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Journal articles on the topic "Caste-system in India"

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Pollitt, David. "Toyota falls foul of caste system." Human Resource Management International Digest 22, no. 7 (October 13, 2014): 5–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/hrmid-10-2014-0132.

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Purpose – The paper aims to analyze the cross-cultural reasons underlying the extreme industrial unrest experienced during the first seven years of Toyota’s operations in India. Design/methodology/approach – It draws on information obtained from 30 personal interviews, field notes, observations and Internet media sources. Findings – It reports how Toyotism shares three common features with Brahminism – renunciation, performance and perfection – and how antipathy toward the manner in which these features were implemented in India caused significant resistance among the production workforce. Practical implications – It suggests that management seeking to implement lean manufacturing in India should concentrate on minimizing the antipathy by production workers. Social implications – It helps to show how employee relations, unrest and antagonism toward lean-manufacturing practices are closely related to cross-cultural issues prevalent in host countries. Originality/value – It considers that the concept of Brahmanism in Indian employee relations is under-researched in comparison with other aspects of Indian culture, and antipathy toward the concept as a source of resistance to the implementation of lean systems needs to be better understood.
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Kumar, Sanjay. "India rules against caste-system bias." Lancet 354, no. 9179 (August 1999): 659. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(05)77647-9.

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Singh, Mayengbam Nandakishwor. "Revisiting Caste in the Philosophy of Swami Vivekananda." Contemporary Voice of Dalit 10, no. 1 (January 18, 2018): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2455328x17744628.

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Caste still continues to be the most intriguing, yet fascinating, phenomenon which has not ceased to fascinate hordes of thinkers and intellectuals. Scholarships, amidst all those that abhor caste, appear to be overwhelming in the contemporary discourses. In the light of some theories which profess deep abomination against the caste system in India, Vivekananda’s own elucidation on caste no longer necessitates to be placed into oblivion, even if most of the literatures on caste today appear not to take cognizance of it. Swami Vivekananda’s interpretation of caste presents itself as a powerful defence of the caste system in India. Vivekananda does not bluntly promote the goodness of caste, for Vivekananda’s defence of caste is precisely located on certain philosophical underpinnings which are largely bolstered by the historical trajectory of India related to caste. While reflecting on the brighter side of caste system, Vivekananda unravels the unique cultural and historical narratives of India. This article seeks to examine Vivekananda’s own viewpoints on the question of caste in India, both in its original pristine form and in its modern caste practices. It further attempts to explore how far Vivekananda’s statement on the inherent merits of caste system clashes with some of the rival theories.
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Ashalatha. P, Ashalatha P. "Caste System in India and Racial Discrimination in the United States." Indian Journal of Applied Research 3, no. 3 (October 1, 2011): 343–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.15373/2249555x/mar2013/116.

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Churiyana, Priya Bharti. "A Review of the Similarities and Differences in the Perspectives on Caste Adopted by Louis Dumont and B.R. Ambedkar." IRA-International Journal of Management & Social Sciences (ISSN 2455-2267) 6, no. 2 (March 3, 2017): 260. http://dx.doi.org/10.21013/jmss.v6.n2.p9.

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<p><em>Dumont's perspective on caste system was primarily concerned with the ideology of the caste system. His understanding of caste lays emphasis on attributes of caste that is why his approach is called attributional approach to the caste system. For him caste is set of relationships of economic, political and kinship systems, sustained by certain values which are mostly religious in nature. Hierarchy in modern western sense has been replaced by the term social stratification which itself proves to be hindrance in the understanding of the peculiarities of caste system in India. Caste is not a form of social stratification, the ideology of caste system is directly contradicted to egalitarian theory of west. Dumont argues that if caste is a social stratification than caste and social class are phenomena of same nature, (2) that hierarchy is incomprehensible, (3) that in the Indian system the separation and the interdependence of groups are subordinated to this sort of obscure or shamefaced hierarchy (hierarchy itself is shame faced) caste is a limiting case of social class in modern sense of the term.</em></p>
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Dayanandan, Ajit, Han Donker, John Nofsinger, and Rashmi Prasad. "Caste Primacy of Auditor Choice and Independence." International Journal of Accounting 55, no. 04 (October 30, 2020): 2050017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1094406020500171.

