http://raisetheirvoice.com/archives/345 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:03:40 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://raisetheirvoice.com/archives/345/comment-page-1#comment-69 Dr. Surendra Kumar Sharma Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:03:26 +0000 http://raisetheirvoice.com/?p=345#comment-69 Of course, the caste system in India is a human rights abuse. To me, it is a slur on our Indian race that even after 60 years of independence, the caste system is in practice. Consider the case of a student (in any school in India) when he is asked to write his caste. It is this moment when a boy or girl comes to know that he belongs to a particular caste. In spite of all the big claims made by India in development and removal of discrimination against the dalits, the caste system continues to thrive. Perhaps no serious efforts have been made by the governments whether at the centre or at the state to abrogate this barbaric caste system. Rather, it has accentuated as the reservation for SC/ST/OBC and other minorities have been given scope in employment generation. The dalits so far have not come out of this mental state in spite of enjoying a very high status because they donot want to lose their high status. Only a few of dalits have got the benefits of SC/ST reservation whereas a large chunk of their brothers are still below the poverty line. If the creamy layers of high ups of dalits could be removed, the fruits of reservations could have reached to the other dalits. There should be no reservation in jobs on the basis of caste. rather it should be on the basis of economic criteria. The government should create enabling environments for capacity building among the poor sections of the society irrespective of caste. As long as the caste system is not rooted out from India the inequality based on hierarchical positions of different castes would continue. Due to this age old rigid caste system, the human equality has not been established in India. There have been various social reforms movements like the Arya Samaj. But when the conceot of marriage comes, the followers of this sect continue to marry their sons or daughters in their own caste. Hence, this system is still discriminatory, and it needs to wiped out from India. Of course, the caste system in India is a human rights abuse. To me, it is a slur on our Indian race that even after 60 years of independence, the caste system is in practice. Consider the case of a student (in any school in India) when he is asked to write his caste. It is this moment when a boy or girl comes to know that he belongs to a particular caste. In spite of all the big claims made by India in development and removal of discrimination against the dalits, the caste system continues to thrive. Perhaps no serious efforts have been made by the governments whether at the centre or at the state to abrogate this barbaric caste system. Rather, it has accentuated as the reservation for SC/ST/OBC and other minorities have been given scope in employment generation.
The dalits so far have not come out of this mental state in spite of enjoying a very high status because they donot want to lose their high status. Only a few of dalits have got the benefits of SC/ST reservation whereas a large chunk of their brothers are still below the poverty line. If the creamy layers of high ups of dalits could be removed, the fruits of reservations could have reached to the other dalits.
There should be no reservation in jobs on the basis of caste. rather it should be on the basis of economic criteria. The government should create enabling environments for capacity building among the poor sections of the society irrespective of caste.
As long as the caste system is not rooted out from India the inequality based on hierarchical positions of different castes would continue.
Due to this age old rigid caste system, the human equality has not been established in India. There have been various social reforms movements like the Arya Samaj. But when the conceot of marriage comes, the followers of this sect continue to marry their sons or daughters in their own caste. Hence, this system is still discriminatory, and it needs to wiped out from India.

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