through the villages while the higher caste people just stare at us‚ as if we are animals that have no home. My son is screaming as he is sick from the polluted water we have to drink from. The higher caste people drink from clean fresh wells and laugh at us as we drink from the local pond filled with animal feces. There isn’t much hope for our kind of people‚ but for us it’s all about slim chances. My people help each other in times of need‚ the same caste helps the people inside of it‚ but requesting
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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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"firsts-on-film"‚ such as Dalits being forced to dismount from their cycles and remove their shoes when in the upper caste part of the village. It exposes the continuation of caste practices and Untouchability in Sikhism‚ Christianity and Islam‚ and even amongst the communists in Kerala. Dalits themselves are not let off the hook: within Dalits‚ sub-castes practice Untouchability on the "lower" sub-castes‚ and a Harijan boy refuses to drink water from a Valmiki boy. The viewer hears that Untouchability is an
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The British Raj and the India’s Caste System The Indian caste system‚ known as Varnas‚ is a centuries old system of social stratification. It is a strict hierarchal system that determines a person’s occupation for them. It also determines what they can wear‚ who they can talk to‚ who they can marry. Those on the top of the pyramid have all the wealth‚ power‚ and prestige‚ while those on the bottom are treated no better than the trash that is thrown away. It consists of four Varna’s: Brahmins‚
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“Caste” is defined as a rigid social system in which a social hierarchy is maintained generation after generation and allows little mobility out of the position to which a person is born. The original caste system of India was formed when Aryan nomadic groups migrated from the north to India in approximately 1500 B.C. The system consisted of four distinct groups. They were the Brahmans (priests) Kshatriya (warriors and tribal chiefs)‚ Vaishyas (tradesmen)‚ and the Sudras (workers‚ peasants).
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ISSN : 2277-7881 VOLUME 1‚ ISSUE 1‚ APRIL 2012 Dr. B.R. AMBEDKAR’S CONCEPT OF SOCIAL CHANGE Murali Korada Principal RLN Dora College of Educaton Srikakulam Dr.K.Victor Babu Dept of Philosophy Andhra University Visakhapatnam -530003 Dr. Ambedkar adopted peaceful means of social change. He believe in the evolutionary process of social change‚ which moves on constitutional lines. He preferred the evolutionary process
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Half Caste Girl - Judith Wright Half Caste Girl Little Josie buried under the bright moon Is tired of being dead‚ death lasts too long. She would like to push death aside‚ and stand on the hill And beat with a waddy on the bright moon like a gong Across the hills‚ the hills that belong to no people And so to none are foreign‚ Once she climbed high to find the native cherry; The lithe darkhearted lubra Who in her beads like blood Dressed delicately for love Moves her long hands among the
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The caste system is a system of division of labour and power in human society. It is a system of social stratification‚ and a basis foraffirmative action. Historically‚ it defined communities into thousands of endogamous hereditary groups called Jātis. The Jātis were grouped by the Brahminical texts under the four well-known caste categories (the varnas): viz Brahmins‚ Kshatriyas‚Vaishyas‚ and Shudras. Certain people were excluded altogether‚ ostracized by all other castes and treated as untouchables
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THE ANNIHILATION OF CASTE Prologue [How this speech came to be composed—and not delivered] [1:] On December 12‚ 1935‚ I received the following letter from Mr. Sant Ram‚ the Secretary of the Jat - Pat - Todak Mandal: My dear Doctor Saheb‚ Many thanks for your kind letter of the 5th December. I have released it for press without your permission for which I beg your pardon‚ as I saw no harm in giving it publicity. You are a great thinker‚ and it is my well-considered opinion that none else
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EDUCATION Application Form for verification of Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Caste convert to Buddhism/De -Notified Tribe (Vimukta Jati)/ Nomadic Tribe/Other Backward Class/Special Backward Category certificate to be submitted to Divisional Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee. To‚ Member Seceretary and Research Officer‚ Divisional Caste Scrutiny Committee‚ No......... ......................
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