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We examine the caste affiliation of the auditor selected by the corporate boards of directors of Indian firms. The history of the caste system in India is one of discrimination and inequity. The constitutionally mandated quota system in the public sector has shown improvements, but has not trickled into private sector leadership. We find that nearly 96% of Indian corporate boards are dominated by a single caste. The auditing firms are also dominated by the forward castes. Lastly, we find that when boards are dominated by one caste, they select an auditing firm that is also affiliated with that same caste. We examine the board and auditor relationship because they both play an important monitoring role in corporate governance. However, auditor effectiveness can be undermined when there is a lack of independence between them and the firm. The existence of a strong shared social network like caste affiliation compromises that independence.
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Jodhka, Surinder S. "Ascriptive hierarchies: Caste and its reproduction in contemporary India." Current Sociology 64, no. 2 (December 4, 2015): 228–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011392115614784.

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Social science literature on caste tends to view it as a peculiar institution of the Hindus, emanating from their past tradition and religious beliefs/scriptures. This view also presumes that the processes of urbanization and industrialization, unleashing the process of modernization, will end caste, eventually producing a shift from a closed system of social hierarchy to an open system of social stratification based on individual achievement, merit and hard work. Drawing from a large volume of recent writings the author argues in this article that this approach to the understanding of caste is based on an assumption of Indian exceptionalism. Such an orientalist view of caste also denies the possibility of deploying the framework of caste for understanding caste-like ascriptive hierarchies that exist in many other (if not all) societies. Some of the recent theorizations of caste could perhaps provide useful conceptual tools for developing a comparative understanding of social inequalities.
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Sana, Arunoday. "THE CASTE SYSTEM IN INDIA AND ITS CONSEQUENCES." International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 13, no. 3/4 (March 1993): 1–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb013170.

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Narzary, Pralip Kumar, and Laishram Ladusingh. "Discovering the Saga of Inter-caste Marriage in India." Journal of Asian and African Studies 54, no. 4 (March 7, 2019): 588–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021909619829896.

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In India marrying across the caste kindles strong community resentment, leading to the extent of honor killing, yet few couples dare to defy this stringent social norm. Analysis of large-scale survey (India Human Development Survey 2011–12) data exhibits an inconsequential rise in this social incongruity since 1951 to attain 4.5% in 2012. It is most prevalent in the northeastern region (11.6%), but least prevalent in caste-ridden central India (1.8%). Multi-variate statistics exhibit that if women are allowed to choose their life-partner, caste takes a rear-seat in marriage contemplation. It is quite prominent among the women who selected the husband by themselves and knew the husband at least one year before the marriage. Contrary to general notion, education is not able to promote inter-caste marriage. Odds of inter-caste marriage taking place in Dalit (lowest social standing) households is much lesser than the higher caste. Resilient targeted efforts are necessary to promote inter-caste marriage, which may loosen the noose of the caste system in India.
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Sandhu, Tanroop. "Interwar India through Bhimrao Ambedkar’s Eyes." Canadian Journal of History 56, no. 1 (April 2021): 45–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/cjh-56-1-2020-0062.

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This article is an analysis of the political thought of Bhimrao Ambedkar, anti-caste activist, author of the Indian constitution and first law minister of independent India. His personal writings are analyzed, and the origins of his ideas are situated within larger contexts- both national and international. He was representative of the increased radicalism of the Indian nationalist movement in the 1920s and 30s, but he stood apart from the mainstream of the movement on key issues. Above all, the most formative influence on his political philosophy was the fact that his experience of interwar India was mediated through his position at the lower rungs of the caste hierarchy. He brought his unique perspective to bear on some of the most pressing topics that radical nationalists were debating in the interwar period: communism and political economy, defining nationhood, and the caste system. A discussion of Ambedkar’s views on these three key subjects forms the analytical basis of this article, with an eye towards the continued relevance of his thought.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Caste-system in India"

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Calikoglu, Melih Rustu. "Transformation Of The Caste System And The Dalit Movement." Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606141/index.pdf.

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This thesis analyzes the history of caste system and explains the theories of the birth of caste in Indian civilization. After defining the caste system in historical and cultural manner. examines the birth of and spreading of Dalit movement or low caste mass movement during the 19th and 20th century with the influence of British rule.
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Janowski, Zachary. "The decline of the caste system: 19th century transformations in Indian agricultural labor." Thesis, Boston University, 2006. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/27681.

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Wåhlstedt, Joanna. "Unseen and unheard : how Dalits are represented in three Indian newspapers." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för kommunikation, medier och it, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-16711.

