The caste system‚ or Varna‚ of India‚ came about when the Aryan speaking Nomadic groups came to India about 1500B.C.. The Aryan priests divided society into a caste system with four parts. This system determined Indian occupations. The priests and teachers were the highest caste. The second in rank were rulers and warriors‚ with merchants and traders third in rank. Last were the workers and peasants who were born to be servants to the other three castes. People could not change their caste. They
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The caste system described on Wikipedia‚ is the social stratification and social restrictions in the Indian subcontinent‚ in which social classes are defined by thousands of endogamous hereditary groups‚ often termed as jātis or castes.The caste system in India can be explained more of the a complex social structure of their hierarchy. The caste system is more of a group of people having a specific social rank. The jatis or castes can vary in size from a few to thousands of people. There are various
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Divisions in India Society: The Caste System There are different theories about the establishment of Caste system. There are religious‚ mystical‚ biological and socio-historical theories about the Caste system. The word “caste” is derived from a Portuguese word “casta” which means “bread” or “lineage” (Encarta). A Class vs. a Caste System In any country’s history‚ a high stage of social development is reached only when the main social divisions are formed. “The caste system penetrates the Hindu
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THE BADI: PROSTITUTION AS A SOCIAL NORM AMONG AN UNTOUCHABLE CASTE OF WEST NEPAL THOMAS COX Introduction Badi are an untouchable Hindu caste‚ with a total population of approximately 7‚000‚ who inhabit scattered settlements in the Salyan‚ Rolpa‚ Rukum‚ Dailekh‚ Seti‚ Jajarkot‚ Dang-Dekhuri‚ Banke and Bardiya Districts of west Nepal. Bali men fish (keeping most of the catch for their own family’s consumption) and make drums and pipes‚ which they sell to Nepalese in neighboring communities. Badi
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Report No 32 Background report on gender issues in India: key findings and recommendations Short report Report commissioned by the Overseas Development Administration (DFID)‚ UK February 1995 (revised) The authors gratefully acknowledge support for the preparation of this report from the Overseas Development Administration (DFID)‚ UK. However‚ the views expressed and any errors or omissions are those of the authors and not of the DFID‚ UK. BRIDGE (development - gender) Institute of Development
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The Caste System in India By : Justice Markandey Katju‚ Judge‚ Supreme Court of India The caste system is one of the greatest social evils plaguing our country today. It is acting as a powerful social and political divisive force in our country at a time when it is absolutely essential for us to be united if we wish to face our nation’s challenges. It is a curse on our country which must be speedily eradicated if we wish to progress. We may consider a few facts to realize how strongly caste
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Jajmani System: Definitions: 1. Harold Gould: Inter familial‚ inter caste relationship with patterning of superordinate‚ subordinate relations between patrons and supplier of services 2. Yogendra singh: Based on reciprocity in inter caste relations in villages 3. Ishwaran: System where each caste has a role to play Features: 1. Between families‚ not whole caste 2. One to one or many to one (village watchman‚ Orenstein) 3. Not all relations between jajman‚ kamin contractual. Some are paid
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Compare and Contrast Classical China and India The foundations were set for these two Classical developing empires: China‚ separated from other developing empires and India‚ supported by them. While both Classical China and India had hierarchy’s based on agriculture and organized patriarchal societies‚ India developed multiple institutions‚ such as language‚ while China developed one united dialect. Agriculture helped set a hierarchy for these classical civilizations. For example‚ China categorized
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had some different qualities‚ Classical China and India were very similar. The complexities of both India and China’s social hierarchy systems were very different. However their religious views and ideas were similar‚ and they both began to decline but were able to recover and maintain stability. Both China and India used social hierarchy systems‚ but they were used differently. India used a very strict system called Varna‚ or the caste system. People only associated with people in their class
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Caste Inequalities in India Today – SatishDeshpande (origin of sc- the govt of india act 1935 required the preparation of schedules listing the castes and tribes forming the ‘depressed classes’) summary the 1980-90 witnessed ‘the return of the repressed’- the renewed militancy and social visibility of the lower classes. During the Nehruvian era‚ Caste was among the few ‘traditional’ institutions that were presented as all bad‚ as social evils without any redeeming features. And in 1950’s
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