Essays on Castes

Nowadays, Hawaii is one of the most popular travel destinations. The first associations that come to one’s mind hearing about Hawaii are board surfing, aloha, hula, and incredibly beautiful ocean and sky. However, despite the seeming enervation, Hawaii islands have a rich history rooted in the history of the Polynesian Triangle. This paper aims to discuss the history and culture of ancient Hawaii and the kingdom. As well as New Zealand and Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Hawaii is one of the corners of the Polynesian Triangle. Most cultures of the islands in the Polynesian Triangle have similar Polynesian ...

INDIA’S CLASSIC AGE

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Introduction

Born in India, on the territory of present-day Nepal, Buddha not only influenced Indian culture and spiritually, but has also become one of the world’s most appreciated systems of belief. Buddhism emerged at a very specific moment in the history of India, when the changes in the political and philosophical realm coincided with the different problems in the society (Begum 2013). Buddhism, which emerged as a new and surprising religion, contradicted many of the Brahmanical beliefs which people in India shared in the 6th century B.C. The Buddha’s concerns and the vision on the society, which is ...

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Buddhism and Hinduism are 2 of the 5 religions that are most popular in the current world. Both of these religions are widely practiced and have deep roots in history. In the rating of the most popular religions, Hinduism follows Christianity and Islam and takes the 3rd place (Nandan, G. B. and Jangubhai, N. A. M., 2013). The first written documents that contain the principles of Hinduism are called Vedas. They were copied on paper in 1000 B.C., but it is evident that they appeared long before that time in an oral form. Both Buddhism and Hinduism appeared in ...

Writings on Hinduism have been remarkably expanded in the past decade by anthropological research which focuses on the real nature of religious practices, including the underlying philosophy, and examines the setting or environment as well as the written literature. Edward Harper, in his article Ritual Pollution as an Integrator of Caste and Religion (1964), vividly showed that the hierarchical relationship of the concepts of 'purity' and 'pollution', which are the foundational elements of caste, is based on a paradigm of society wherein different groups are brought together by the common pursuit of religion or rituals for the gods. The ...

How are the three main girls referred to due to their mixed ethnic background?

The three girls were referred to as half-castes because they had mixed-parentage of aboriginal and white parents. How are the homes for children explained/ described to Australian society? The Moore River Native Settlement Homes were branded as re-education camps to help the half-castes. It was said the rehabilitation would improve their lives.

What was the purpose of the homes for children?

It was said that the children would be put there to grow, after which they would be sent off to white homes to work as laborers. They would marry whites which would help get rid of the aboriginal blood. According to Neville, the project was to help ...

In the traditional Hindu practices marriage is not a romantic union of hearts, it is a religious duty and a social necessity. A man and a woman cannot function fully separately neither physically nor in the sacred terms. Only the union sanctified by marriage combines them into a single entity in which they are able to fulfill their mission. Therefore, the family within the Hindu tradition is perceived as a sacred institution, and family ties are an essential component of the life cycle, consistent implementation of the idea of ​​self-sacrifice, the idea of ​​the sacred law which is the ...

Changing Caste System In India

The article discusses about the Indian caste system where the "Varna" or caste had great impact on the society. The behavior of the upper caste towards the "untouchables" was mean in villages restricting them from entering the premises of the upper caste, visit temples, eat the same food or play with them. They were considered as dirt of the society. But the society underwent a massive change just after independence. The intelligent and bright children in the minority community got benefits from "untouchable quota" which our government has implemented to reduce inequality It was first started by Dr. B. ...

Rabbit Proof Fence (2002): Three young native women are kidnapped by the Australian government and sent to boarding school but they escape and travel across Australia to return home.

Introduction

In 1770, the British settled into Australia and took note or gave no status to the native Aborigines. The natives were dispossessed of their land and became the Indigenous people of Australia. There were no rights given to them or treaties enacted considering their status as natives. The Aborigines were hunter gatherers with no permanent dwelling grouped together with kin. The British had no respect for these natives and ...

Anthropological analyses prove that there are many cultural practices in the globe that use different forms of body art and ornamentation such as tattooing which is either permanent or temporary, scarification, and piercing for different reasons such as, ceremonial religious rituals, and tribal identification. The body art and ornamentation process represents a figurative death, as well as rebirth involving painful experience as a method to push for self-discovery, and establishing one’s position in the society. This paper will focus on different aspects of body art and ornamentation across certain cultures. The cultures to be analyzed are the Yoruba’s of ...

