UNIT 17 IDENTITY POLITICS IN INDIA (CASTE‚ RELIGION‚ LANGUAGE AND ETHNICITY) Structure 17.1 17.2 17.3 Introduction What is Identity Politics? Identity Politics in India 17.3.1 17.3.2 17.3.3 17.3.4 17.4 17.5 Caste Religion Language Ethnicity Summary Exercises 17.1 INTRODUCTION Identity Politics has become a prominent subject in the Indian politics in the past few years. 1 Rise of low castes‚ religious identities‚ linguistic groups and ethnic conflicts have contributed
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Dr. Ambedkar on Social Reform – May 20‚ 2011Posted in: Caste System/Human Rights‚ Social Reform in India Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar ([bʱiːmraːw raːmdʑiː aːmbeːɽkər]; 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956)‚ popularly also known as Babasaheb‚ was an Indian jurist‚ political leader‚ philosopher‚ anthropologist‚ historian‚ orator‚ economist‚ teacher‚ editor‚ prolific writer‚ revolutionary and a revivalist for Buddhism in India‚ inspiring the Dalit Buddhist movement. He was also the chief
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social injustices that the Untouchable castes are exposed to daily. In such a case‚ the main character of the novel‚ Bakha‚ is an ideal example. This novel is set to explain the caste system in one single day and does an exceptional job to help the readers understand how the low caste citizens were treated. Bakha is an eighteen year old boy who was born into being a Bhangi‚ which also means his job is to clean the latrines leaving him in the lowest level of the caste. This novel depicts the protagonist
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Communication in India is complex and complicate in tune with the stratification and hierarchical order of Indian casteist society. Casteism‚ being the most complex and discriminatory social system of the world‚ vehemently denied the right of Dalits to have education. Thus letters and literature were inaccessible for Dalits for about three millennia; even though they kept their oral tradition alive. Things were changed not because of any positive change of attitude of the dominant caste groups of India; but
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The Constitution of India does provide special privileges to the downtrodden sections of society called Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The special provisions were primarily for a limited period often years from the date of application of constitution. There is no fixed period for continuation of this privilege. The constitutional safeguards continued to be extended each time by ten years. before the period of earlier ten years expired. According to historians‚ the most important factor in
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Indian system gave monopoly of educational resources to Brahmins. Anyone who tried to break the hegemonic encroachments of educational resourceswas severely punished by the Laws of Manu or by the preaching of Vedic scriptures such as Rig-Veda. For a very long-time Indians born in disparate Varnas could not even think of transgressing the caste lines or stepping into the zones that were not made or meant for them‚ especially those who were born in lower segments of Varnas. Although a mild system of punishment
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Modern India Behind Mud Walls Paper In order to understand India‚ one needs to understand its villages. Behind Mud Walls does a great job in providing a detailed background of an ordinary village life in India. Since seventy percent of Indians live in villages‚ it is important to learn about village lifestyle and the changes that take place in it. Only then one can learn about the cities because one needs to understand the relationship between the two in India. Behind Mud Walls provides the opportunity
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family was of Marathi background from the town of Ambavade (Mandangad taluka) in the Ratnagiri district of modern-day Maharashtra. They belonged to the Mahar caste‚ who were treated as untouchables and subjected to socio-economic discrimination.[11] Ambedkar’s ancestors had for long been in the employment of the army of the British East India Company‚ and‚ his father served in the Indian Army at the Mhow cantonment. Having had little formal education in Marathi and English‚ but encouraging his children
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Submitted By: Supervised By: Sachin Singh Mrs. Manisha Sinha A0706113121 Assistant Professor Amity Institute of English Studies and Research AMITY UNIVERSITY UTTAR PRADESH India DECLARATION Date: 18th February‚ 2015 I‚ Sachin Singh‚ student of Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in English of Amity Institute of English Studies and Research‚ Amity University Uttar Pradesh‚ hereby declare that I have completed the English Project
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themselves to the flames of the funeral pyre. This is mainly practiced in India. Introduction Roop Kanwar. 1987. Eighteen years old. She was from a tiny village in Northwest India. Who would have known that this young lady would stir such controversy. For Roop Knawar is not an ordinary person. She is the motive behind the Anti-Sati movement. In December of 1987‚ Roop Kanwar had done what many women in India have done before her: She had committed Sati.‚ Was she forced into
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