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India has a population of 1, 2 billion people, and the country also has a great poor populationwhere 70 % still live in rural areas. The poorest are often Dalits, once called the untouchablesand they constitute one sixth, 167 million people, of India’s inhabitants. They are consideredoutside the caste system and are often on the bottom of the social ladder. Because of theircaste identity they are still discriminated. Since media has the power to influence this thesis focuses on how the Dalits arerepresented in three newspapers: Times of India, The Hindu and Indian Express. How dojournalists find their reporting about Dalits? The theories used are development journalism,the agenda setting theory and theory about minorities in media. A quantitative content analysis was done in Delhi during 17 days. 98 articles thatmentioned Dalits were found and coded. This was combined with a qualitative method: respondent research. Eight interviews withpolitical journalists were done. During the field work there was a legislative assembly electionin the state Uttar Pradesh, which affected the results since caste is closely related to politics inIndia. The results show that Dalits are mentioned quiet often in the newspapers, but the mainsubject is almost never Dalits and their situation in society. The most frequent topics were theelection, affirmative action, and crime and rape against Dalits. These subjects often have aconnection to sensation. The most quoted actors in the articles are the elite and not Dalits.Almost all respondents thought they could empower Dalits if they were reported about. Thisis a paradox since they almost never interview Dalits. There are no Dalit journalists at thethree newspapers, which can be one reason why they are not included in the news. There is little research done on this subject and therefore more research is needed.
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Ross, Ana Lua Clifford. "Água e desenvolvimento na Índia: Implicações das dimensões social e cultural na gestão da água." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/3137.

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Mestrado em Desenvolvimento e Cooperação Internacional
Nas últimas décadas, a gestão dos recursos hídricos tornou-se um elemento central no desenvolvimento devido às suas progressivas escassez e degradação da qualidade. Como esperado, tal é particularmente sensível nos países em desenvolvimento, onde se encontra o maior número de pessoas sem acesso a água potável. Neste trabalho procuramos realçar a importância da consideração de factores culturais e sociais na gestão dos recursos hídricos, de forma a se poder atingir uma melhor eficiência na implementação de projectos de melhoria das condições de abastecimento de água. Assim sendo, optámos por nos centrar na análise da sociedade indiana enquanto exemplo de um contexto socio-cultural particularmente complexo no que concerne à gestão da água. Na Índia predominam ainda grandes níveis de desigualdade social, em grande parte devidos ao sistema de castas e às grandes assimetrias de género. No seu quadro, a água detém um valor simbólico importante, sendo a sua gestão, por aqueles, fortemente influenciada. Precisamente, o principal objectivo deste trabalho consiste em demonstrar como na Índia as representações culturais da água, bem como a própria organização social desse país devem ser seriamente consideradas de forma a garantir o sucesso dos seus programas de gestão da água.
In the past decades, water resource management has become a main development issue due to its progressive scarcity and quality degradation. This is particularly true for the developing countries, where most of the population without access to drinking water lives. In this work, we intend to highlight the need to consider social and cultural factors in water management in order to attain better efficiency in implementing projects that aim to improve water supply conditions. Therefore, we decided to focus on the analyses of the Indian society as an example of a particularly complex social and cultural context when regarding water management. In India there still exist great levels of social inequality, mainly due to the caste system and gender asymmetries. In its framework, water has an important symbolic role and its management is by those highly influenced. Thus, the main purpose of this work is to demonstrate how in India cultural representations of water, as well as its social organization should be seriously considered in order to assure the success of its water management programmes.
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Tsujita, Yuko. "Education, poverty and schooling : a study of Delhi slum dwellers." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2014. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/49668/.

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Poverty reduction and Education for All (EFA) are important policy issues in many developing countries as they are both Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). As the existing literature suggests, education positively influences poverty reduction, while poverty, or low income, adversely affects the quality and quantity of education. Accordingly, if education fails to facilitate poverty reduction, the following generation's schooling is likely to be adversely affected, thus perpetuating a vicious education–poverty circle. It was against such a background, and employing a mixed methods approach to data collection and analysis, that this study investigated the relationship between education and multidimensional poverty at an individual as well as household level, and the influence of deprivation on children's education, in the context of the slum in Delhi, India. The thesis reveals that education – particularly primary and middle schooling – enhances the earnings of male slum dwellers in particular, the overwhelming majority of whom suffer from informality and instability of employment. It also emerges that education plays an important role in the ability to participate with confidence in the public sphere. At the household level, education proves to have a positive association with monetary poverty, but a higher level of education per se does not necessarily facilitate escape from non-monetary poverty. In such a nexus of poverty and education, the thesis found that household wealth in association with social group and migration status tends to be positively correlated with child schooling, education expenditure, and basic learning. There may be a chance of escaping poverty through education, but such a likelihood is limited for those households that are underprivileged in terms of caste and religion owing to slow progress in basic learning, as well as migrant households due to lack of access to schooling. The thesis concludes by proposing some education policies drawn from the major findings of the study that may be implemented in the Indian slum context.
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Prakasam, Gnana. "Satnamis : the changing status of a scheduled caste in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.335666.

