Varna

Conflict Theories According to Karl Marx in all stratified societies there are two major social groups: a ruling class and a subject class. The ruling class derives its power from its ownership and control of the forces of production. The ruling class exploits and oppresses the subject class. As a result there is a basic conflict of interest between the two classes. The various institutions of society such as the legal and political system are instruments of ruling class domination and serve to further

Ever since man began to roam this earth some 3-5 million years ago, societies have been evolving and growing to bring us to the current civilizations that we have today. Although there are some general differences between the societies such as origin, appearance, and tradition there is far more argumentation to reinforce how similarly they evolved and developed. To begin, it is indispensable that we delve into the earliest forms of humanity. Most if not all groups maintained their survival through

moment…we call them the Careers (Collins 94).” As previously stated, the Careers illegally train for the games and the Capitol pretends it is not happening. This makes these teens more educated the rest of the districts, much like the top, educated varna of the caste system. As a whole all of the districts perform some sort of servile labor. They are slaves to the Capitol and are not allowed to do anything that does not involve pleasing the leaders in the Capitol. District twelve could be considered

in trading routes of the Indian Ocean. The term caste refers to a social class of hereditary and usually unchangeable status. When the Aryans first implemented the caste system in India, they used the term varna, meaning “color, to refer to major social classes. There were five main varnas: brahmins (priests); kshatriyas (warriors and aristocrats); vaishyas (cultivators, artisans, and merchants); shudras (landless peasants, and serfs); and untouchables (people who performed unpleasant tasks such

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

Transmigration has been known since 63 years ago in Indonesia, initial idea of the transmigration came over the Dutch-East Indies government. Indonesia history noted that transmigration started when the Indonesian government was coordinated to dispatch or move 23 families (77 persons) of Sukadana citizens, Begelen Sub-district, Central Java towards Gedong Tataan, in the northern Tandjungkarang City of Kerisidenan Lampung, Sumatera. Migration or population movement in Indonesia known as transmigration

(traditionally) performed by the Brahmin caste. Originally they were separate, but then became combined between 1200-1000 BCE (Davis 8) Although some parts of the Vedas may have existed before Indra was known to all communities, I placed the Vedas after Indra. Varna- The original sacrifice in the Vedas was interpreted as the

Dharma in the Mahabharta The concept of dharma is the most central and core concept of Hindu philosophy, "all the other principles and values flow from the beautiful fountain of Dharma" (Srinivasan n.d., 1). Consequently, the Hindu scriptures present many examples of its importance in a variety of ways. The two epics Mahabharata and Ramayana are particularly interesting in their presentation of dharma. Dharma is Sanskrit word with many different connotations that are mostly of ethical

responsibilities assigned by one’s particular caste. In the religion term each caste is called Varna. The highest level is contains those of the leaders, teachers, writers, philosophers belong to highest caste and they called as Brahman. The following Varna is called Kshatriya this class contains of the ruler and warrior. The next class is called Vaisia those are business and land owners of society. The following Varna on the ladder of social structures of life is Sudra. This caste is lowest of the ladder

GANDHI’S SOCIO-POLITICAL THOUGHTS BY NON-VIOLENCE *Meenu Sharma Research Scholar, Dept. of History, Meerut College, Meerut Abstract— In the study of history of human civilization it is found that there was a continuous trend of torturing the weak by more powerful individuals or groups, exploitation of the poor by the rich and landed people, neglect of the illiterate by the educated people, socially overpowering women by men and as such injustices. Such social injustices are a constant source of