Why are there sub castes like Koknastha, Deshastha, Karhade, kanva, Devrukhe ?
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All you have mentioned are SUB SECT(ION)S of Brahmin community in Maharastra and North Karnataka area. It is all made due to certain reasons and some anchesters like Kanva Maharishi etc. Now a days it has not relavance and marriages in bestween the sub-sects not only in Maharastra but all so all over India are solomnised.\n\nAccording to me all are human and no one is superior or lower. It is one's own idea -
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Well...you could say that the caste system (and I assume you're talking about India here) brings people together because it reinforces structural hierarchies in society. People across many different castes contribute to the maintenance of the caste system.\nThis is not necessarily a good thing in my opinion. It's saying that people come together to preserve this tradition which is not necessarily a good one. But they're coming together to do so nonetheless, so I suppose that answers your question.
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It is difficult to answer to this question. Anyway, there had been lot of kings In India. Many of them were very strong. However Mughal Emperores were ruled for long time while they have made Taj Mahal which in one of world wonder. (1206-1856 )\n\n   However, the term called " maharaja" is Maha= great Raja = King doesn't make any sense to your question. \n\n    Now there is no king in India.
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As Mr. Bal Thackeray put it very rightly once: India is the only democracy where people do not cast votes, they rather vote castes!\nIt is an irony that people at the micro level in India still believe in caste system. That is your behaviour etc. is partly judged by your religion/castes. That is really sad. \nBut for it to change, family and social setup of Indian families need to change. Hai na?
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depends on if caste is based on features or money.  you can beat one based on money by acting like you have money.  features, nope
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Coz. the minorities have a larger population and they form a major percentage in the vote bank during elections. So, all the minorities group is basically backed up by the sick politicians of the country. Whereas the majority have a happy go lucky kindda attitude, they r content with how things are progressing. U can relate it to the current reservation drama which is goin on these days.
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Complicated history. It's outlined pretty well in this article:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_caste_system
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This is a very complex question that you would have to research India's history to undersand.\n\nIndia has a long history of a wide gap of poverty between certain factions. Even today while they are experiencing great economic growth, there is severe poverty within the muslims sections of the society. \n\nEven the Hindu section sees this, my grandmother is Hindu and from India. It seems to me that India has a big problem of religious discrimination.
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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.
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subhiksha at chandini chowk
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Contrary to the popular belief in West and other European Nations, the Dalit or untouchable system is long ago abolished from India....read on:\n\nDalit's or untouchables, (now called Harijans), have traditionally occupied the lowest place in the caste system of Hindu India; they were called dalit because they were considered to be outside the confines of caste. Their impurity derived from their traditional occupations, such as the taking of life and the treatment of bodily effluvia.\n\nSuch was their impurity that traditionally they were banned from Hindu temples; in parts of South India even the sight of a dalit was sufficient to pollute a member of a higher caste. \n\nIn 1979 the Indian government outlawed the use of the term Dalit. The group has been reclassified as the "Scheduled Castes" and has been granted special educational and political privileges. \n\nToday it is illegal to discriminate against a Dalit or Harijan, and they have free education and a 11% job quota in the govt sector . They number an estimated 15 million in the early 2000s. \n\nIn recent years considerable strides toward eradicating unjust social and economic aspects of the caste system as practiced in India have been made through educational and reform movements. The great leader in this endeavor was Mohandas K.Gandhi. The drafted constitution of India, which was published a few days after the assassination of Gandhi in January 1948, stated in a special clause under the heading "human rights": "Untouchability is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden."
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There are many in New Delhi.\nSearch in tel directory.
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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..
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it works with ruthless discrimnation\n\nyou are not supposed to marry, associate with, have business dealings with, or even acknowledge others outside your caste.
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They both are Indo-Aryan languages but they belong to different subbranches. So hence, they are different languages.
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I always thought suri was a type of man powered chariot in India. More similar to cross- inbreeding.
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Caste is the social class you are born into.  There are five main castes in India.  The highest caste is Brahman, and they are the priests.  The others are Kshatriya (landowners), Vaishya (merchants), Shudra (artisans), and Harijan (those outside the caste system, once known as untouchables).