Is India's Caste System Still Alive?
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India is growing and changing fast, but some traditional views are still in place. Institutions like the caste system have been outlawed, yet caste discrimination and segregation still occurs. The most recent economic data indicated that, in urban areas, a wealth gap of 60% exists between people traditionally from the highest and lowest caste. So what is the Indian caste system? And how is it affecting modern India? Well, the caste system is a hereditary, social hierarchy, also called “the Jati [dʒɑːti] system”, that’s existed in India for nearly two thousand years. Historians think that these social distinctions may be based in ancient Hinduism, which delineates four major social classes, or varnas. On top are the Brahmins, usually described as pries...
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India is growing and changing fast, but some traditional views are still in place. Institutions like the caste system have been outlawed, yet caste discrimination and segregation still occurs. The most recent economic data indicated that, in urban areas, a wealth gap of 60% exists between people traditionally from the highest and lowest caste. So what is the Indian caste system? And how is it affecting modern India? Well, the caste system is a hereditary, social hierarchy, also called “the Jati [dʒɑːti] system”, that’s existed in India for nearly two thousand years. Historians think that these social distinctions may be based in ancient Hinduism, which delineates four major social classes, or varnas. On top are the Brahmins, usually described as pries...
