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The Indian Caste System
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The Indian Caste System
This paper explores social inequality in India's caste system.
1,216 words (approx. 4.9 pages) |
5 sources |
MLA | 2007
Paper Summary:
The paper relates that India has a socially ingrained and structured system, the caste system, that inculcates and perpetuates differences and inequality. The paper discusses how those in the higher and more respected castes often receive more social status and recognition while those in the lowest castes are subject to a life of poverty and social denial from which they cannot escape. The paper explains, however, that the problems underlying the inequalities perpetuated by the caste system are closely linked to religious views, which makes them difficult to eradicate.From the Paper:
"The term caste refers to "... ranked, named, endogamous (in-marrying) groups, membership in which is achieved by birth. "(India Caste system, ancient India Caste System) There are literarily thousands of different castes and sub-castes in India. They are also extremely complex in their structure and can be kinship based and also interdependent with other groups. Castes are, "...linked in complex ways with networks that stretch across regions and throughout the nation." (India Caste system, ancient India Caste System)"Sample of Sources Used:
- Civil Society And Governance. An Overview Of Issues And Trends In India. February 18, 2007. http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:pBULlPS5oUMJ:nt1.ids.ac.uk/ids/civsoc/docs/India2.doc+INdia+Caste+System+1450&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=26&gl=za
- India Caste system, ancient India Caste System. February 18, 2007. http://www.indianchild.com/caste_system_india.htm
- India Caste System Discriminates. February 18, 2007. http://aad.english.ucsb.edu/docs/georgesept62001.html
- The Caste System and the Stages of Life in Hinduism. February 18, 2007. http://www.friesian.com/caste.htm
- The Fifteenth Century 1450-1475. February 18, 2007. http://timelines.ws/1450_1475.HTML
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APA Citation:
The Indian Caste System (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-The-Indian-Caste-System/97021
MLA Citation:
"The Indian Caste System" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-The-Indian-Caste-System/97021>
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