role of caste in india?
147556
10 points for scotty.
131568
No.  India lacks the natural resources to make it a super power.\n\nThe USA has plenty of natural resources as it developed into a super power.  India lacks this benefit.  It societal structure will limit its abilities also.  The caste system will limit the intellectuals from working closely together.
222219
This is a very lengthy topic.\n\nBriefly:\nAristocracy,\nMilitary Bureaucracy,\nCivil Bureaucracy,\nTechnocrates,\nMiddle class,\nLower Class comprising of rural poor and urban poor.
250105
i think that india is a truly seular country.  \n\nsee you talk about special priviliges being given to christians and muslims.  ok i agree that uniform civil code must be there. but why do people keep harping about the fact that special priviliges are being given to only the minority communities.\n\nwhereas hindus also enjoy some very special financial priviliges.  i dont know if u are aware about the hindu undivided family act wherein hindu families get lots of tax concessions.\n\nmoreover in a plural society u gotta give special treatment to people who r in minority so that they feel safe.\n\neven the americans do it with the afro-americans so whats wrong...
1102445
Agriculture\n\nAbout two-thirds of all Indians derive their livelihood directly from agriculture, a proportion that is not much smaller than it was at the beginning of the 20th century. The area cultivated, however, has risen steadily and is now considerablymore than half of the nation's total area, a proportion matchedby few countries in the world. Inthe more fertile regions, such as the Indo-Gangetic Plain or the deltas of the eastern coast, the proportion of cultivated to total land often exceeds 90 percent.\n\n\nAlthough the average farm size is only about five acres (two hectares) and is declining, that figure masks the markedly skewed distribution of landholdings. More than half of all farms are less than three acres in size, while much of the remainder is controlled by a small number of relatively affluent peasants and landlords. Most cultivators own farms that provide little more than a bare subsistence for their families. Further, nearly one-third of all agricultural households own no land at all and, along with many submarginal landowners, must work for the larger landholders or must supplement their earnings from some subsidiary occupation, often the one traditionally associated with their caste.\n\nAgricultural technology has been undergoing rapid change inIndia. Government-sponsored, large-scale canal irrigation projects, begun by the British in the mid-19th century, were greatly extended after independence, but there has been a shift in emphasis toward deep wells (called tube wells in India), often privately owned, from which water is raised either by electric or diesel pumps. Important in several parts of India, especially the southeast, is “tank” irrigation, in which water is drawn from small reservoirs created along the coursesof minor streams.\n\nThe demand for chemical fertilizers also has been steadily increasing, although since the late 1960s the introduction of new hybrid, high-yielding varieties of seeds (HYVs), mainly for wheat and secondarily for  rice, has brought about the most dramatic increases in production, especially in Punjab (where their adoption is virtually universal), Haryāna, western Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarāt. So great has been the success of the so-called Green Revolution that India was able to build up buffer  grain stocks sufficient for the country to weather several years of disastrously bad monsoons with virtually no imports or starvation and even managed to become, in some years, a modest net food exporter. During the same period, the production of coarse grains and pulses, which were less in demand than rice and wheat, either did not increase significantly or decreased. Hence, the total per capita grain production has been notably less than that suggested by many protagonists of the Green Revolution, and the threat of major food scarcity has not been eliminated.\n\nMost Indian farms grow little besides food crops, especially cereal grains, and these account for more than three-fifths of the area under cultivation. Foremost among the grains, in terms of both area sown and total yield, is rice, the crop of choice in almost all areas with more than 40 inches (1,000 millimetres) of average annual precipitation, as well as in someirrigated areas. Wheat ranks second in both area sown and total yield, and, because of the use of HYVs, leads all grains in yield per acre. Wheat is grown mainly on the fertile soils of northern and northwestern India in areas with 15 to 40 inchesof average annual precipitation, often with supplementary irrigation. Unlike rice, which is mainly grown during the kharif (summer) season, wheat is primarily a rabi (cool-season) crop. Other important cereals, in descending order of sown acreage, are sorghum (called jowar in India), pearl millet (or bajra), corn (maize), and finger millet (or ragi). All of these typically are grown on relatively infertile soils unsuitable for rice or wheat, while corn cultivation is also favoured in hilly and mountainous reg
684477
Because merit is not recognised and people get admissions in university courses and jobs on basis of caste reservations. This way those who not deserve get to study in higher educational institutes and bag cushy jobs while the deserving meritorious students are denied all this. The Indian politicians have kept the country weak by following the same 'Divide and Rule' policy initiated by the British rulers. If India is freed of these selfish politicians who divide the society in to various castes to increase their vote banks India will become a great strong country
796182
Are you referring to a caste? In Hinduism, a person's position in life is referred to as their caste and reflects their past life--if they are a king, a high caste. they must have done well in a past incarnation; if they are a gravedigger or a butcher, very low castes, they must have done badly. Official recognition of the caste system has now been outlawed in India, due to massive abuse and discrimination, but is still unoffically practiced in many areas.