There are several nations across the world, which experience social inequality based on their income. On the contrary, India is one such country that divides the people depending upon their caste. Caste system has been abolished in India according to the educated intellectuals, but the reality is quite the opposite. After India received its independence, the Indian constitution took steps on the discrimination of caste in the public. However, even in the present time, caste ranking is common in the rural areas. In terms of kinship and marriage, caste system plays a very important role in India than in personal ...

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Written by Huxley Aldous, Brave New World revolves around the making of a human controlled world to ensure correlation among the same. For instance, the world state works at producing humans who fit at different levels. With the Alphas leading and the Epsilon falling in the latter position, the world has an order that everyone follows. The text talks of two worlds, the World State where the elite live and the Reservation where outcasts are controlled. It is important to note that, those living in the World State appear younger and better ...

Starting a brand new society one can not expect to have everything fall into place immediately. The goal for me is to make sure that the newly established Hindu Earth is a place of respect and order. A society does not need the constant and daily struggle of power and competition amongst ourselves, we already know the level of life we are expected to live. Hindu earth should simply adopt the Guru-shish tradition and this document is going to make an effort to discuss why and convince the new civilization of Hindu earth this is their best option. There will be a ...

Philosophy

6th of December 2014

Aldous Huxley - a famous writer, a classic of English literature of the XX century, one of the founders of the so-called "intellectual novel," the author of the world-famous novels "Chrome Yellow" (1921), "Counterpoint" (1928), "The blind man in Gaza" (1936) and many others. "Brave New World", created by Aldous Huxley in 1932 and the right to hold a place in line with such literary masterpieces of the last century, as the novels "We" E.Zamyatin and "1984" George. George Orwell. This novel is one of the world's most popular anti-utopia. Fans of this type of literature always ...

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The Mandal commission was absolutely unnecessary. The Mandal Commission report came in for nation-wide condemnation from one section of community, while is garnered support from the rest of the population. Parmanand Singh, in Mandal Report Will Only Perpetuate Stratification, in The Times of India, reports on the issues facing the V.P Singh government at the center, on the implementation of the Mandal commission. During his exhaustive report; tracing the history of caste system in India and the need for further reconciliation on reservations for other castes apart from Backward Castes (BCs) and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Parmanand Singh ...

In Ayn Rand's "Anthem," civilization had lost the understanding of freedom and individuality. Only one person along with a few friends dared to fight against the conformity that had become the norm. Throughout human history, there have been many people who have tried to force others to confirm to a set of rules and regulations. Conformity can be seen in India's caste system, the introduction of school uniforms, and in today's capitalistic society. There have been revolutions started by a person or group that overthrew the idea that society must confirm to a certain hierarchy in order to function properly. The Indian caste ...

1984 BY GEORGE ORWELL

1984 BY GEORGE ORWELL AS DYSTOPIAN NOVEL

Orwell’s Dystopian Approach

George Orwell has a standing against the utopian approaches. The animal farm was drawing a picture exhibiting that there is no perfect democracy or management in the world. Pigs were vicious; however, the other animals who got the power from the pigs were not so different, because they got rid of the pigs when they got on the power in the farm. He has a dystopian approach to the world. Dystopian means the worst things are happening in the world. It is called anti-utopian. As known, the utopia is an ideal ...

How does the class system in the Unites States resemble and differ from the caste system in India? Also compare and contrast the caste system with racism. Social class in the United States is a very arguable case. There are many disagreements that the gradation really exists. Many Americans consider that there is a three-class model of society. It includes a class of rich people, poor and middle class. Most people in America consider that more properly to do the gradation according to wealth, education, occupation of people or their belonging to different subcultures. It's the most simple model of society's ...

1. Rabbit Proof Fence, is a true story of three girls, Molly (14 years old), Daisy (8 years old), and their cousin Gracie (10 years old) from Jigalong, a place nearby the Rabbit Proof Fence, is set in the early 1930’s. The movie portrays the condition of aborigine (half-caste) children where they are snatched forcibly from their families against their wish to work for the white families that assured them a prosperous life. Mr.Neville is the responsible person to find and transport these half-castes to the camps to get rid of the future of Aborigines. As per the federal law, he ...

