What Is Your Opinion On the Caste System in India?
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Against.  It is archaic, unfair and cruel
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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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Landowners? Vassals? Knights? Kings? Clergy?\n\nThis is the full hierarchy, generally, for Europe.\n\nPope -> King -> Noblemen -> Cardinals, Bishops, etc. -> Petty Nobles (Vassals), Tradesmen -> Serfs and Peasants -> Slaves and Servants.\n\nIn India (the caste system), Brahmins (scholars and priests) held the top tier, (although warriors held the top at first), followed by warriors, tradesmen and merchants, sudras (laborers) and finally the Untouchables (people like gravediggers)
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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.
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Religionis a system of social coherence based on a common group of beliefs or attitudes concerning an object, person, unseen being, or system of thought considered to be supernatural, sacred, divine or highest truth, and the moral codes, practices, values, institutions, and rituals associated with such belief or system of thought. It is sometimes used interchangeably with "faith" or "belief system"[1], but is more socially defined than that of personal convictions.\n\nCASTE-Caste systems are traditional, hereditary systems of social stratification, such as clans, gentes, or the Indian caste system\n\nCustom-consists of established patterns of behaviour that can be objectively verified within a particular social setting. Generally, customary law exists where\n\na certain legal practice is observed \nthe relevant actors consider it to be la
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The Indian schooling system is considered to be really good, and trust me its pretty hard compared to that of other countries(especially the US). School is lotsa fun too. Lots of people do have cars, but bikes are a cheaper/faster/more daring way to get around because aldredy the population in soaring if every indian gets a car there wont be place on the roads. \nSouth India is more cosmopolitan/westernized when compared to the North.\nIndia is a great place to live, though it would be way better if we didnt have so many problems in our country. But then no country is perfect! so JAI HIND! lol
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Quota System is that syatem by which the govt. insures the equal opputurinities for the socially underpriveliged peoples. The peoples from lower strata of the society & finamcially weaker sections are generally  eligible for the quota. Govt. fix for them a certain percentage of seats in govt. jobs or in educational institutes.\n\nNow a days there are demands for Quota even in Pvt. sector!
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The pattern of social classes in Hinduism is called the "caste system"
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The caste system in India can be described as an elaborately stratified social hierarchy distinguishing India’s social structure from any other nation. Its history is multifaceted and complex.  \nCaste is a term, which is used to specify a group of people having a specific social rank and dates back to 1200 BCE. The Indian term for caste is jati, and generally designates a group that can vary in size from a handful to many thousands. There are thousands of jatis each with its own rules and customs. The various jatis are traditionally arranged in hierarchical order and fit into one of the four basic varnas the (Sanskrit word for “colors”).   \n--The varna of Brahmans, commonly identified with priests and the learned class \n--The varna of Kshatriyas, associated with rulers and warriors including    property owners. \n--The varna of Vaishyas, associated with commercial livelihoods (i.e. traders) \n--The varna of Shudras, the servile laborers  \nThe Untouchables occupy a place that is not clearly defined by boundaries and is outside of the varna scheme. Their jobs (such as toilet cleaning and garbage removal) cause them to be considered impure and thus “untouchable.”  Historically the untouchables were not allowed in temples and many other public places. In 1950 legislation was passed to prevent any form of discrimination towards the untouchables. Although legislation has affected the status of the people, they are yet very much a visible part of Indian society. \n\nhttp://www.mtholyoke.edu/~epandit/page2.html\n\nOrigins of the Caste System:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste_system#Origins_of_the_Caste_System
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The British divided this country on basis of religion now our own politicians and countrymen are doing the same on basis of caste.Why is there no reservation on basis of merit and financial position,caus the politicos fear their seats might be taken by educated people .Then there would be no fools to run this country.Brahmins are becoming the real minority and aliens here.For the politicians of this country votes are above the welfare of their countrymen.
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I have a say that this a very broad question. India is home to many different cultures and they vary in beliefs within themselves. So there is no black and white answer to this. Anyway, being born in Indian and having lived in Australia for 8 years I will try to answer from personal experience.\nMy first impressions were very positive. I appreciated the organised way of life, openess to new ideas, good governance etc. What always disturbed me was the lack of stability in the familiy aspects, lack of respect for elderly people etc. Again this is not a blanket statement but to someone new to the west it might easily seem so. Another thing which strikes is the 'me' approach of the west as opposed to the 'us' approach still prevalent in India. Anyway, after a few more years and interactions I realised that familiy/social life is lot more stable than what it seems on the surface/propagated by media and I met an overwhelming number of dedicated parents. \nWe could continue this discussion on various aspects and its too  hard to type that much ! Feel free to contact me on yahoo msg> kingbaljeet.
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I am not an Indian.. although I have had the same experience.\n\nI appreciated my ex because he informed me about what happened and he prepared me for it. He told me everything and I respected it... \n\nIt may be hard to understand at first, but that is the way that they were brought up/raised. That is part of them that no one else can take away, not even those people that they are in love with.\n\n(May be there are some parents who are more "open" to such kind of a relationship. But a greater majority of Indians are not, especially with their caste system. Actually, it does not happen only to inter-racial relationships, but also to relationships concerning people who belong to different castes. If one comes from a lower caste, then he/she is not acceptable to the family - at least that's what I was told. Not to forget the arranged marriages that's still going on until today.)\n\nWe loved each other then, we both knew that. (we were  together for 4 years) but we both could not do anything especially with his ill father asking him to stay away from me. I understood his plight being the eldest son and let him go.\n\nNow, we're still in good terms. We still get to talk/email once in a while without mention of commitment or love - just exchange of pleasantries. \n\nWe do not know what's gonna happen in the future. But for the time being, we're OK this way.
