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What is good about the caste system?
The caste system provides a hierarchy of social roles that hold inherent characteristics and, more importantly, remain stable throughout life (Dirks, 1989). An implicit status is attached to one’s caste which historically changed from the social roles to hereditary roles.
What is caste system write about it?
The caste system is the bane for the Indian society. It divides the Indian society into sectarian groups and classes. The terms ‘Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes’ (SC/ST) are the official terms used in government documents to identify former untouchables and tribes.
How did the caste system affect people’s lives?
Caste not only dictates one’s occupation, but dietary habits and interaction with members of other castes as well. Members of a high caste enjoy more wealth and opportunities while members of a low caste perform menial jobs. Outside of the caste system are the Untouchables.
What are the positive and negative impacts of caste system?
Caste system prevents the choice of occupations according to one’s personal taste and ability. Since change of occupations is debarred by the caste system, mobility of labor is not possible. Caste system hinders the growth of large-scale enterprises.
What is caste system in Indian society?
India’s caste system is among the world’s oldest forms of surviving social stratification. The system which divides Hindus into rigid hierarchical groups based on their karma (work) and dharma (the Hindi word for religion, but here it means duty) is generally accepted to be more than 3,000 years old.
What are the negative views of a caste system?
The caste system is not beneficial to modern India because it subjects the Untouchables to violence and discrimination, restricts social interaction between castes, limits Untouchables’ education, and weakens the economy by restricting Untouchables’ job opportunities.
Is the caste system good or bad for society?
Putting aside any strictly moral qualms about caste, I see caste systems as a very bad thing for society as they prevent social mobility and thus prevent the capable of contributing as much to society as they might. Indeed they even prevent the potentially capable from becoming much more capable.
What did the caste system emphasize to the human?
Caste system emphasize to human that everyone need to follow the high level human. No one can replace the ruler is a traditional opinion in ancient Indian’s brain. It decrease the number of people which want to rebel.
What is the injustice done to the Varna/caste people?
The injustice done to them is not even imaginable. As most of the society consisted of higher & middle Varna/Caste people and also they got an extra edge of advantage in such system, the Varna/Caste system continued to prevail through centuries.
What is the difference between casteism and racism?
Casteism and racism are essentially the same now in the sense that people are discriminated based on skin colour. It is assumed that fairer the person, the higher they belong in the caste system. People still have the mentality that lower caste people should be doing the menial jobs, despite their academic inclination.