Tous les citoyens sont-ils sur un pied d'égalité dans l'Inde moderne? (document en anglais)

I’m going to deal with is seats and forms of power. Besides, « places » could be important building or institutions that represent a certain form of power. A place can also be a country or a state. Power is the ability to control others, events ; or ressources : The ability to make things happen despite obstacles, resistence or opposition. I’m going to speak about India because it’s a country which is changing rapidly. I feel this is best illustrated by trying to see if all citizens are on an egual footing in India today. Firstly, we’re going to see the inegalities among citiznes, then we’re going to discuss the inequalities between men and women. Finally, we’re going to see the evoltion of Indian Society.

To begin with inequalities among citizens, the caste system in India developed more than 3000 years ago when the Hindou priests divides the society into four great hereditary social classes, wich still survive today. If someone was born into one of these castes, they can’t change or many someone someone belonging to another one. Another Castes exists ; but this is called an outcaste, such as untouchables or Dalists. It’s the lowest easte because Dalists are only allowed certain jobs such as cleaners or cobber. Even through the cast system is forbidden, it still exists in rural areas and so does discrimination towards dalits. Then, nowadays, there are 170 millions Dalits in India and over 40 percent survive on less than 2 dollars a day. In addition, there are discrepancy in sevreral fields like population growth, services (gross domestic product), languages and religions. Indeed, in each field, there is growth : In 2050, population in India will be 1.7 billionaires of peoples, the principal religion is Hinduism and the principal languages is Hindi. We count 55 bilionnaires in this country. There are less people living belo 80pounds a day. This shows inequalities among citizens but there are inequalities beteween men and women too.

Secondly, in the dowry tradition, the family of the wife to be gives a « dowry » or gift to the future husband’s family on marriage. If after the mariage, thewoman’s family dosn’t keep it’s promise, the bride is subject to torture, and sometimes even killed. Many parents don’t want to have a daughters because of the dowry tradition. Many girls go missing every years 600 000. More than 50 million women have been selectively eliminated from India’s population through infanticide. Dowry-related murdrrs, and other gendercide practices. Then, parent pray to have a baby boy beacause have a girl is difficult in India, There are no advantages. As a result there are 940 females for 1 000 males. Inequalities among citizens and between men and omen don’t stop the evolution of Indian Society.

Next, in India, since 1990 the gross domestic product see services increases. Besides, a high tech cities was build in Bangalore, is an Indian multinational corporation that provides business consulting, information technology softare engineering and otsourcing services. India changed because children from lower castes are educated, women are working and earning money, people’s attitudes are changing there are becoming independant, choosing their lives and there are no longer have to emigrate to improve their lives. The middle classes are growing. Overpopulation, poverty

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