Caste system in South Asian cultures

In this project, students will write an essay that discusses some cultural, political, and identity (mainly issues) in relation to South Asian Cultures. The topic areas are not limited to within any specific subjects; meaning, students can choose any topic/s and their essay/s can address  any topic area that is related to South Asian culture. For instance, South Asian culture, identity (gender, ethnic, and Indigenous identities, etc.), visual art, and popular music, etc. In this project, students are required to use some reading materials from this course as sources to draw some theories, philosophies, practices, and cultural issues as evidence.

When students write this paper, they will focus on the following elements:
1.    What is the purpose of the essay?
2.    Who are the targeted audience/readers? To be more specific, students writing style depends upon their audience.
3.    Who is the writer? Meaning, the writers situated (cultural or geo-political) identity–say where you (students) are from and what you know about the subject/topic)
4.    What is the subject or issue? How do you (student/s) want to address it?
5.    What is the context?
6.    What is the situation?