Colonial, Postcolonial India

Annotations:

• circle of birth, death and rebirth every action has an effect

1. good behaviour = higher caste
2. bad behaviour = lower caste

2. since 1949 there are "equal rights" to everyone
   1. slow change
3. weakened in big cities

   Annotations:

   • avoiding lower casts becomes impossible
4. Dalits became more powerful

   Annotations:

   • fight for the promised equality
5. today still "used"
   1. no unity in Diversity no equality no acceptance of democracy
6. based on Hinduism

1. Britain left after WW II
   1. who should gain the power?
      1. congress party & Muslims demanded a seperate homeland
         1. deviding the county amongst religious lines

            Annotations:

            • Radcliff drew a line on a paper without visiting or taking consideration of: agricultural hinterlands or industrial centers
            1. India & Pakistan
               1. violence
            2. reducing people to religious minorities

1. non violence to fight violence
2. truth can not be delivered throug violence
3. never oppose the law
4. never oppose arrest
5. religious freedom
6. view was rejected
   1. irrelevant in todays society

1. Indian diversity = Unity in diversity
2. ethinicity

   Annotations:

   • diversity of racial types
3. apperace

   Annotations:

   • different dresses, customs, traditions
4. 35 languages

   Annotations:

   • 22 official
5. religions

   Annotations:

   • muslim, catholic, hindu etc.
6. foreign impressions
   1. avoid contact with "real" indians
   2. do not understand their traditions
   3. do not know how to handle situation in which they are confronted with their customs