What does caste hierarchy mean?

Indians used the novel as a powerful medium to criticise what they considered defects in their society and to suggest remedies. The issue of caste was included in Indian novels...

Caste alone cannot determine election results in India because: No parliamentary constituency has a clear majority of one single caste. No party wins all the votes of a particular caste.

Decline of the caste system in India : (i) Efforts of social reformers like Phule, Gandhiji, Ambedkar against caste system have helped to promote a casteless society. (ii) Economic development has reduced...

Both Virashaivas and the sants of Maharashtra rejected social inequality and caste differences.  The Virashaivas argued strongly for the equality of all human beings and they were against Brahmanical ideas about...

(i) Each caste group tries to become bigger by incorporating within its neighbouring castes or sub-castes which were earlier excluded from it. (ii) Various caste groups are required to enter...

No, I do not agree. The focus on caste in politics can sometimes give an impression that elections are all about caste and nothing else. This is far from true...

Assumption of Maslow’s Need Hierarchy Theory: (i) People are motivated by the unfulfilled needs and once a particular need is satisfied, it ceases to be a motivating factors. (ii) People's behaviour...

Needs which can be satisfied with financial incentives are physiological needs and safety and security needs. Needs satisfied by non-financial incentives are esteem and self-actualization.