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Sharma, Rama. "Marginality, identity and politicisation of the Bhangi community, Delhi." Thesis, Keele University, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.329060.

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Shaikh, Mujaheed, Marisa Miraldo, and Anna-Theresa Renner. "Waiting time at health facilities and social class: Evidence from the Indian caste system." Public Library of Science, 2018. http://epub.wu.ac.at/6592/1/file.pdf.

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Waiting time for non-emergency medical care in developing countries is rarely of immediate concern to policy makers that prioritize provision of basic health services. However, waiting time as a measure of health system responsiveness is important because longer waiting times worsen health outcomes and affect utilization of services. Studies that assess socioeconomic inequalities in waiting time provide evidence from developed countries such as England and the United States; evidence from developing countries is lacking. In this paper, we assess the relationship between social class i.e. caste of an individual and waiting time at health facilities - a client orientation dimension of responsiveness. We use household level data from two rounds of the Indian Human Development Survey with a sample size of 27,251 households in each wave (2005 and 2012) and find that lower social class is associated with higher waiting time. This relationship is significant for individuals that visited a male provider but not so for those that visited a female provider. Further, caste is positively related to higher waiting time only if visiting a private facility; for individuals visiting a government facility the relationship between waiting time and caste is not significant. In general, caste related inequality in waiting time has worsened over time. The results are robust to different specifications and the inclusion of several confounders.
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Dymén, David. "Dalit Literature and Experience A Journey towards Empathy : Character portrayals in short stories of Jayprakash Kardam and Ajay Navaria." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-392447.

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During the last decades, a Hindi Dalit literary movement has emerged in North India. This essay is a study and comparison on character portrayals in short stories by two authors from this movement, Jayprakash Kardam and Ajay Navaria. The aim of this essay is to explore the implications of these portrayals considering these authors’ views on social change, their literary affiliations and a theoretical discussion on Dalit literature. The methodical basis for this study is a detailed character analysis of these short stories’ protagonists, antagonists and other relevant characters, supported by narrative- and conceptual analyses. This essay argues that the theoretical abstraction of Dalit consciousness [cetnā] has a mainstreaming effect on the Dalit experience [anubhūti] when it is portrayed in literature. These dynamics are visible in Kardam’s stories, in which his portrayals of the Dalit protagonist follow the conventional Dalit character template, a forthright and innocent archetype juxtaposed against an evil Brahmin. The pivoting moment in Kardam’s stories is when consciousness awakens in the Dalit protagonist and he joins the corporate resistance against a casteist society. In comparison, Navaria makes the individual the site for change in his stories—reflecting the Gandhian notion of hṛday parivartan (“change of heart”). Navaria foregrounds alternative perspectives to Dalit cetnā in his stories and seeks to understand his characters from a broader human experience. I further argue that Navaria’s stories are suggestive of an expansion of the binary discussion on anubhūti (“experience”) and sahānubhūti (“sympathy”) by the term samānubhūti (“empathy”) since Navaria, by his more complex, nuanced and personalised characterisation of both Dalits and Brahmins, provides a common ground that invites to reconciliation. This study concludes that while Kardam could be designated as a conventional Dalit author, Navaria should rather be situated in the boundaries between the Dalit and the mainstream Hindi literary field. It further concludes that more research is needed on theoretical concepts used in the Dalit literary discourse.

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Yang-Ding, Tsai, and 蔡仰定. "The caste system – the study of India Honor Killing." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/10438933666217520640.

