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CASTE

A COLLECTION OF FAMILIES OR GROUP OF FAMILIES:

1 BEARING A COMMON NAME.


2 CLAIMING A COMMON DESCENT, HUMAN OR
DEVINE.
3 PROFFESING TO FOLLOW THE SAME HERIDITARY
CALLING.
4 REGARDED BY THOSE WHO ARE COMPITENT TO
GIVE AN OPINION AS FORMING A SINGLE
HOMOGENEOUS COMMUNITY.
CASTE SYSTEM

• A caste system is a type of social structure which


divides people on the basis of inherited castes.
• The two ELEMENTS ARE :

4 ENDOGAMY
5 NO CHANGE OF PROFESSION
ORIGIN

THE EXACT ORIGIN OF CASTE SYSTEM CANNOT BE


TRACED THE SYSTEM IS SAID TO HAVE
ORIGINATED IN INDIA.
THE VARIOUS THEORIES REGARDING
THE ORIGIN OF CASTE SYSTEM ARE:
3. RACIAL THEORY
4. POLITICAL THEORY
5. OCCUPATIONAL THEORY
6. TRADITIONAL THEORY
MERITS OF CASTE SYSTEM

THE VERY FACT THAT THE CASTE SYSTEM HAS


BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 2000 YEARS.
THE MERITS OF THE SYSTEM ARE:
3. AN INDIVIDUAL’S CASTE CONTROLS HIS
BEHAVIOUR AND CONTACTS.
4. THERE IS A SPIRIT OF CO-OPERATION AND
FELLOW-FEELING AMONG MEMBERS OF SAME
CASTE.
5. IT DEFINES THE ECONOMIC PURSUITS OF AN
INDIVIDUAL.
4. IT DIVIDED SOCIETY PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT
CULTURAL UNITS PREVENTING COUNTRY TO
SPLIT INTO RACIAL UNITS.
5. THE CASTE CUSTOMS ,BELIEFS, SKILL,
BEHAVIOUR, THE TRADE SECRETS, ARE PASSED
ON FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.
6. IT PROVIDES FUNCTIONS NECESSARY FOR
SOCIAL LIFE – “FUNCTIONS RANGING FROM
EDUCATION TO SCAVENGING”.
7. AN INDIVIDUALS VIEWS ON SOCIAL AND
POLITICAL MATTERS ARE INFLUENCED BY THE
CASTE AS A WHOLE.
DEMERITS OF CASTE SYSTEM

• THE SYSTEM HAS GIVEN RISE TO SEVERAL


EVILS:
2. DENIES MOBILITY OF LABOUR.
3. IT LEADS TO UNTOUCHABILITY. LARGE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE ARE REDUCED TO STATE OF
VIRTUAL SLAVERY.
4. IT HAS LED TO THE DISINTEGRATION OF HINDU
SOCIETY AND WEAKENED IT.
5. OFTEN RESULTS IN PUTTING A MAN IN WRONG
OCCUPATION.
5. OBSTACLE TO NATIONAL UNITY.
6. OBSTACLE TO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS
OF THE NATION.
7. THE SYSTEM IS UNDEMOCRATIC AS IT DENIES
EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL.
8. THE SYSTEM CREATES THE FEELING OF CASTISM.
CONCLUSION
ON THE PERUSAL OF COMPARATIVE MERITS AND
DEMERITS OF CASTE SYSTEM IT MAY BE
CONCLUDED THAT THE DEMERITS FAR OUTWEIGH
THE MERITS.
ALTHOUGH CASTE SYSTEM PLAYED AN
IMPORTANT ROLE AT A CERTAIN AGE OF INDIAN
HISTORY BY SUPPLYING THE SOCIAL FOUNDATION
TO THE VILLAge community SYSTEM IT HAS LOST
ITS UTILITY IN MODERN INDIA.
UNTIL THE CASTE BARRIERS ARE BROKEN NO
EFFORTS TAKEN WILL BE FORTHCOMING AND THE
SOCIETY WILL ULTIMATELY SUFFER.

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