Notion Places and forms of power

[Ricdelanoche]

Bonjour à tous dernière notion  pour l'oral ^^ , j'espère que c'est un peu mieux que les précédentes

 

The notion, I’m going to deal with is Places and forms of power. Thus, in politics and social science, power is the ability to influence people’s behavior. In order to accept rules and regulations. To my mind, the theme that best illustrates the notion is Discrimination in India. That’s why this theme leads me to wonder: What sort of Discrimination can we find in India? I will study this question along two lines. First, I will talk about the caste system and then I will see the situation of girl in India.

I: The caste system

·        Firstly, the caste system is a discrimination deep rooted in India.

→ The cast system is a kind of social class, in Hinduism, his creation dates back to the antiquity when the priest split society into four hereditary divisions which still persist nowadays. Among the caste system there are: Brahmans: priestly and learned class, Kshatriyas: warriors and rulers, Vaisas : Farmers and merchants, Sudras : peasants and laborers. There is also an outcaste called the Untouchables (Dalits) 25 % of the population who are forced to live outside the mainstream of the society in a predicament.

·        Secondly, the cast system is a factor of oppression.

→ Liz Stuart narrates in her article entitled The Shame of India, The Dalit’s situation. Indeed, although 250 million people are concerned by discrimination, some foreign countries think this situation is just a rumor. Certainly, discrimination against Dalits is currently illegal but they were used to suffering daily humiliation. The author draws our attention to Macwan, a Dalit who struggles to improve Dalit’s social condition, this law student set up cooperatives and resist to the higher castes. Those have attempted to extinguish Macwan’s action but he resisted and became a notorious figurehead of the Dalit’s fight.

 

=  So, it should be kept in mind that the caste system is a factor of discrimination, As pointed out Liz Stuart <<At school Macwan was made to stay behind after class and clean the classroom while the other children played >>

 

↔   Whereas we have noticed the discrimination of the Indian caste system now lets us come to see the discrimination of Indian girls.

II : the discrimination of Indian girls.

 

·        Firstly, it’s a discrimination that begins before birth.

→ Another girl is an extract from a novel, written by Shilipi Somaya Godwa, entitled Secret Daughter; it deals with it the selective abortion, the author narrates the story of Kavita, a mother who wants to keep her daughter despite the intimidations of her husband. This one called Jasu conveys that he doesn’t want to keep the baby because is a girl and therefore a burden who can’t help the family in the fields. Then he declares they are poor and anyway they have not enough money for the dory.

·        Secondly, this discrimination doesn’t stop.

→ According to Florian Hanig and his report entitled Love forbidden in India; arranged marriage is common in India, there are often dowry deaths: women killed because their dory is often insufficient for a wedding. The director draws our attention to parental pressure, some father can kill their daughters if they don’t respect the cast system, and cases of harassments on girls are a daily matter. Some ONG like Love Commandos helps women and men who just want to love without constraint.

=   So there is no doubt that the girl situation in India is worrying, India is well known to be the most dangerous countries for women, with the infamous case : The 2012 Delhi gang rape, however hope is still allowed,  As pointed out Indira Gandhi ‘’ Let's not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti.’’

 

 

To sum it up and give an answer to the issue: What sort of Discrimination can we find in India? I might say that, there are on the one hand  social discrimination with caste system and on the other hand sex discrimination. As far as I’m concerned, I think India is a country of contradictions which is progressive in the foreground but very conservative in the background.

[Jean B]

Bonjour,

Il y a 19 heures, Ricdelanoche a dit :

Bonjour à tous dernière notion  pour l'oral ^^ , j'espère que c'est un peu mieux que les précédentes < Avant de te lire, je croise les doigts !

The notion, I’m going to deal with is Places and forms of power. Thus, in politics and social science, power is the ability to influence people’s behavior in order to accept rules and regulations. To my mind, the theme that best illustrates the notion is Discrimination in India. That’s why this theme leads me to wonder: What sort of Discrimination can we find in India? I will study this question along two lines. First, I will talk about the caste system and then I will see the situation of girls in India.

I: The caste system

·        Firstly, the caste system is a deep rooted discrimination deep rooted in India. < La place de l'adjectif, crénom de nom ? Efforce-toi de penser anglais et en anglais !

→ The cast system is a kind of social class in Hinduism his < Alors là bravo ! > its creation dates back to the Antiquity when the priest split society into four hereditary divisions which still persist nowadays. Among the caste system there are: Brahmans: priestly and learned class, Kshatriyas: warriors and rulers, Vaisas : Farmers and merchants, Sudras : peasants and laborers. There is also an outcaste called the Untouchables (Dalits) 25 % of the population who are forced to live outside the mainstream of the society in a predicament.

·        Secondly, the cast system is a factor of oppression.

→ Liz Stuart narrates in her article entitled The Shame of India, The Dalit’s situation. Indeed, although 250 million people are concerned by discrimination, some foreign countries think this situation is just a rumor. Certainly, discrimination against Dalits is currently illegal but they were used to suffering daily humiliation. The author draws our attention to Macwan, a Dalit who struggles to improve Dalit’s social condition, this law student set up cooperatives and resist to the higher castes. Those have attempted to extinguish Macwan’s action but he resisted and became a notorious figurehead of the Dalit’s fight.

 

=  So, it should be kept in mind that the caste system is a factor of discrimination, As pointed out Liz Stuart pointed out <<At school Macwan was made to stay behind after class and clean the classroom while the other children played >>

 

↔   Whereas we have noticed the discrimination of the Indian caste system now lets us come to see the discrimination of Indian girls.

II : the discrimination of Indian girls.

 

·        Firstly, it’s a discrimination that begins before birth.

→ Another girl is an extract from a novel written by Shilipi Somaya Godwa entitled Secret Daughter; it deals with it the selective abortion. Nouvelle phrase > The author narrates the story of Kavita, a mother who wants to keep her daughter despite the intimidations of her husband. This one called Jasu conveys that he doesn’t want to keep the baby because it is a girl and therefore a burden who can’t help the family in the fields. Then he declares they are poor and anyway they have not enough money for the dory.

·        Secondly, this discrimination doesn’t stop.

→ According to Florian Hanig and his report entitled Love forbidden in India, arranged marriage is common in India, there are often dowry deaths: women are/get killed because their dowry is often insufficient for a wedding. The director draws our attention to parental pressure, some fathers can kill their daughters if they don’t respect the cast system, and cases of harassments on girls are a daily matter. Some ONG like Love Commandos helps women and men who just want to love without constraint.

=   So there is no doubt that the girls' condition/situation in India is worrying, India is well known to be the most dangerous country for women, with the infamous case : The 2012 Delhi gang rape, however hope is still allowed,  As pointed out Indira Gandhi pointed out ‘’ Let's not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti.’’

To sum it up and give an answer to the issue: What sort of Discrimination can we find in India? I might say that, there are on the one hand social discrimination with caste system and on the other hand sex discrimination. As far as I’m concerned, I think India is a country of contradictions which is progressive in the foreground but very conservative in the background.

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