Introduction

The Caste System is synonymous with Ancient Indians. The system refers to an elaborately stratified social order or hierarchy dating back to 1200 BCE (Sharma, 843). According to historians, the Caste System came into being about 5,000 years ago when a white race, the Aryans came into India from the North West and conquered the dark colored race that inhabited India at that time (Sharma, 844). The Caste System is also called Varna Vyavastha with the word Varna being a Sanskrit word that means “color of the skin” (Sharma, 844). As such, it is safe to state that that the ...

Introduction

Social stratification refers to a system by which individuals in society are ranked in a hierarchy on the basis of power, prestige or property. Stratification is a characteristic of society that persists over generations, creating a pattern of social inequality. In this case, the social inequality is attributed to unfair distribution of societal resources on a regular, wide-scale basis along the lines of certain specific, identifiable characteristics (Tumin, 1985). The most identifiable forms of social stratification are caste and class systems, which are practiced in various parts of the world.

The caste system

The term caste is derived from the Spanish word ‘casta’ which can loosely mean ‘ ...

-A social system is composed of many interrelated and interdependent parts or structures. The social system of India consists of different castes, which each caste assigned or allowed certain functions. The Dahlits do, according to the video, “the jobs the higher castes won’t because they consider them unclean.” One common Dahlit job is as a “manual scavenger,” or cleaning the toilets of upper castes by hand. There are other interrelated and interdependent parts of Indian society. In addition to the Dahlits and higher castes, other parts or structures discussed in the short film include the education system, which ...

Application Admission Essay

1. Young Global Scholars Program 2013, Yale University - Business school like case study on health and poverty issues with Yale professors and students from 46 countries. Became motivated to help and support needy. 2. National Youth Leadership Forum in Medicine 2013, UCLA Awesome experience living at a college campus. Participated in group discussions with doctors and professors to explore opportunities in health care 3. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, June – August 2013 Epiphany watching cure from grievous illness while volunteering at a modern patient care facility staffed with renowned doctors and famous clinicians 4. Kaiser Permanente ...

Preferential government policies seek to give preferences in employment and education to marginalized ethnic groups. These policies are unique to countries that implement them. In some countries, the Preferential Government Policies are known as “Affirmative Action”,” positive discrimination” or “sons of the soil preferences”. Irrespective of a county’s approach to these policies, Preferential Government Policies serve one prime role: to accord the disadvantaged ethnic groups special preferences. (Thomas, 1989 p. 21). In spite of the varying nature of Preferential Government Policies, they exhibit very similar political consequences in diverse political and cultural set-up. Every government in the world ...

In The Handmaid's Tale, there are many different social groups within Gilead, all of which have varying degrees of power. The Commanders of the Faithful are the ruling class of Gilead, and are allowed a Wife and a Handmaid, among others. It is their solemn duty to procreate in order to continue the ruling class, and they reached that level of power because of their responsibility to maintain the power structure of Gilead. The Angels are the officers in the Gilead military; they are given the most honorable duty of fighting in wars with the intent of protecting and expanding the ...

ABSTRACT

There are many different philosophical ideas about the moral value of equality, such as democracy in which all citizens have equal voting and citizenship rights, or social and economic equality that guarantees a minimal living standard and educational opportunities for all. One notion of equality holds that all persons are entitled to the same universal rights and human dignity regardless of race, religion, ethnicity or social class. From a purely historical viewpoint, there has been a radical expansion of the idea of human equality in the modern era, just as there have been revolutionary changes in science, technology and economic systems. Plato ...

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Ancient Greek philosophers had very different concepts of happiness and pleasure from the more materialistic and hedonistic ideas of the modern world. For this reason, many contemporary students read their books without really being able to comprehend their main message, which really viewed philosophy as a kind of religion. Indeed, Plato’s followers did start their own religion, which lasted for centuries and was incorporated into Stoicism and early Christianity. All of them rejected the idea that happiness came from money, material success, sex or physical pleasure, which are the basis for the modern mass consumption economy. That simply did ...

