Economics in India
Everything you'd want to know about the Indian Economy
India's Past
The caste system consists of four castes (Varnas); Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaishiyas, and Shudra. There is also Untouchables, but they aren't even in the caste system and get the worst jobs. The Brahmans are the priests and are at the top of the caste system because the caste system is runned by religion. Therefore, it would make sense for priests to be at the top of the caste system because they are the closest to the gods. The Kshatriyas are the warriors/rulers of India. The Vaishiyas are the merchants, traders, and professionals. The Shudras are the peasants and laborers of the caste. Since the Untouchables are below the caste system they do the worst jobs like picking up animal poop. In the caste system, the lower caste people weren't allowed to become a higher caste in their lifetime. Also, people from any caste couldn't socialize with people in another castes.
Source: India's Caste System and Guided Reading
The Role of Traditional Indian Women
Source: Role of Women
Pictures of the Caste Systm and Women' roles
The Caste System
Women's Role of Watching Children
Preparing food
Telemarketing and Outsourcing!
Source: 30 Days Video
Indian Culture has officially been globalized!... Wait!... What!
Indian culture has been seen around the world and affected many civilizations. Indian culture has influenced a lot about the fashion and entertainment industry around the world. One example was Selena Gomez being intrigued with the rich and wealthy Indian culture and fashion sense incorporated into her music video wearing traditional Indian clothing and wearing the controversial bindi (the decorative mark Indian women put on their forehead).
India has changed both economically and politically!
One economical change is tearing down old buildings and replacing them with modern buildings. Even though they may be changing/replacing them, they still are traditional. For example, they still have brick-making. When they make bricks they use traditional materials like mud and leaves when starting to make bricks.
Since India had their freedom with their economy in the 1990s, it gave in to the American consumers where they had recently welcomed Starbucks and Amazon into the Indian Economy. This is an example of American globalization where the culture thus gets affected and molded by the fast growing international economy mainly by American business. Currently, the new Indian generation has even harbored American idioms. Like, the younger generation is starting to call people dude, whereas the older generation is sticking with the traditional terms. Now Indians instead of speaking, Hindi (the official language of India), the younger generations normally converses in English using American slang terms.
Brick Making in India!
So there is a McDonald's in India?
Selena Gomez in Indian fashion!
Is there a possibility for India to become a Superpower?
India is one of the biggest technological capital in the world. Most of the United States main headquarters of their enterprises are based in India. Their leading universities and other high tech firms are a beacon of light to build India into a strong and successful nation where countries throughout the world depend on India for.
India takes bold moves on a benevolent approach as making many, however empty, promises and programs that benefits the citizens of India on every class level from the poorest of the poor to the richest of the rich. To make the government plans follow through, many movements have been started. One example is the political provocateur, Kisan Babura, which led many hunger strikes where many citizens followed behind him. This Ghandi-style approach to help build a more perfect society in India as showed to be the most effective for the citizens to gather for the government to fulfill their promises. Therefore, India has the potential to become a superpower.
All found from: Spiegel, Erich F., and Padma Rao. "India at Crossroads on Path to Superpower Status." ABC News. Trans. Christopher Sultan. ABC News Network, 9 Sept. 2012. Web. 5 May 2015