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4 dni temu · A caste, generally designated by the term jati (“birth”), refers to a strictly regulated social community into which one is born. Some jatis have occupational names, but the connection between caste and occupational specialization is limited.
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4 dni temu · Caste, any of the ranked, hereditary, endogamous social groups, often linked with occupation, that together constitute traditional societies in South Asia, particularly among Hindus in India. Although sometimes used to designate similar groups in other societies, the “caste system” is uniquely.
4 dni temu · I. Introduction. This article revisits the intellectual history of inequality in the thoughts of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891–1956) and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia (1910–1967). ... the so-called “reservation system,” which reserved a certain number of public and political offices and access to education to particular groups. Indeed, the ...
3 dni temu · Indra Sawhney Vs. Union of India: 50% Caste-based Reservation Cap Issued. In the seminal case of Indra Sawhney vs. Union of India (1992), the Supreme Court laid down significant guidelines regarding the reservation system in India, which profoundly impacted the constitutional understanding of affirmative action.
2 dni temu · In 1990, in the context of the Indian government’s move to introduce reservation (affirmative action) for backward castes in education and employment, and the upper-caste protest against it, Periyar’s role in empowering backward castes has received attention.
3 dni temu · Modern India's caste system is based on the superimposition of an old four-fold theoretical classification called varna on the social ethnic grouping called jāti. The Vedic period conceptualised a society as consisting of four types of varnas, or categories: Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra, according to the nature of the work of its ...
2 dni temu · Introduction. Freedom of religion is a constitutional right in India, but this religiously diverse democracy regulates religion in several ways, including enforcing religious personal laws, regulating religious minority educational institutions, monitoring conversions, limiting religious appeals during political campaigns, and outlawing acts that insult religious beliefs.
