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The notion I’m going to deal with is about seats and forms of power. I’m going to talk 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 equal footing in India today.

Firstly, we’re going to see if there are inequalities among citizens. Then we’re going to

discuss the inequalities among men and women. Finally, we’re going to see the evolution of Indian society.

India is divided into four unequal, hereditary, social castes, making up the caste system. If someone was born into one of these castes, they can’t change or marry someone belonging to another one. Another caste exists, but this is called an outcaste, such as Untouchables or Dalits. It’s the lowest caste because Dalits are only allowed certain jobs such as cleaners or cobblers.

Even though the cast system is forbidden, it still exists in rural areas and so does discrimination towards Dalits still exists. In fact, they are forced to use specific eating places, schools, temples and water sources.

Today, there are 170 million Dalits in India and over 40 percent survive on less than 2 dollars a day. It’s the most prominent form of discrimination among citizens in India.

If discrimination exists among citizens, then discrimination among men and women exists too.

The dowry tradition is the largest inequality among men and women. When an Indian girl prepares to marry, their families have to give a dowry or a gift to their future husband’s family as compensation to the groom’s parents for the cost of educating their son. If after the wedding, the girl’s family has not paid the dowry, the woman is subject to torture and is sometimes even killed.

Moreover, India has another problem: they missed 50 millions girls in India today. (désolé, mais je ne sais pas ce que vous voulez dire ici!) A lot of girls are killed at birth for many reasons and this practise is called female infanticide. There are several reasons for these murders. One is the dowry tradition: raising a boy is financially more attractive because you can receive money when the boy gets married. A girl isn't as financially attractive as a boy because their parents have to pay for her wedding. Another reason

is boy can look after family business and name when the parents are old. Even though finding out the sex of a baby before birth is illegal, sex-selective abortions are practised. In 2011, the female infanticide has resulted in a gender imbalance as there are 940 Indian girls for every 1000 boys.

In spite of these inequalities, we can finally say that India is a country which is currently changing.

Today, India is the subject of two duelling narratives. On the one hand, there is the poverty side. About two-thirds of India’s population live below the poverty line. For example,slums are expanding around cities like New-Delhi where the poor Indian population live in hope to find jobs. On the other hand there is the Indian tiger: even though a lot of Indians are still poor, India’s economy is changing rapidly. India has a very important GDP (grow domestic product): about 7 or 8 percent per year. The high-tech cities grow everywhere in

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