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The most basic division of the Indian society is of Aryans and Dravidians. According to this division, nearly 72% of Indians are Aryans and 28% are Dravidians. The north Indians are the descendants of Aryans and the south Indians are Dravidians. The languages spoken in five states of south India are considered Dravidian languages and most of the languages spoken in the north are considered Aryan languages. The general script of the Aryan languages is different from the general script of Dravidian languages. The Indians also distinguish themselves by the general north Indian accent and general south Indian accent.\n\nAccording to general Indian legend, the Aryans arrived in north India somewhere from Iran and southern Russia at around 1500 BC. Before the Aryans, the Dravidian people resided in India. The Aryans disregarded the local cultures. They began conquering and taking control over regions in north India and at the same time pushed the local people southwards or towards the jungles and mountains in north India. According to this historical fact the general division of Indian society is made. North Indians are Aryans and south Indians are Dravidians. But this division isn’t proper because of many reasons.\n\nMany Indians immigrated from one part of India to other parts of India and not all local people of north India were pushed southwards by the Aryans. Some stayed and served the Aryans and others moved to live in the forests and the jungles of north India. Before the arrival of the Aryans there were also other communities in India like Sino-Mongoloids and Austroloids. There were also other foreign immigrations and invaders who arrived in India, from time to time. \n\nThere are many that completely doubt that there was ever any Aryan invasion in India. This skepticism is based on the dating of the Aryan invasion of India and the fact that Hinduism and the caste system are believed to have been established as the result of the meetings between the intruding Aryans and original residents of India, the Dravidians. \n\nThe caste system is believed to have been established by the Aryans. The fair skinned Aryans who occupied parts of India established the caste system, which allowed only them to be the priests (Brahman), aristocracy (Kshatria) and the businessmen (Vaisia) of the society. Below them in hierarchy were the Sudras who consisted of two communities. One community was of the locals who were subdued by the Aryans and the other were the descendants of Aryans with locals. In Hindu religious stories there are many wars between the good Aryans and the dark skinned demons and devils. The different Gods also have dark skinned slaves. There are stories of demon women trying to seduce good Aryan men in deceptive ways. There were also marriages between Aryan heroes and demon women. Many believe that these incidences really occurred in which, the gods and the positive heroes were people of Aryan origin. And the demons, the devils and the dark skinned slaves were in fact the original residence of India whom the Aryans coined as monsters, devil, demons and slaves. Normally the date given to Aryan invasion is around 1500 BC. But according to Hinduism experts some of the events in Hinduism occurred much earlier. Some of the events like the great war in the Mahabharta epic is believed to have occurred (based on astronomical research) 7000 years ago. \n\nAccording to this Hindu experts the word Aryan is a misinterpretation of the original Sanskrit word, Arya. Arya means pure or good in Sanskrit. In the holy Vedas the good people were called Arya. Some of the European scholars of Indian culture in the 19th century were Germans. These German scholars who found that Swastika was also a holy symbol among the Hindus distorted, the word Arya to Aryan.
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yes all the secularists and peace loving people are to condemn the brutal killing of a dalit family  and burning of their property by upper castes in khairlanji in ,Maharashtra. it happened because surekha bhotmange, who challenged her oppression and her family.the police and lawyers collaborated with the accused. in Hinduism, every caste is a religion. upper caste people look with disdain the untouchables.as Christians think people of other religion can not reach god and as Muslims think Hindus as kafirs, in Hinduism, people belonging to one caste don't tolerate other caste people. caste system Hinduism is thousand times cruel than religious terrorists.the solution for this problem is to abolish caste system and all people should embrace rationalism which does not accept any type of inequalities. Hindus tolerate the insults heaped upon by them and their gods by other religions. they maintain stoic silence when other religion people mock at Hinduism, but their tolerance is towards other religions only but not towards the marginalised sections of the Hindu society. the reason is AT THE COST OF REPETITION , I REITERATE THAT EVERY CASTE IS A RELIGION.
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Yes Indians are racists and it is unfair to discriminate!There are thousands of castes ,sub castes which still exist in Indians today,according to which people are married. It does not mean that marriage of people with different castes is illegal or is forbidden. People show that they don't mind marriages of different-caste people. But I'd say one's parents have great courage, and educated and are really the ones who are needed to live in this world for allowing their children to marry different caste
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The Feudal system is where you have Lords/Ladies who own large tracts of land.  The serfs (or peasants) who live on the land participate is share cropping, where they grow crops on the lord's land and pay him to do so with part of their crop.  The Lord inturn pays money to the King/Queen.  It was hard if not impossible for a serf to move up in the caste system and they couldn't move to another lord's land because they usually stayed indebt to their lord.
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India has a population of over 1 billion. Define common? I was there on vacation and the poverty is terrible. If the person is "middle classs" common then they need to use their abilities/brains/abilities to push forward their progress. Now is a time of importance for India. They have to use all their resources cause everyone is looking at them.