Thus the three upper castes alone had the right to know the Vedas and to take part in the sacrifices, and Brahminism, far from being a religion open to all, was exclusively a privilege of birth, from which the despised caste of Sudras was excluded. The rite of initiation into Brahmin...
In India the caste status has these groups: a. Vaisyas b. Sudras c. Brahmins d. Kshatriyas Caste System: Caste refers to the system of dividing people into society. People are divided according to their occupation, the standard of living, ritual status, and purity...
It further notes the great disparityin enrolment in primaryschools between girls and boys and between theBrahminand other castes, ethnic or indigenous groups, thehigh repeat and dropoutrate among pupils, and the generally low quality of education in public schools. ...
The article describes the plight of Brahmins in India. Brahmins, a Hinduism priestly and scholarly castes, make up about 5.5% of India's total population. On average, they are better educated and better paid than the rest of the Indian people. However, almost half of Brahmin households ...
private value-practice for the urban, educated, middle class, ‘upper caste’ subject, a public identity of the ‘lower castes’ and/or circumscribes caste to the electoral political space and blurs out its continuing and resilient role in the distribution of life chances in contemporary India....
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Thesaurus Encyclopedia Wikipedia Brah·min (brä′mĭn) n. 1.alsoBrah·man(-mən)A member of the highest of the four major castes of traditional Indian society, responsible for officiating at religious rites...
Also Brah·man (-mən) A member of the highest of the four major castes of traditional Indian society, responsible for officiating at religious rites and studying and teaching the Vedas. Pundit Originally, a learned person in India, versed in Sanskrit literature, Hindu law, and philosophy. ...
It further notes the great disparity in enrolment in primary schools between girls and boys and between the Brahmin and other castes, ethnic or indigenous groups, the high repeat and dropout rate among pupils, and the generally low quality of education in public schools. 委员会还注意到,男女孩...
IndiaIT industrymeritThis article investigates caste dynamics within the information technology (IT) industry in Chennai. While there has been considerable commentary on the dominance of upper castes within the industry, significantly less has been said about how upper-casteness is retained and ...
Endogamy has been a strong influence on Hindu society over the centuries and most of the 75,000 subcastes or subgroups of India's complex social stratification system practise endogamy, while the further division...