753363
rulers are the persons elected by the people. India is a democratic country and according to people's voting the rulers are elected and they will rule the country... so the people have to decide about the qualifications and other things of their ruler and elect among the nominated persons.\nsee the defenition of democracy..\nBY THE PEOPLE, OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE
1000954
nooooo.........quotas should be according to income,not according to caste...
597647
In India, laws are not enacted based on caste or religion. If anyone don't pay their debts whoever it is, whether a Harijan (Dalit) or upper caste person, law will take its own course. Only the politicians are playing vote bank politics on them. \nMy request:\nGandhi called the scheduled caste people with a better name 'Harijan' which means people of God. But these politicians have changed it into Dalits. Let us use the sacred name 'Harijan' for them.
840647
What r u interested in the caste of the officer?  After he will render whatever assistance u need, whether he is dalit or high caste.
14313
Hello Neha!The role of Women in Indian Freedom Struggle is very significant. We can think of Jansi Rani and her courage in the Great Revolt of 1857, which was a seed for the independece struggle, and Kasturi Bai, who served as a moral support for the father of our nation. I think my answer satisfies you. Bye!
953874
I'm sourthern Indian and I'm ashamed to say that the caste system stays alive and well here. (It's worse in the North with added problems.) Many of us throw all of these out and believe every human being is the same as the other. There is no 'low' and no 'high'. Consider this the same as racism. Most of them are not fortunate to break away from the caste system, because of the way they've been brought up -  to think that this is 'right'. It's going to take a very long time for India to turn around. Having said that, we've got lots of beauty in our people too and most of my friends have married people from other communities and inter-racially too :-) Of course, the whole bunch is judged by one bad apple. Pity, this opinion will stick, untill the entire problem goes away.
603219
reservation-- to reserve.. the backward classes were given priority by the government because they were exploited during the eary days. it was used for the upliftment of these classes. seats were given in educational institutions and even for jobs in government sector.\n\nthe present generation feels that the period was enough for upliftment of these classes and should no more be biased on the selection. there should be no division on colour or caste..
1160038
In India the officially proclaimed policy is that doctors from "FORWARD CASTES(Brahmin,Vaishya and Kshathriya)are not employed by the state.\nOnly doctors belonging to most backward castes are employed by the government and such doctors dont prefer to work in villages or Armed forces.
405406
I believe the caste system is very much like the system of society in Aldous Huxleys book 'Brave New World'.  The seemingly logical way Huxley describes the way society works in the brave new world leads me to believe that in the caste system everyone has they're pre-determined lives already set before them and in the brave new world everything worked for everybody(almost).  But practically speaking I think that it would be better to let everyone decide their own lives and that would create much more growth in edjucation.  So no the caste system is not going to influence more people towards higer educational goals.
714314
Certainly a rhetorical question.  I'm sure his kids will do for their country what he did for his.  Can you say caste system?