Casteism

India is known to be divided by Casteism. Among other social evils, Casteism has been a major one that has hindered the growth of talent in our country. It has also been a cause of oppression. People have suffered immensely at the hands of this baseless system in the past and are still suffering. Many learned leaders in our country have tried to oppose and fight the caste system but it still persists and is only growing stronger.

Casteism in India has majorly dictated the religious and social life of people in India particularly of those living in the rural areas of our country. Since centuries, people living in the Indian villages have been segregated based on their caste. They live in different colonies and are treated on the basis of their caste. In the earlier times, people from different castes strictly went to different wells to fetch water and bought food from different places. A Brahmin never had food touched by a person belonging to the lower caste.

The upper class people in India are looked up to and respected. They are the privileged ones. The lower class people on the other hand are looked down upon. They are treated badly and are deprived of many rights. In the earlier times, people belonging to the lower castes were not even allowed to enter the temples as they were considered impure.

Marrying a person belonging to the other caste is considered to be a crime in our country. While people living in the metropolitans have become open to the idea of inter-caste marriages in the modern era, in the villages it is still seen as a heinous crime. People do not hesitate taking the lives of those who marry someone from another caste.

Casteism is considered to be a social evil. It is an unjust system which is ruthlessly exploiting a section of the society. People from the lower classes are trying hard to make a place in the society. However, even if a person from the lower class seeks education and gets a good job, he is still not given the kind of respect he should get in the society. This has been a cause of distress in the people belonging to the lower classes.

Casteism in the modern era has become a cause of concern for the people belonging to the upper classes too. This is because the government of India has introduced quota system in order to raise the standard of living of people belonging to the lower classes. This has been done to provide greater opportunities to the people belonging to the lower classes so that they can come at par with the upper class people. However, this has done more harm than good to the society. This is killing talent and contributing to brain drain in India.

Casteism is hampering the growth and development of our country as it bars the actual talent to nurture properly. It also becomes a basis of hatred among people belonging to different sections. This system is causing harm to the individuals as well as the society as a whole