locked into a rigid social climate for centuries‚ and is still a controlling factor among the Hindu people. The caste system was uniquely developed in the Hindu societies of India. The origins of the caste system in India are unclear‚ but it seems to have had its beginnings sometime around two thousand years ago. Under
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Sakulkiatpotchana 1 “James” Theerapatr Sakulkiatpotchana Mr. Jeffrey Steers Current Events 16 May 2013 The Caste System The Caste system is “Social hierarchy distinguishing India’s social structure from any other nation”(mtholyoke.edu‚ epandit). The caste system was used to control people and separate them from each other. Date back to 1200 BCE‚ caste is used to identify a group of people having a specific social rank. Most of the history seemed to
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A Day in Life: Case system Narrative My feet‚ burning walking through the villages while the higher caste people just stare at us‚ as if we are animals that have no home. My son is screaming as he is sick from the polluted water we have to drink from. The higher caste people drink from clean fresh wells and laugh at us as we drink from the local pond filled with animal feces. There isn’t much hope for our kind of people‚ but for us it’s all about slim chances. My people help each other
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“Caste” is defined as a rigid social system in which a social hierarchy is maintained generation after generation and allows little mobility out of the position to which a person is born. The original caste system of India was formed when Aryan nomadic groups migrated from the north to India in approximately 1500 B.C. The system consisted of four distinct groups. They were the Brahmans (priests) Kshatriya (warriors and tribal chiefs)‚ Vaishyas (tradesmen)‚ and the Sudras (workers‚ peasants).
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ISSN : 2277-7881 VOLUME 1‚ ISSUE 1‚ APRIL 2012 Dr. B.R. AMBEDKAR’S CONCEPT OF SOCIAL CHANGE Murali Korada Principal RLN Dora College of Educaton Srikakulam Dr.K.Victor Babu Dept of Philosophy Andhra University Visakhapatnam -530003 Dr. Ambedkar adopted peaceful means of social change. He believe in the evolutionary process of social change‚ which moves on constitutional lines. He preferred the evolutionary process
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The caste‚ the class and the colour-bar are among the systems of social stratification. The main aim of this essay is to compare and contrast these systems as well as indicating their advantages and disadvantages to development. The essay begins with defining the key terms which include comparing‚ contrasting and development. It further goes on to define as well as explain social stratification itself‚ the caste‚ the class and the colour-bar systems respectively. The essay further talks about the
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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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The Indian caste system describes the system of social stratification and social restrictions in India in which social classes are defined by thousands of endogamous hereditary groups‚ often termed jātis or castes. Within a jāti‚ there exist exogamous groups known as gotras‚ the lineage or clan of an individual. In a handful of sub-castes such as Shakadvipi‚ endogamy within a gotra is permitted and alternative mechanisms of restricting endogamy are used (e.g. banning endogamy within a surname). The
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