SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN INDIA ; CASTE DISCRIMINATION

Caste system in India

1. SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN INDIA ; CASTE
DISCRIMINATION

2. INTRODUCTION:
Castesystem:isasystemofdefiningclassor
assigningstatustoindividualsfromthetimeof
birth.InIndia,thecastesystemismainly
professionbased.Indiahasbeenavictimof
castesystemsinceages
•Thewordcasteisderivedfromthe
Portuguesecastameaninglineage,breed,or
race.
•Thecastesystemisasocialhierarchyin
whichsocietyisdividedintogroups.These
groupsdeterminewhatlaboryoucandoand
yourlevelofspiritualpurity.
Socialinequality:Socialinequalityreferstorelationalprocessesinsocietythathavetheeffectoflimitingorharming
agroup'ssocialstatus,socialclass,andsocialcircle.

3. ●ThesystemisbasedupontheassumptionthatallpeoplearenotcreatedequalandispracticedtodaythroughoutAsia
(e.g.India,SriLanka)andAfrica(Senegal,Rwanda,Nigeria).

4. ●Influence of religions
●Static rural social structure
●Vedic Varnas
●Lack of education
●Hereditary occupations
●Desire to dominate
ORIGINOFCASTESYSTEMININDIA
•TheIndiancastesystemisrootedin
thereligionofHinduism.
•ItwasalsoutilizedbyAryan
invadersfourtofivethousandyears
agotoenforcesocialcontrolinIndia.
•Itisstillapowerfulinfluenceof
Indianlifetodayinshaping
economics,politicsandculture.

5. ●Varnamaybetranslatedas"class,"andreferstothefoursocialclasseswhichexistedintheVedicsociety,namely
Brahmins,Kshatriyas,VaishyasandShudras.Certaingroups,nowknownasDalits,werehistoricallyexcludedfrom
thevarnasystemaltogether,andarestillostracisedasuntouchables.
TYPESOFCASTESYSTEM
●Brahmins
●Kshatriyas
●Vaishyas
●Shudras

6. •The“Untouchables”–Theseareagroupofpeople
whohadnocasteatall.Theyareoutcastfromthe
restofIndiansociety.
•The“Untouchables”–Theuntouchableswerealsomade
Unseeable,UnapproachableandUnhearable.Theylive
separatelyfromcasteHindusinslums.Theseslumsare
rarelyrecognizedasformalsettlementsbythegovernment
andsolackbasicserviceslikeeducation,health,water
hygiene,andnolegalmeansofforcingthegovernmentto
takeaction.
CASTE SYSTEM –ANOTHER LEVEL
Untouchables ofMalabar,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
INEQUALITIESCAUSEDBYCASTSYSTEM

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-rootedinitssocio-cultureandreligion
●Goingagainstismeantas‘sin’or‘disrespectful’
●Untouchabilitystillexists
●Youthsdiscardingsocialnorms
●Cannotabolishcastesystemcompletely
●Lawcanprovideprotectionfromexploitation
butnotattitudinalchangeinuppercastes
●Youtharetheonlyhopeforachangeinsociety

13. ●Education.
●Socialchangeinfavorofequalityofhuman-beings
●Socialeducationinruralareas.
●Specialclassesformoraleducationtothechildren.
●Shedawaysuperstition.
●Manyofpeoplebecomefriendswhileworkingtogetherona
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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