It is easier for the youth to maintain their status by rallying rather than remain loyal to a specific party. This also weakened the influence of caste and clientelism on Indian politics.Sunil B. Chapaitkar
Caste is often noted as an important factor in Indian politics, but there is little study of its effect on political outcomes. This paper will suggest that some of the widespread and persistent regional variation in public good provision in India can be explained through var...
NEW DELHI, May 25 (Xinhua) -- For more than seven decades, ever since the independence from the British rule, both the Indian society and the Indian politics have been largely divided on caste-lines and dominated by political-dynasties across the length and breadth of the country. However, ...
Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Kshatriya (redirected fromMilitary caste) Thesaurus Encyclopedia Ksha·tri·ya (kə-shăt′rē-ə, -chăt′-) n. A member of the second highest of the four castes of traditional Indian society, responsible for upholding justice and social harmony...
There is a long history of caste-based data collection in India. It was started by the British and the last such Census was published in 1931. They used these surveys to create divisions in Indian society and cement their rule. This is why data of this nature was not collected post-Indep...
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This paper analyzes the construction of Indian society in retellings of the Rāmāyaṇa published in India between 2010 and 2020. I focus on t
Cast is an important issue in Indian politics. The concept of cast is not new because cast has been known since ancient times. In ancient times there were ... R Bar 被引量: 0发表: 2021年 A Brief History of Traditional Indian Medicine: In Particular,YogaandSiddhaSystems of Medicine; Part...
“caste” systems, as they are called, often prevent crossing from a lower group to a higher one, or vice versa, effectively limiting access at each successive drop in class ranking. Apartheid in South Africa and the Indiancaste systemare two well-known examples, but many lesser known ...
Deva, Music Director, Tamil and South Indian Films. [29] Dhanush: (born: Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja) Important star in Tamil, had a nationwide superhit song in Indian English; starred in A-list Hindi-Urdu film; married into Tamil cinema’s first family. Caste: Paraiyar: i) [30],...