Dismantling Social Hierarchy In India

This year India seems to be stepping up efforts to eliminate the still persuasive caste discrimination within its borders. Caste discrimination is punishable by law and unconstitutional in India yet much like other types of discrimination it still exists. India's parliament has introduced a series of bills aiming to mandate discrimination out of existence and one day possibly all but eliminate the caste system. The Indian government introduced one controversial bill into its parliament last month that aims to reserve more college admissions for lower castes amid protests by upper caste students. The bill, which is expected to be scrutinized by a parliamentary panel before being put to vote, will boost the number of college places reserved for lower caste students to 49.5 percent from 22.5 percent. Earlier this month Indian Government announced it would be offering 50,000 rupees ($1,103) to higher-caste people who marry spouses from the lowest castes. But on the streets of New Delhi and India's financial hub of Mumbai, upper caste students have staged disruptive protests. In Mumbai, police detained dozens of college students who marched on the streets, stopping traffic. Some held banners that read: "Indians born free, later bonded by quota". I find the concept of castes very difficult to conceive of. Here in the US, class is defined by income and social mobility is a protected right. There is, of course, still much discrimination here and everywhere in the world. I have to wonder if caste quotas and financial incentives will only highlight and reinforce social divisions in the long run. Such could be said about the results of affirmative action here. In other words, to legislate over and dictate a certain social class, that class needs to be strictly defined and recognized. Your thoughts?

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Anonymous's picture
1. Revoke Poona Pact with British Government and give separate statehood to Dalits and Tribals. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poona_Pact 2. In the meantime, deposit $3700 USD per year in every Dalit and Tribal bank account whether they work or not. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PPP%29_per_capita In USA,UK,Germany,Portugal, Brazil, Belgium etc similar system is being implemented. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaranteed_minimum_income#Examples_of_implementation maaparty@gmail.com
Anonymous's picture
Every Indian is CORRUPT. Here it is why. DESPERATION 85% of Indians are languishing in an informal economy to earn $2 a day so that they can feed a MEAL for their family. Hence their lives oscillate between DESPERATION and FRUSTRATION. They will SUCCUMB easily to CORRUPTION and vote in ELECTIONS for 100 rupees BRIBE. COLLUSION Without TAXES there is no CIVILIZATION. And only 1% of eligible 15% Indians pay Personal INCOME Tax. SACHIN TENDULAR, India's richest sportsman has shamelessly EVADED taxes when he imported FERRARI sports car. Indians HATE each other and does not want fellow Indian to SUCCEED. BRIBES or CASTE is the COLLUSION between any two individuals in Politics, Business, Police and Judiciary. And ONLY source of FUNDS for Political Parties is BRIBES from Businesses. SOLUTION * An armed society is a POLITE society. * And it is not FEAR that keeps us polite -- it is RESPONSIBILITY. * I suppose everybody in India OWN a hand gun to protect their INTEGRITY and for SELF-DEFENSE. * And arms LICENSE from Police Department costs just 100 rupees in India. http://hyderabadpolice.gov.in/License&Permissions/ArmsLicense.htm
Dr. Known's picture
Since Hinduism is based on CASTE hierarchies, it intrinsically seeds HATRED among your Children in India. Hence, * You must VOTE for candidates from your CASTE only. * Only he can UNDERSTAND your culture and IMPROVE your socio-economic status. * And do not worry if he is CORRUPT. * You must vote him till 85% of all registered marriages in India are INTER-CASTE or INTER-FAITH. This is the only way to STOP dis-integration of India.

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