These words, particularly the prefix of 'Adi', denote the aboriginal inhabitants of the land.4 The caste system, which has existed for more than 3000 years in India, is a traditional system of social segregation, which works on the principle of purity and pollution. The caste system has been developed, in order to maintain the superiority and the dominancy of the (Savarnas)-The dominant castes. The caste system became formalised into 4 distinct communities or identities (Varnas). ... In other words, the Devadasi system is a "system of votive offering of girls to the deities i...

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Theoretically, gender separates authors in no more of a respect than do the author's birthstone or favorite color. It is an overanalyzed element that does not factor into the equation of good writing. The variances of the two sexes exist predominantly anatomical: not in thought or greatness of wri...

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But it any way you want, but that's simple math, and it's an equation that white male applicants understand intuitively. ... The ending of Affirmative Action, they believe, "is needed to end this wasteful and divisive system and restore color-blindness to California law and government. ...

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