Vocabulary
The bottom of the caste, known as untouchables
What are Dalits?
A south Asian country west of Bangladesh and east of Pakistan
What is India?
The marginalized group of the varna system
What are the Dalits?
The four-handed, four-headed deity
Who is Brahma
The treatment of a person, group, or concept as insignificant
What is marginalization?
The most popular religion in India
What is Hinduism?
The highest class in the varna system
What are the Brahmins?
How long has the caste system existed?
Over 3,000 years
A fixed social pyramid where someone is born into a certain group
What is the caste system?
The group outside of the varna system, Untouchables.
What are the Dalits?
When was the caste system abolished?
1950
The belief that one's actions will determine their caste in their next life.
what is Hinduism
Another term for Dalits
What are scheduled castes?
How many states are there in India?
28 states
What are the Shudras?
The deity which many believe to have created the caste system.
Who is Brahma?
How many Union territories are there in India?
8 Union territories
Urban Professions in the PRESENT
What are the Kshatriyas? (Second Highest Class in the Varna System)
The co-founder of Equality Labs
who is Thenmozhi Soundararajan