... survival. Thus, this capability to achieve such function shape and define its lifestyle thereby setting clear demarcations among the members of a certain society. In the Philippines, labels such as upper, middle, lower class are commonly used to identify these boundaries. The labels though they may not be concretely used, have attached qualities, such as weak or poor purchasing power, ... lifestyle quantify each. In the light of this discussion, it is impertinent to define social stratification. The condition in the Philippine society where, economically, people are divided into three c...

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... -level job in IT will be. He says "Where do you look for that superstar who is doing a great job and has a rapport with the customer and understands your business?" Phil Friedman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Computer Generated Solution, Inc. worries about the moral responsibility of companies to their employees. "We need those technology skills. This country is making productivity ... ...

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... able to do. A member of a caste is able to attain "superior social status when they emulate the customs, rituals, and way of life of upper castes" (Caste). As time progresses, so is India's traditional caste system. Aside from the Dalits, it is rare to have someone automatically admitted into ... (Caste). When in doing this, people have the chance to move up to a higher caste as they copy the values and habits of the upper castes, while also giving up their equalities relating to gender, as well as their freedom. Although there is no way to completely move from one caste ... Another alte...

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... forms of discrimination beginning with symbolism like Dalit not being allowed to enter tea stalls and temples and having to dismount from their cycles and take their shoes off in upper caste areas to the issues of marriage and education. The lack of opportunities for the lower caste is depicted in the footages of the rural schools where the teacher discriminates ... on the caste. The lower caste students are not only forced to sit back but also brutally beaten and punished for even minor mistakes whereas even the major sins of upper castes are ignored. Also there is no access to medical...

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... ; however, in rural India that is not the case at all. Social practices are different exhibits in cultural differences, the males making decisions, and different saving patterns. Socialites are the upper class in India; they like to shop in special stores, go out, and buy luxury goods. They go for the value in items, and exclusiveness in what they are buying ... markets decreased prices a great deal and have made the manufacturer forced to keep product quality high. A trendy lifestyle is the way of life for many of the middle class and upper class Indian consumers. India culture has a ne...

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... can darken the sky over a wide region and affect the earth's entire atmosphere. The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatoubo in the Philippines, for example, dumped enough volcanic ash into the upper atmosphere to lower global temperatures for the next two years. Unlike pollutants from human activity, however, naturally occurring pollutants tend to remain in the atmosphere for a short time and do ... can darken the sky over a wide region and affect the earth's entire atmosphere. The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatoubo in the Philippines, for example, dumped enough volcanic ash into the upper atmos...

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... took different forms in colonial India. New organisations were set up seeing through both religious and social reform in order to assist the translation of science. These men consisted of upper caste men of different regions who represented the elite of intelligence. Some examples of these organisations include the Asiatic Society and The Bramho Samaj. The Bramho Samaj was most recognised ... took different forms in colonial India. New organisations were set up seeing through both religious and social reform in order to assist the translation of science. These men consisted of upper cas...

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... productive, Dalits labor was forced labor and did not count in the gross domestic product of the Indian economy (Issaacs, pg. 28). The voting infrastructure attempted to only include the upper caste colonies. The meetings, held during late evenings, insured that most of the members (lower class and women) could not attend. The members that appeared to cease to attend were ... looked upon as uneducated and careless, so the common lands were automatically privatized and exclusive to the upper class (Rajeshekar, pg.53). Intrinsically, Dalits lacked what many of Americans took advantage of....

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... into the range of individualism countries. This trend is caused by a competition among managerial middle classes at the workplace by focusing on materialism. Regarding performance orientation, India scores in the upper medium band - they reward individual achievement. Companies have a promotion system, which considers a combination of performance, recognition and expertise of the candidate to achieve the next level. On the other hand ... ...

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... of Asian cultures, languages, and peoples (Bhabha 101-104). Eastern culture took many things from the Western world, though it managed to maintain its nature. "Party" represents Indian upper class representatives, with professions connected with art and literature, their opinions, convictions, and moral standards. The current paper concentrates on essential Oriental features of Indian society, family, and culture or ... ...

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... this system is through their sons. Gender roles are clearly defined. UNICEF (2014b) reported that it is highly more likely that boys will be enrolled in school than girls, in upper primary school that girl's enrolment was still nine points lower than boys. There are several factors that can be contributing to the above such as accessibility of schools; parents fear ... ...

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... , Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, whereby parents marry a daughter to a deity or a temple. The marriage usually occurs before the girl reaches puberty and requires the girl to become a prostitute for upper-caste community members. Such girls are known as jogini. They are forbidden to enter into a real marriage. The Devadasis (servants of God) are dedicated to gods and then the priests ... ...

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... donation, which ranges from 3 Lakhs to 8 Lakhs leading the parents to invest upto 75% of their income in their children's education. This clearly shows that the middle as well as upper strata of the Indian society does not mind shelling out big bucks for a fancy preschool education for their child. They simply do not wish to compromise on quality. Flipping the ... ...

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... and created a railroad system to make transportation of goods more efficient and it made it easier to help Indians move around the country. The people that benefited most are the upper classes. They were wealthy enough to "send their sons to British schools, where they were trained for posts in the civil service and military" (Ellis, Esler 770). The rich nobles ... ...

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... to electricity. In fact, the country is facing a severe power deficit situation. There are a lot of big projects that the Government plans to build in the near future (West Seti, Upper Karnali, Arun III) and that could help fight this deficit. The real purpose of these projects is to export electricity to India, rather than to take care of the current ... ...

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... resources hold the community back and stop them to be mobile. The cultural beliefs in India hold the people who cannot skip a question of untouchability the community. The population from upper caste discriminates the untouchable group from lower caste by restricting them to access to necessary economic and social means. So, they become incapable to participate in economic, social and political ... ...

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... spirit of paternalism carrying not only concern but all the condescension that the word can imply. The increased separation of the races had been intensified by the growing presence of upper-class British women on the subcontinent. Women led more insulated lives than their husbands and, rarely seeing the locals, were apt to fear or disdain them. By now, therefore, Indians ... ...

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... of the Other": the powers and privileges (or relative lack thereof) of a different class of the village community. In this reversal of roles, the lower castes mingle freely with the upper ones and acquire the liberty to play pranks on their social superiors. Women armed with sticks become the aggressors and are indiscriminate in their domination, whether it be beating their ... ...

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... , whether technological, economic or political. This one culture is playing on the mind of younger generation of developing countries and has made them feel that to be counted in the upper strata they have to play follow the leader. But whatever the clout of a specific culture or of the nation its represents, that culture cannot aspire to eradicate all others, making ... ...

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