Caste system in India

JAJMANI System Introduction The real India breathes in its villages.India is a land of villages with around 70 % of its population still residing in it .The basic characteristics of the Indian villages are: a)Still practising their old age custom and traditions. b)Illiteracy has still bound them into shackles which needs to be addressed in the indian village c)Cate is still a social evil which is prevalent in the villages. d)Caste based

Seminar:Dalits In India By K.Hymavathi Asst.Proffessor Dept.Of AS&H Vitam College of Engg. Visakhapatnam My Paper deals with the “Social Status of Dalits during the pre and post Independent India” India is a vast country. It is a land of rich culture and heritage. It is also a land of unity in diversity with its people following multi-religion and speaking many languages. India enjoys a democratic form of government. It has become independent 62years ago. Cast System In India: Social structure

issues that form a cultural identity of India. Though the play takes an instance of a single family to represent Indian ways of life, it serves as a microcosm to the Indian multicultural identity. Old Stone Mansion, an English translation of a Marathi play, Wada Chirebandi, projects life of a family living in one of the Indian states, Maharashtra. It is a critique of age old wada (Mansion) culture carried by one of the dominant communities, Brahmin, in India. The play begins at almost midnight when

Playing with Fire portrays the lives of seven women from diverse castes and religions in Uttar Pradesh, India. Although these women inhabit different and unequal worlds in many respects, they share the burden of being women in a society marked by extreme male dominance and the oppression of women. Regardless of their respective circumstances, the women are exposed from birth to a world where they are constantly controlled and victims of violence. At the same time, the women share a collective story

(untouchable) and the daughter of a Brahmin under the guidance and protection of an archetypal figure-Basavanna who is also the votary of sharana movement. He remarks about the poison of casteism and untouchability. Some day this entire edifice of caste and creed, this poison –house of Varnasharma will come tumbling down. Every person will see himself only as a human being. That is invevitable. But we have a long way to go. You know the most terrible crimes have been Justified in the name of Sanatan

The first caste theme is that of liberal hypocrisy of the upper caste. In the play, Seva, though being a women's rights activist who has worked for the downtrodden all her life, opposes Jyothi and Arun's marriage. She comes up with various excuses such as financial instability and lack of compatibility

history of the British in India) in India, while the Europeans fought one another and the British intrigued among themselves for personal advantage, Mughals killed Mughals, Rajputs killed Rajputs, Mughals killed Rajputs, Rajputs killed Mughals, British killed Mughals and Rajputs, Mughals and Rajputs killed British, and starvation and taxation kept killing the farmers and laborers of India as usual." 1 This is how Wendy Doniger defines the pre-independence early history of India (of the 19th century)

The last two grids of the graph show hostility or distress regarding the caste identities. The second last grid represents that around 11 percent (frequently and sometimes) students “felt insulted or threatened because of your (their) caste”. This reflects that caste identities of student are prominent on the campus. The last grid of the graph presents the most sensitive aspect of the campus climate. Around 39 (frequently and sometimes) respondents shared that they “had tense, somewhat hostile, uncomfortable

of Dalit women. It argued against patriarchy and caste oppression. Bama’s personal struggle finds her own identity, Karukku which means Palmyra leaves. Bama attempts to overcome her existential despite stemming from her alienation from the convent and her community. Karukku was a new genre in the history of Tamil Literature; it has gained many praises and many scorned it. Dalit literature was born out of anguish of unjust social systems based on caste and class inequities and has become an expression

Colonialism is the policy or practice of having full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. Countries such as Africa, India, Indonesia, and other countries have been a part of colonialism, where they have been taken control by other dominating countries such as Britain, Belgium, or Netherlands. These countries then started to develop under the influence of their colonial leader countries. After becoming decolonized which is the