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    J.H. Caste in India: its nature‚ function and origins. bombay: oxford university press‚ 1983. Limbale‚ Sharan Kumar. The Outcaste akkarmashi. New Delhi: oxford university press‚ 2003. Limbale‚ Sharan Kumar. Towards an aesthetic of dalit literature. Nwe Delhi: Orient Black swan‚ 2004. Murhari‚ Banshelkikar Yashpal. "Asian journal of research in social science and humanities." Asserting rights and resisting the system in the outcaste akkarmashi (2001): 50-58. Pocker‚ P.K. sociology of indian society

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    Dalit theology is a branch of Christian theology that emerged among the Dalit caste in India in the 1980s. It shares a number of themes with liberation theology‚ which arose two decades earlier‚ including a self-identity as a people undergoing Exodus.[1] Dalit theology sees hope in the "Nazareth Manifesto" of Luke 4‚[2] where Jesus speaks of preaching "good news to the poor ... freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind" and of releasing "the oppressed."[3] Development A

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    religion is the Aryan caste system‚ reincarnation‚ and the Vedas. In the Hindu religion they believe in the Aryan caste system which determined a person’s role in society. They also believe in the process of reincarnation which is a cycle of rebirth. Lastly one of the origins of Hinduism is the Vedas which is one of the earliest “sacred text.” The Hindu caste system influences Indian society and culture in many ways. There are four main categories in the Hindu caste system and it is Brahmin‚ Kshatriya

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    and around India’s Mahārāshtra state. The aim of the society is the promulgation of theistic worship and social reform‚ and its early goals were opposition to the caste system‚ the introduction of widow remarriage‚ the encouragement of female education‚ and the abolition of child marriage. the society never required members to give up caste‚ idol worship‚ or the traditional religious sacraments. Early leaders of the movement were M.G. Ranade ‚ who was a prominent social reformer and a judge of the

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    The Mauryan Empire created a power vacuum that would fill the absence of Alexander the Great. In 320 B.C.E. Chandragupta Maurya began his conquest of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. However‚ the main figure of this dynasty was Ashoka‚ who ruled from 268 B.C.E. until 232 B.C. using a highly organized bureaucracy‚ not unlike the Chinese emperors. Following his death the empire went into decline‚ due in large part to financial problems. It eventually disappeared in 185 B.C.E. Economically

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    jajamani system in our economy‚ the early works in terms of reports‚ articles‚ and books decline its existence. From the studies done earlier‚ it is noticed that a majority of the literatures on drum beatings are based on locations and techniques of drum beating. Hardly

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    “Morrowbie inside the Caste” In Rudyard Kipling’s story “The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes” there are many aspects of the India’s traditions and customs. But one custom that is strongly present though out the story is the role of the Indian caste system. Within each character you are taken into the five levels of the caste system. The caste system has been present in Indian culture for as far back as their history can be traced. The five levels that are present with in the characters in the

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    CASTE SYSTEM AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN INDIA1 “I have no colour prejudices nor caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. All I care to know is that a man is a human being‚ and that is enough for me; he can’t be any worse.” INTRODUCTION:The Castes are hereditary endogamous group with fixed traditional occupations‚ observing commensal prohibition and social restrictions on interaction. It is believed that there are about 3‚000 castes in the country. These castes are grouped as upper castes (like Brahmins

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    Sociology Paper II Perspectives of Indian Society-I DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE & CONTINUING EDUCATION UTKAL UNIVERSITY‚ Vani Vihar Bhubaneswar‚ India 1 UNIT-I INDOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE 1.1. Indology: Meaning and Definition Indology is known as the science of Indian Society. The Indological perspective claims to understand Indian Society through the concepts‚ theories and frameworks that are closely associated with Indian Civilization. It made a claim that Indian Society is unique in structure‚ function

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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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