Caste

Caste is a form of social stratification characterized by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a style of life which often includes an occupation, ritual status in a hierarchy, and customary social interaction and exclusion based on cultural notions of purity and pollution. Its paradigmatic ethnographic example is the division of India's Hindu society into rigid social groups, with roots in India's ancient history and persisting to the present time. However, the economic significance of the caste system in India has been declining as a result of urbanization and affirmative action programs. A subject of much scholarship by sociologists and anthropologists, the …

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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 November 2024 English

together, they can bridge religious divides in strange ways while overcoming boundaries of gender and caste. As much as they are about continuity, festivals also provide a break from the monotony of daily life

ways while overcoming boundaries of gender and caste. As much as they are about continuity, festivals


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 August 2024 English

In Kolhapur district, people of different faiths are reaching out across religions and caste, urging all to embrace humanity

different faiths are reaching out across religions and caste, urging all to embrace humanity


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 August 2024 English

Biomass burning, used mainly for cooking, is a key contributor to Household Air Pollution (HAP). It poses health risks especially for women and children as they are directly exposed to …

on the role of various vulnerabilities such as caste, class, income, gender, and occupation, in intensifying 2. The Pangul sub-caste also called the ‘Pingla’ is a Nomadic Tribe in Maharashtra settled in Pangul Vasti belong to this sub-caste (which is where the slum colony gets its name from) Economic Conditions • Caste certificates: Despite belonging to socially backward caste groups, 82.5% respondents respondents reported that they do not have caste certificates. • Residents across the three slum pockets


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 17 May 2024 English

Young girls from Scheduled Caste communities in Punjab have a longer track to cover when it comes to reaching their goal of a secure job. Poverty, caste identity, lack of nutrition and limited education

Young girls from Scheduled Caste communities in Punjab have a longer track to cover when it comes to to reaching their goal of a secure job. Poverty, caste identity, lack of nutrition and limited education


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 March 2024 English

Kisan Mazdoor Commission (KMC), an initiative by the Nation for Farmers, is a collaboration of activists and organisations focussing on current challenges faced by primary producers, artisans and rural workers …

Provide for separate courts for protection against caste, ethnic, religious, gender based oppression; h. Provide for separate courts for protection against caste, ethnic, religious, gender based oppression. Ensure


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 18 March 2024 English

The working paper highlights how inequality in India declined in the period after independence until the 1980s, after which it started rising again. The paper compares the wealth and income …

lack of diversity in top management beyond upper-caste men.6 Pai and Vats (2023) find a “brutal power law


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 24 February 2024 English

The National Sample Survey Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, published this factsheet on the nation-wide 'Household Consumption Expenditure Survey' on February 24, 2024. The survey …

Urban schedule tribe 3,016 5,414 schedule caste 3,474 5,307 other backward class 3,848 6,177 Urban schedule tribe 3,098 5,472 schedule caste 3,571 5,386 other backward class 3,935 6,245


Jiva Institute of Vedic Studies · 4 February 2024 English

adhikāra for Gauḍīya texts? Can one prove that the ācāryas intended for all Vaiṣṇavas, regardless of caste, to read their theological works? Answer: I will give certain references for this: 1. Tattva Sandarbha

ācāryas intended for all Vaiṣṇavas, regardless of caste, to read their theological works? Answer: I will


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2024 English

This lexicon was published in January 2024 by Kuviraa India, an organization that engages adolescent girls and young women in civic and political discourse. This working document, slated to be …

describing a society without the traditional Hindu caste system, not discriminating any individuals based educationally disadvantaged groups outside the Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) categories. 41. Parliamentary Historically disadvantaged communities based on the caste system. 49. Scheduled Tribes (ST): Indigenous or


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2024 English

Since the year 2020, the five richest men in the world have doubled their fortunes. During the same period, almost five billion people have become poorer. Published by Oxfam International, …

inequalities on the basis of gender,67 race,68 and caste. For example, Oxfam found that Dalits in India intersecting inequalities based on race, ethnicity and caste.102 People are fighting back with huge strikes


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