Dear MEL Topic Readers,
What is India's caste system?
What is it like to live in a historically and religiously segregated
society? Will you bear with your last name that identifies your social and
religious class?
That what India’s caste system is like. There are four main castes and 3,000
castes that are further divided into 25,000 sub-castes. And inter-caste
marriages had not been common until recently. In large cities where more people
from different castes live, study and work together, the caste system has
become less influential. But in rural or certain regions, the practice still
remains firm even though it is legally abolished. In fact, there are quotas for
certain low-caste people for government and teaching jobs as part of affirmative
action efforts and political maneuvers.
So why have recent protests occurred leaving many to die?
Enjoy reading and learning what this India’s thousand-year old
segregation is about.
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