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‘May 2, 2013’ Untouchability: specific example like Kabir or B. R. Ambedkar Untouchability is a practice, whereby a certain group of people are socially segregated and are denied equal rights among the other communities of that area or country, based on their caste, creed or any such classification. Though untouchability was widely prevalent in India for centuries, this practice is not exclusive to India. In many other countries in south Asia and even in some parts of Europe, untouchability was practiced for many centuries. In Japan, the Burakumins and Cagots in Europe are some of the groups which were ...

Rabbit Proof Fence, a film that moves the souls of human beings is a real life heartbreaking story of three little girls set in the 1930s that shows how the aborigine children were taken against their will and made to live with the white families who promised to provide them a good life and secure their future. The children of mixed race known as the ‘half-castes’ were placed in the remotely located detention centers to integrate them in the Australian society and were trained to work as servants or maids in the homes of the white people. The film shows how the ...

The Latin America is the region that lies to the south of America. Before the invasion of the European colonizers in the late 15th and 16th Centuries, it included different Latin countries such as Inca, Aztec, and the Maya. Some of these communities’ traditions are still evident today, though they have been eroded by the interactions with other communities, as well as the interactions with the Europeans. According to Joseph and Henderson (2002), the social status of the communities in the pre-colonial period was quite rigid. The communities, especially the Maya, had a very rigid structure which defined the role ...

What makes up and fosters Hinduism in spite of its disuniting sub-systems

An embellished idol in a flower-studded temple being worshipped with incense sticks, fire and high-pitched devotional songs- the scenario of a Hindu temple is quite incomprehensible by other religions especially in the West. But the Hindus revel in their consecration. Unlike the concepts of Christianity, Islam and other major religions, there are numerous deities and idol worshipping in Hinduism. It is well-known that Hindus divide themselves into a hierarchical system of castes and sub-castes. Still, there must be a vigour that keeps the diversified religion so stalwartly followed by more than one billion people. This essay aims to find an answer to the ...

India’s ancient caste system was derived from the Vedas, the sacred scriptures of Hinduism, and divided humanity into four main castes and a much larger number of subdivisions within these groups. According to the Vedic Code of Manu of the 1st Century CE, every person was born into a particular caste and remained in it for the rest of their lives, and this was based on their karma and the good or evil actions they had committed in previous lives. A person who was born into a lower caste or as an Untouchable (outcaste) was being punished for their sins in ...

Nayar is a caste in the Kerala region of southern India and is remarkably different from other tribes and sects in the region. The Nayars were a matrilineal sect that also practised polyandry. The sect in ancient times till the 13th century was chiefly a warrior clan that served the local feudal lords and kings. In the 14th century the community slowly turned matrilineal from partilineal. The chief subsistence of the Nayars was militaristic activies that slowly became emerging agricultural in nature. The impact of the ways of subsistence among the Nayars is not apparent and the real reasons for the change ...

Introduction

The article by Roberts, Sanders, and Wass on UK student’s perception of race, ethnicity, and culture will be used to analyze a present day analysis of Medical education on race. The article is a primary source that qualitatively researches year 2 medical student’s understanding on the concept of race, ethnicity, and culture. The trajectory of medicine in the modern day has been seen to part with social science, which has led to various health disparities in the society. Therefore, in solving the problem there is a need to understand the social perspective of stakeholders in the society. Analysis of race, ...

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Essay topic: The Nayar of India Abstract: summary of the whole essay 1. Introduction a. Definition of who the Nayar are and location b. Brief summary of the Nayar’s political system mode of subsistence, kinship and social organization. c. Statement of thesis 2. Body 2.1 Mode of Subsistence 3.0 Political system 4.0 Kinship and social organization 5.0 Efffect of the mode of the Nayars way of life: Political system and culture. 6.0 Conclusion: Concluding statement on the impact of the subsistence mode of the Nayar of India ...

1. The main components of food crises equation are levels of consumption, technological development and social inequality. The first component is conditioned by human lifestyles, social structure and income level. In this context, the disparity between developed countries were people not just eat more, but their income and level of life comfort gives them an opportunity to eat more meat and high-caloric food, is meant; while people from developing countries have a vegetarian and low-protein diet. Subsequently, the needed action concerning this component is stabilizing the parity of consumption, discouraging population of developed countries from eating too much meat. Technological ...