Caste system in India

1. SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN INDIA ; CASTE
DISCRIMINATION

2. INTRODUCTION:
Caste system : is a system of defining class or
assigning status to individuals from the time of
birth. In India, the caste system is mainly
profession based. India has been a victim of
caste system since ages
•The word caste is derived from the
Portuguese casta meaning lineage, breed, or
race.
•The caste system is a social hierarchy in
which society is divided into groups. These
groups determine what labor you can do and
your level of spiritual purity.
Social inequality : Social inequality refers to relational processes in society that have the effect of limiting or harming
a group's social status, social class, and social circle.

3. ● The system is based upon the assumption that all people are not created equal and is practiced today throughout Asia
(e.g. India, Sri Lanka) and Africa (Senegal, Rwanda, Nigeria).

4. ● Influence of religions
● Static rural social structure
● Vedic Varnas
● Lack of education
● Hereditary occupations
● Desire to dominate
ORIGIN OF CASTE SYSTEM IN INDIA
• The Indian caste system is rooted in
the religion of Hinduism.
• It was also utilized by Aryan
invaders four to five thousand years
ago to enforce social control in India.
• It is still a powerful influence of
Indian life today in shaping
economics, politics and culture.

5. ● Varna may be translated as "class," and refers to the four social classes which existed in the Vedic society, namely
Brahmins, Kshatriyas,Vaishyas and Shudras. Certain groups, now known as Dalits, were historically excluded from
the varna system altogether, and are still ostracised as untouchables.
TYPES OF CASTE SYSTEM
●Brahmins
● Kshatriyas
● Vaishyas
● Shudras

6. • The “Untouchables” – These are a group of people
who had no caste at all. They are outcast from the
rest of Indian society.
• The “Untouchables” – The untouchables were also made
Unseeable, Unapproachable and Unhearable. They live
separately from caste Hindus in slums. These slums are
rarely recognized as formal settlements by the government
and so lack basic services like education, health, water
hygiene, and no legal means of forcing the government to
take action.
CASTE SYSTEM – ANOTHER LEVEL
Untouchables of Malabar, Kerala

7. UNTOUCHABLES / DALIT'S
Cannot:
● possess any wealth
● get an education
● enter a Hindu temple
● drink from public wells/water systems
● Marry outside their caste
● Touch anyone from a higher caste!!
● Argue or disobey upper caste demands

9. ● Violates fundamental rights
● Creates disharmony and leads to conflicts
● Responsible for groupism
● Minority caste division
● Social status is low due to narrow minded people
● Lack of opportunities due to migration
● Ill treatment to lower castes
INEQUALITIES CAUSED BY CAST SYSTEM

10. ● It defined a person’s social universe – Enforced
restrictions on intermarriage
● It defined a person’s standard of conduct – Each
caste had it’s own set of rules
● It defined a person’s expectations – Determined
what kinds of foods one may eat
● It defined a person’s future – Determined specific
job or vocational roles
CASTE SYSTEM – IN PRACTICE

11. ● Encourages untouchability.
● Promotes Inequality.
● Undemocratic in nature.
● Fake differentiation in superiority and inferiority.
● Increases gap between upper and lower caste people.
● Danger towards the National integration .
● Child marriage.
● Sati system.
● Prostitution.
DISADVANTAGES

12. CONCLUSIONS
● Deep - rooted in its socio - culture and religion
● Going against is meant as ‘sin’ or ‘disrespectful’
● Untouchability still exists
● Youths discarding social norms
● Cannot abolish caste system completely
● Law can provide protection from exploitation
but not attitudinal change in upper castes
● Youth are the only hope for a change in society

13. ● Education .
● Social change in favor of equality of human-beings
● Social education in rural areas.
● Special classes for moral education to the children.
● Shed away superstition.
● Many of people become friends while working together on a
project
● Awareness must be raised
● Programmes should be conducted
● Policymakers must work towards equitable distribution
● Inter-caste marriages and social interactions
● Youths initiative towards social awareness
● Fuelling tension by political parties should be banned
SOLUTIONS

14. REFERENCE
https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/social_inequality.htm
https://www.slideshare.net/neelu-aru/caste-discrimination-55648895
https://www.slideshare.net/Arjunukakdn/introduction-to-caste-system
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