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The caste system – the study of India Honor Killing Abstract Since India’s Independence , the government implemented a serial of affirmative action program, and made a great impact on numerous people beyond the other countries of the world .On 1950, Nehru invited Ambedkar as the first law minister to draft the Indian Constitution , Article 17 of the Indian Constitution had been abolished the , and prohibit the use of the word in public. The government begun provided the fundamental protection of human rights for the Dalit and the low-level catse. And set the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. However, the Indian society has discrimination and violation of fundamental human rights yet since the Indian’s constitution hitherto been implemented, but women has been violent among others. The intention of this article is to probe ideology of Indian people while facing the ‘’honor killing’’ under the caste system. That is the homicide of a member of a family by other members as a result of people marrying without their family's acceptance, and sometimes for marrying outside their caste. It’s hard to broke the caste tradition even the government encourage the intermarriage by legislation. The research purpose is to find out the reason why Hindu is deeply affected by caste ideology and Indian women suffer discrimination as caste, and propose solutions on how to solve the honor killing. Keywords: Hinduism, The caste system, Dalits, Gandhi, Ambedkar, the plans of redress discrImination, Honor killings
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Books on the topic "Caste-system in India"

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Ramesh, Chandra. Caste system in India. New Delhi: Commonwealth, 2003.

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Rao, R. Sangeetha. Caste system in India: Myth and reality. New Delhi: India Publishers and Distributors, 1989.

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Singh, Ekta. Caste system in India: A historical perspective. Delhi: Kalpaz Publications, 2005.

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Pandey, Rajendra. The caste system in India: Myth and reality. New Delhi: Criterion Publications, 1986.

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Pandey, Rajendra. The caste system in India: Myth and reality. New Delhi: Criterion Publications, 1986.

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Ramesh, Chandra. Identity and genesis of caste system in India. New Delhi: Kalpaz Publications, 2005.

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Pandey, Rajendra. The caste system in India: Myth and reality. New Delhi: Criterion Publications, 1986.

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Pasayat, Chitrasen. Purity-Pollution, Discrimination and Caste System in India. New Delhi: Mohit Publications, 4675/21, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-110002, INDIA, 2005.

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Dr. Ambedkar and untouchability: Fighting the Indian caste system. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005.

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Classifying the universe: The ancient Indian varṇa system and the origins of caste. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.

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Book chapters on the topic "Caste-system in India"

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Balagangadhara, S. N. "Caste-Based Reservation and Social Justice in India." In Western Foundations of the Caste System, 31–55. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38761-1_2.

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Jalki, Dunkin, and Sufiya Pathan. "Are There Caste Atrocities in India? What the Data Can and Cannot Tell Us." In Western Foundations of the Caste System, 57–84. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38761-1_3.

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Waghmore, Suryakant. "Hierarchy Without System? Why Civility Matters in the Study of Caste." In Critical Themes in Indian Sociology, 182–94. 1 Oliver's Yard, 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9789353287801.n13.

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"The Caste System in India." In Essays in Economic Sociology, 185–88. Princeton University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1416446.18.

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Shah, Prakash. "Sacerdotal violence and the caste system." In Critical Humanities from India, 117–48. Routledge India, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351234948-6.

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"FOURTEEN The Caste System in India." In Essays in Economic Sociology, 185–88. Princeton University Press, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9780691218168-016.

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Jeremiah, Anderson. "Caste and Christianity in India." In Christianity in South and Central Asia, 408–19. Edinburgh University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474439824.003.0036.

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The Indian practice of the caste system creates a repressive stratification in the subcontinent. Hinduism refers to a variety of theologies, mythologies, cultic practices and philosophies spread across India. The exclusion of outcastes is ordained, pursued and perpetuated by dominant religio-political and socio-cultural forces, often with violent consequences. While the constitution prohibits any discrimination on grounds of caste, the social practice of caste identity continues to be relevant across the country. Because the caste system is the product of a religious worldview, it is through religious rituals that caste discrimination and prejudices are manifested. Mission organisations agreed to work within specific caste communities in order to avoid conflict. The caste-based segregation masquerading as denominationalism runs so deep within the churches in India that there are congregations who do not share the Eucharist. Only 12 out of 241 bishops are from a Dalit background, whereas Dalits make up more than 65% of the membership of Catholic congregations. Dalit groups have had to mobilise to counter the unfair advantages enjoyed by higher-caste groups. The caste system has become a potent political tool within Indian society and its relevance in shaping socio-cultural moorings have not diminished.
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Jeffrey, Craig. "3. Colonial India: religious and caste divides." In Modern India: A Very Short Introduction, 34–47. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780198769347.003.0003.

