Caste system in India

would happen if we had a caste system. What if you lived in india? What caste would you be in?You better hope it's not the untouchables. The untouchables were the lowest caste so they got treated the worst. There are 4 main castes in hinduism. The castes include the highest caste the priest and teachers. Next the rulers or warriors. After that is the cultivators or merchants and traders. Finally is the outcastes or untouchables. Each caste was started by the hindus. Each caste means…

on the caste system, a system introduced some 3,000 years ago by Aryan invaders in India. This system divided the existing Indian society into a hierarchy according to professions and trades. Additionally, individuals inherit their parents' caste at birth (Ninian, 189). Parents pass down their caste and property to future generations, and marriages usually occur within castes. Due to supposed divine origins of the caste system, the castes are unchangeable, and the movement from one caste to…

The Indian caste system has played a major role in the lives of Indians and the treatment of each other, even though it is now outlawed. This is shown in the novel Climbing The Stairs. The caste system has divided the people, by job, status and income, but there have been recent changes to modify the system. The caste system originated over 2,000 years ago and has deeply influenced the Indian culture. The caste system began with four main groups, the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and…

Even though the caste system was outlawed nearly fifty years ago, it still finds a role in today’s Indian society. Socially, caste is a thing of the past. It’s not acknowledged in casual situations, but that does not mean it has disappeared completely. Two factors major factors are still keeping the caste system relevant in society: human nature to associate with a group and the modern democratic system’s emphasis on group representation. As individuals, we find strength in numbers.…

Construction of Alternate Mythology and History In G.Kalyan Rao’s Untouchable Spring Swasti Sharma Introduction The caste system finds its origin in functional groupings, called varnas, which have their origins in the Aryan society of ancient northern India. In their creation myth, four varnas are said to have emanated from the Primeval Being. The Creator’s mouth became the Brahman priests, his two arms formed the Rajanya warriors and kings, his two thighs formed the Vaishya landowners and…

The caste system in India is a system that segregates people into a hierarchy of social classes, namely Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras and Dalit, based on family lineage and occupations. Even though the caste system dates way back in the ancient Hindu life but it was only formalized under the British colonial rule. Since then, the rigid caste system, which restricts social mobility for the lower castes and the Untouchables, has been internationally criticized for being oppressive and…

The Indian Caste system was originally developed by the Aryans, when they had first invaded India. It was the Aryans who put themselves above the people already living in India, and made themselves at the highest Varna. The Aryans believed that they were superior because of the color of their skin. Those different Varnas included: Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras, and the Untouchables, who were considered far below the rest of the caste system. Since in the Hindu faith cleanliness is seen…

When a person reads or hears the word “caste,” the social order in India is what typically comes to mind, not America. From the Brahmins at the top to the untouchables at the bottom rung, this caste system governed social interactions in India until the 1950s. Much as discrimination based on caste has been illegal in India for over half of a century, discrimination based on race has been illegal in the United States of over half a century, as well. Michelle Alexander posits, in her book The New…

the Caste System The caste system is a system which decides a person’s social status and trade by his or her birth. The four castes and the untouchables determined the basic structure of the Hindu society when the caste system had begun till now. The untouchables were considered so impure by society that they were not even considered part of the caste system. The caste system equally applied to both men and women, boys and girls inherited their father’s caste when they were born. The caste…

The caste system was created during the early Aryan Society. This was between the times of 2800 to 1800 B.C.E. A few of the reasons why the caste system was created was so that people of all different virtues could make spiritual improvements and also economic improvements. There were four groups in the caste system. These groups were as follows: Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and the Shudras. Those who were not included in the caste system were called the outcast groups. Their condition in…