... meaning to their social surroundings. Our culture is our guide of our behavior when we communicate with others by the norms and rules that we use. While socializing within the boundaries of our culture, we can learn how we are expected to view ourselves (i.e.: as unique individuals, as a whole) and this view of our self influences our communication. Our culture shows ... how to interpret their behavior through a system of knowledge. The term culture refers to the systems of knowledge used by a large number of people. The boundaries between cultures are often set by the political or nati...

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... 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, insufficient or sufficient educational attainment, blue collar or white collar profession ... and that is inequality in the access to social rewards such as money, prestige, and influence which are all dictated by the characteristics of a class. It follows, then, that...

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... produced Indian nationalism, which eventually led to India winning its independence in 1947. How do the people of India, who are separated by language, religion, ethnicity, and geography, ascertain political legitimacy? It is accomplished through the written right to vote, nationalism for autonomy, and a rigid caste system. A written constitution was adopted after India gained its independence from Britain. ... right to vote, the right to protest, and the right to participate in campaign activities. The most fundamental example of protesting within Indian culture is the non-violent pro...

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... the child-bearer or the mother. For her, therefore, renunciation has two meanings- one in terms of the spirit and the other in terms of the political statement. Khandelwal's woman renunciate sends out a strong political statement and flouts her societal duties by choosing the path that steers away from the household- from motherhood. For her, it is therefore glaringly true that even ... master. Now when we talk of spirituality in particular, there is a long path that lies between the stage of a woman's spiritual novice and the ultimate state of transcendence where all boundaries of cast...

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