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India is often identified as a Hindu country, but there are many other religions in India including Buddhism, Jainism, Islam, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and Christianity. ‘Colonial India: religious and caste divides’ explains India’s religious diversity and the inequalities that are associated with the assumed ‘Hindu-ness’ of India. It also describes the Partition of India into three new nations in 1947 and the accompanying violence. A sharply hierarchical caste system is not necessarily a natural feature of Indian society. Caste is rather a social institution that has changed historically in response to economic and political forces. The imperial power introduced or exacerbated social contradictions that continue to mark the lives of low castes in modern India.
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Gupta, Dipankar, and Ramin Jahanbegloo. "Caste, Village, and Modernity." In Talking Sociology, 104–24. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199489374.003.0004.

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Gupta reflects on a range of issues in Indian society as encountered during his research. The discussion about the two-way relationship between rural and urban India moves to how modernity should be understood in terms of social relations. Gupta posits that modernity is different from contemporary. It is about respecting others as equals. There are resistances towards achieving modernity in India because the rich and the poor live in different worlds. Caste structures also play a role, inhibiting people to cross boundaries. With the dismantling of the old economy, caste does not function as system but as identity. Urbanization is the greatest threat to caste. The relationship between caste and elections is misunderstood, There is no caste anywhere that can, on the basis of its own numbers, win elections.
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Singh, Mahendra Pal, and Niraj Kumar. "Examples of Alternative Legal Systems in India." In The Indian Legal System, 47–73. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199489879.003.0003.

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There are systems of law within the Indian jurisdiction that either do not rely on the state legal system at all or rely on it only partially. These include systems of religious personal law, tribal customary law, and other similar indigenous mechanisms of administering justice and settling disputes. The formal definition of law in India, along with constitutional provisions which guarantee religious and cultural freedom and allow for modes of self-governance, accommodates different legal systems with indigenous or traditional roots. Moreover, local and village bodies such as traditional or caste councils operate in independent India as well, further questioning the rhetoric of uniform law in India.
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Conference papers on the topic "Caste-system in India"

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Serdjukov, Artem Arturovich. "Caste System in India and Gandhism as one of the Stages of Statehood Formation in India." In АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ВОПРОСЫ РАЗВИТИЯ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОСТИ И ПУБЛИЧНОГО ПРАВА. Санкт-Петербург: Санкт-Петербургский институт (филиал) ВГУЮ (РПА Минюста России), 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.47645/978-5-6044512-4-3_2020_2_47.

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Sharma, Surendra. "ANNIHILATION OF CASTE SYSTEM IS A MUST TO MAKE INDIA STRONG AND SECULAR." In 11th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies. IATED, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2019.2725.

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Thompson, Stephen, Brigitte Rohwerder, and Clement Arockiasamy. Freedom of Religious Belief and People with Disabilities: A Case Study of People with Disabilities from Religious Minorities in Chennai, India. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/creid.2021.003.

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India has a unique and complex religious history, with faith and spirituality playing an important role in everyday life. Hinduism is the majority religion, and there are many minority religions. India also has a complicated class system and entrenched gender structures. Disability is another important identity. Many of these factors determine people’s experiences of social inclusion or exclusion. This paper explores how these intersecting identities influence the experience of inequality and marginalisation, with a particular focus on people with disabilities from minority religious backgrounds. A participatory qualitative methodology was employed in Chennai, to gather case studies that describe in-depth experiences of participants. Our findings show that many factors that make up a person’s identity intersect in India and impact how someone is included or excluded by society, with religious minority affiliation, caste, disability status, and gender all having the potential to add layers of marginalisation. These various identity factors, and how individuals and society react to them, impact on how people experience their social existence. Identity factors that form the basis for discrimination can be either visible or invisible, and discrimination may be explicit or implicit. Despite various legal and human rights frameworks at the national and international level that aim to prevent marginalisation, discrimination based on these factors is still prevalent in India. While some tokenistic interventions and schemes are in place to overcome marginalisation, such initiatives often only focus on one factor of identity, rather than considering intersecting factors. People with disabilities continue to experience exclusion in all aspects of their lives. Discrimination can exist both between, as well as within, religious communities, and is particularly prevalent in formal environments. Caste-based exclusion continues to be a major problem in India. The current socioeconomic environment and political climate can be seen to perpetuate marginalisation based on these factors. However, when people are included in society, regardless of belonging to a religious minority, having a disability, or being a certain caste, the impact on their life can be very positive.
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