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What is India's caste system?
BBC ^ | June 19, 2019 | BBC

Posted on 08/06/2023 6:15:50 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck

India's caste system is among the world's oldest forms of surviving social stratification. The BBC explains its complexities.

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. How did caste come about?

Manusmriti, widely regarded to be the most important and authoritative book on Hindu law and dating back to at least 1,000 years before Christ was born, "acknowledges and justifies the caste system as the basis of order and regularity of society".

The caste system divides Hindus into four main categories - Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and the Shudras. Many believe that the groups originated from Brahma, the Hindu God of creation.

Outside of this Hindu caste system were the achhoots - the Dalits or the untouchables.

Rural communities have long been arranged on the basis of castes - the upper and lower castes almost always lived in segregated colonies, the water wells were not shared, Brahmins would not accept food or drink from the Shudras, and one could marry only within one's caste.

The system bestowed many privileges on the upper castes while sanctioning repression of the lower castes by privileged groups.

Often criticised for being unjust and regressive, it remained virtually unchanged for centuries, trapping people into fixed social orders from which it was impossible to escape.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; History; Religion; Society
KEYWORDS: caste; colonialism; h1b; invasion; invsasion; racism; vivekramaswamy
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To: libh8er

Yup.

See post 42.


61 posted on 08/06/2023 2:31:39 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: wildcard_redneck; AnotherUnixGeek
How creepy leftist of you to attack the messenger personally when you can't argue against the facts.

From the guy who posted the exact same thing to me in post 42?

You are such a hypocrite.

62 posted on 08/06/2023 2:34:00 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: conserv8

“I think that indicates opportunity and availability of instruction rather than innate ability.”

I think you got that ass backwards. If opportunity determines whether you’re successful or not, then blacks should be at the top of the ladder given all the special treatment and endless affirmative action thrown their way the past 50 years or so.

Yet the only blacks that are doing quite well and at the top of the ladder are mostly the ones in sports and entertainment.

The reason for that, is because they have innate (genetic?) abilities to perform well in those fields.

Opportunity is like a tool - if you don’t know how to use it and can’t or want to learn how to use it. it isn’t going to help you much.

If you have ability and desire, you’ll create your own opportunities... and you’ll do well.


63 posted on 08/06/2023 5:21:06 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: wildcard_redneck; bert; Leaning Right; SERKIT; joma89

Redneck, you’re confused.

Describing how something works is not the same as endorsing it.

Are you saying you didn’t learn anything from my little stream of consciousness dissertation?

Please read it again more carefully... And let me know what parts of it you disagree.


64 posted on 08/06/2023 5:30:54 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: wildcard_redneck

Say no to Hindus running for office.


65 posted on 08/06/2023 5:32:27 PM PDT by Clemenza
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To: aquila48
Why am I getting sucked into your rage? Here is what I posted (below), yet you are saying I was supposed to learn something from some raving you posted? Take me off you distribution.

Our inauthentic “black” Vice President had a mother from a high caste in India, and her father’s lineage were slave traders from Jamaica. She grew up in liberal Canada. But she’s been sold to us as an authentic “down wid duh shtrugga” African-American. She is part of the upper caste of Democrat operatives.

66 posted on 08/06/2023 6:14:59 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: SERKIT

That was addressed to Wildcard_Redneck. Sorry I didn’t make it clear enough.

He included you in his response to me, so I included you in my reply to him.

As for your comment regarding our high caste and slave trader descendent Veep, I agree.


67 posted on 08/06/2023 7:14:24 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: aquila48

However amongst the Indian engineers involved in construction projects, I find the AQ quite high

AQ = Arrogance Quotient


68 posted on 08/07/2023 5:27:36 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Joe Biden is a kleptocrat)
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To: bert

That is true, and a well earned reputation.

Their sense of entitlement is very similar to the old English (or any other) aristocracy.


69 posted on 08/07/2023 9:08:49 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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