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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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    Essay on Indian Education System To strengthen the Indian Education System‚ an educational policy was adopted by the Indian Parliament in 1968. Education was made an important and integral part of the national development efforts. After independence there has been an effort to spread education to all levels of Indian society. Statistics point to the fact that 99 per cent of children in age group 6-11 years have been enrolled in school. However‚ to bring the remaining into the ambit of universal

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    First Question: Describe each of the five major groups of people within the caste system? There was five major groups within the caste system. The first major groups was the Brahmins. The Brahmins were priests and religious scholars. They were very rich. The second major group of the caste system was the Kshatriyas. They were the warriors and rulers. The third major group was the Vaishiyas. They were the herders and merchants‚ which also meant that they farmers‚ artisans‚ craftsmen‚ and more. The

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    Caste (Oxford India Short Introductions). By SURINDER S. JODHKA. New Delhi: Oxford University Press‚ 2012. xvii‚ 201 pp. Rs 195 (paperback). Surinder S. Jodhka’s monograph Caste provides a concise yet very informative history of the complex reality of caste in India. At the same time‚ the author brings together all the major literature available on the issue into a single thread and thereby taking the reader through the timeline of the changing ideas of caste. Hence‚ the book‚ while newly engaging

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    under a 4000-year-old religious system. The film introduces leading Benares scholars who interpret Hindu scriptures to mean that Dalits "have no right" to education‚ and Rajput farmers who proudly proclaim that no Dalit may sit in their presence‚ and that the police must seek their permission before pursuing cases of atrocities. The film captures many "firsts-on-film"‚ such as Dalits being forced to dismount from their cycles and remove their shoes when in the upper caste part of the village. It exposes

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    socio-cultural life in India. Religious faiths and social customs are two sensitive aspects with which Indians are emotionally involved. Little amount of interference might lead to unrest and resentment against the British Rule. Only after 1813‚ when the British felt politically safe and secured they stopped forward for introducing changes for transformation or modernization of Indian society and culture. Two factors primarily promoted the British to introduce a series of reforms for modernization

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    One part of this portion of the novel that I found to be troubling was the caste system and the pursuit of the greater good. The caste system was broken into 5 tiers and two sub-tiers‚ Alphas and Betas being above Gamma‚ Delta‚ and Epsilon‚ with plusses and minuses within each tier. From the moment they are ‘conceived’‚ they are designated to a certain caste. Without any input from themselves‚ someone decided their abilities‚ their fears‚ their desires‚ and their entire life. They have had not only

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    NAME:-MAYANK DEV TOPIC:-RESERVATION SUMMAURY Caste based reservation in government jobs and higher education was first introduced during the British rule of India as representation through affirmative action in government jobs and higher education for castes traditionally excluded from government jobs and education such as castes of the Shudra Varna (backward castes) and Dalits (scheduled castes).  Objectives of Reservation: 1:-Uplift lower strata of society 2:-Ensure proper political representation

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    the whites‚ but the whites have more respect just because of the color of their skin. Jack Kessler Your ethnicity in India does not determine your social status. In India their social hierarchy is organized by your occupation. This system is known as the Caste System. In the 1900’s in the United States your social placement was determined by your race; having Whites

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    The Impact of Buddhism on Indian society It has been said that Buddhism came as a reaction to the corruption of the Vedic ideals that were governing the Indian society. The  Vedic ideals which were governing society till then had  become conventional and lost their inner force.  As we have seen in the earlier chapter‚ the caste system had a high and noble goal; but now it tended to become hereditary‚ rigid and inelastic. At the same time the teachings of the Vedic Rishis were being applied in a

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