When you are on a train, do you ask the person next to you what caste he is before you sit down? Do you ask the waiter in the restaurant what caste he is before he serves you food. Or is this untouchability, casteism just the myopia (short sightedness) and games the politicians play just to get their party in power.
2007-02-13 17:36:38 · 7 answers · asked by Kool-kat 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I don't think there's discrimination outside of the remote villages, today. Except maybe in more subtle ways, like glass ceiling.
As for justification, it's both religious and ethnic. Very ancient. Various tribes wrestled for power and the winners said they are favored by the gods and must stay separated from the rest who are doomed to misery. The thing remained and survived a long time in history. This being said, some low castes have a good situation like the morticians for example because everybody gives them money eventually, and nobody takes away their job.
2007-02-13 17:45:24 · answer #1 · answered by Cristian S 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are in any of India's major cities, I would say NO we don't ask the caste of the person sitting next to us - nor do restaurants admit people based on caste and in most urban areas, enough progress has been made in the last 50 years to make deprived classes at par with the rest. Every educational institute in India has lower classes enrolling and nobody discriminates - they are treated as "people" - and most Indian establishments have worked towards abolishing caste system - no trade unions support casteism and untouchability.
That being said, there are still many poor people in India, living in cities, who are treated as untouchables due to their outside appearance. They may be shabby, filthy and smoke cannabis and carry diseases - yes, they are so poor that they live off scavenging and the common Indian treats these people like **** - at least we don't believe in TOUCHING them - and Indians are quite insensitive to their plight - we are so busy with our daily lives.
Some NGO's have recently come up with rehabilitation programmes for these destitute people and giving education and free food to the beggar children. But, since the magnitude of the problem is so huge, it will be sometime before real progress is VISIBLE on this front.
As far as Villages and Rural areas in India are concerned, YES - there is Caste system as well as Untouchability well and alive - a person from the higher caste will not drink from the same fountain as those from the lower caste.
Cities and Villages in India are two poles apart. Only after 50 years, hopefully, this disease of casteism will be eradicated from this country totally.
2007-02-14 04:20:26 · answer #2 · answered by kinsha j 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Untouchability is still a big problem in rural India. Illetracy is the root cause for this. We need efforts from all section of society to eradicate or overcome such type of problem.
We all are Indian and all Indians are equal.
2007-02-14 04:35:26 · answer #3 · answered by Kumar 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In Modern India, Yes their is no untouchability. But in ruler and little in Metro Cities the Untachability is available but not seen on screen. In Orissa, Bihar, MP, UP, Gujrat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala. AP, Bangal, Bombay, New Delhi available.
Live example, if any Pundit or Brahman in India come to know that the person is from SC, ST or Muslim he will hesitate to take his service but not hesitate to take her service due to opposite sex.
2007-02-14 02:05:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Who said there is untouchability still exists in India . It is in the west where they call even Indians as black
2007-02-14 06:14:50 · answer #5 · answered by prem k 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Non Sense there is no fight in India like they have with Sunni and Shia, or Protestants and Christians.
2007-02-14 01:47:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its stilll there in our country, As far as Tamil nadu is concerned still there in deep interior.
2007-02-14 03:12:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