India is still one of the countries that determine a person’s position in life based on the status of their parents. This position is inherited at birth and can’t be changed. There are five main categories that people are born into. Most people today have differing opinions on the ethnicity of India’s caste system and some wonder how such a thing could still exist. There are reasons why India’s caste system has been around for more than three thousand years. The caste system in modern day however does differ from the caste system from the past.
India’s caste system is comprised of four major parts. The names of these castes in order of superiority are Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras. When a person is born in India, they inherit …show more content…
The way this system stands makes it easy for higher class citizens to degrade lower class citizens. Untouchables are considered “untouchable” and they are people who are deemed tainted. Being born an Untouchable isn’t fair to that person. They didn’t have any control on what caste they would be born into. This really limits the opportunities for the child and even prevents the child from reaching their maximum potential. If you compared it to today it is like being born poor and never getting the opportunity to change that fact. You will forever and always be poor and so will your children and theirs. This view might be a little exaggerated but the analogy remains …show more content…
Karma, or action, is the accumulation of both positive and negative actions a person’s past life has committed. If a person did bad deeds in their past life, then that person might be an untouchable for example. With this example, India believes that karma will determine a person’s status the moment they are born. Samsara basically is the circle of constant rebirth. It is what allows a person to reincarnate with their accumulated karma from their previous life. In modern India, the caste system still exists but it did go through many changes. The first change is that discrimination is illegal among the castes. With booming growth in both education and urbanization, the relativity of castes has declined compared to its former self. Even intermarriage between castes is becoming more
India’s caste system is comprised of four major parts. The names of these castes in order of superiority are Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras. When a person is born in India, they inherit …show more content…
The way this system stands makes it easy for higher class citizens to degrade lower class citizens. Untouchables are considered “untouchable” and they are people who are deemed tainted. Being born an Untouchable isn’t fair to that person. They didn’t have any control on what caste they would be born into. This really limits the opportunities for the child and even prevents the child from reaching their maximum potential. If you compared it to today it is like being born poor and never getting the opportunity to change that fact. You will forever and always be poor and so will your children and theirs. This view might be a little exaggerated but the analogy remains …show more content…
Karma, or action, is the accumulation of both positive and negative actions a person’s past life has committed. If a person did bad deeds in their past life, then that person might be an untouchable for example. With this example, India believes that karma will determine a person’s status the moment they are born. Samsara basically is the circle of constant rebirth. It is what allows a person to reincarnate with their accumulated karma from their previous life. In modern India, the caste system still exists but it did go through many changes. The first change is that discrimination is illegal among the castes. With booming growth in both education and urbanization, the relativity of castes has declined compared to its former self. Even intermarriage between castes is becoming more