Essays Tagged: "Dalit"
Phoolan Devi
purpose of this paper is to analyze and index gender and power as they factor into the life of one Dalit woman, Phoolan Devi. Particularly, I have chosen to examine the idea of whether or not she wie ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Broken People: Caste Violence Against India's Untouchables.
ivisible culture. The topics range from discrimination and exploitive forms of labor; to attacks on Dalit women (a pattern of impunity); to the criminalization of social activism. For the purposes of ... to indulge in all aspects of the article while focusing primary attention towards the treatment of Dalit women in a system which (in my view) can only be described as unfeasible.The article starts by ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies
Minority of minorities
cent. And sixty percent of the underprivileged group falls under the category of untouchables - the Dalits, Kamiayas, Haliyas and a few more indigenous groups. These names are different, but they all ... haliya system, a remnant as well as a new form of slavery. The bonded person is called kamaiya. The Dalits cannot be called slaves, but they are the social outcasts who are not allowed to touch any ot ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Discrimination: Dalits, Women, and Afrian Americans
against. This tradition of hatred and prejudice still exists today. Three common minorities are the Dalits of India, women, and African Americans. In some ways these minorities are similar, and in oth ... side. Being different put them at a disadvantage right from the start. African Americans, women and Dalits do not get to choose their positions in life. They have no choice as to what race or gender t ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Hindu Traditions
med Haijans, or "children of god" by Mahatma Gandhi (Fisher, 2003) but often refer to themselves as Dalits, or "broken people" (Thekaera, 2005). Although the untouchable stigma of this caste was legal ... llages, can not walk on the same path as other castes, and will not be served in many eateries. The Dalit customer must take a special cup from a shelf outside and place it to be filled on a counter w ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Hinduism
Caste System In Hinduism
based on the goodness of the person, not on who they come from, for they have no control over that. Dalits are "untouchables" just because they were born a Dalit. It is showing that Dailts are not as ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Prejudice and Discrimination SOC-120
. This fifth group is called "Outcaste," Untouchable," "Exterior Caste," "Depresses Class," or the "Dalit." In a Human Rights Watch report quoted by Clarke, the Dalit are said to face significant disc ... e and of higher-caste groups." Throughout most of the caste system history in India, members of the Dalit caste were not permitted to let even their shadows touch a member of one of the upper castes ( ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Prejudice and Discrimination in India
the diverse cultures, races, and ethnicities there is still discrimination against the lower caste Dalits once considered"untouchables".India is the oldest continuous civilization in the world, and t ... s the Government discriminate against even today a group of people known as the Christian converted Dalits. The converted Dalits once a part of the lowest caste in the Hindu religion and known as the ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Stratification in India vs. United States
ti raj works to settle disputes among individuals and the government (Mullick & Neelam, 2007). The Dalit is the minority caste in India, and is also known as the Untouchables. People who identify wit ... is the minority caste in India, and is also known as the Untouchables. People who identify with the Dalit caste have perhaps suffered the most in terms of social stratification over time. Following th ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
ambedkar
ing. Their efforts did not go beyond condemning the caste Hindus for perpetuating atrocities on the Dalits. They did not carry out any specific programme to release the Dalits from the clutches of the ... fight against the caste system caused them to fail .However, Dr. Ambedkar perceived the problems of Dalits in an altogether different perspective. He believed that any effort to improve the lot of the ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
Inside/outside dichotomy
a around lower castes. Anand Patwardhan's 2012 film Jai Bhim Comrade, focuses on the atrocities the Dalit, or "untouchable" caste of Western India faces on a day to day basis and the efforts of the Da ... India faces on a day to day basis and the efforts of the Dalit to break free from their brand. The Dalits shown in the film are unhappy because they are neglected and undermined in society. Jai Bhim ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
DS 150
a around lower castes. Anand Patwardhan's 2012 film Jai Bhim Comrade, focuses on the atrocities the Dalit, or "untouchable" caste of Western India faces on a day to day basis and the efforts of the Da ... India faces on a day to day basis and the efforts of the Dalit to break free from their brand. The Dalits shown in the film are unhappy because they are neglected and undermined in society. Jai Bhim ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays