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Volume : I, Issue : V, June - 2011 Caste System in Modern India Mahabir Singh Bhati and Amritpal Kaur Bhati DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : Dr. B. R. Ambedkar found the rigidity of the caste system most
illogical. According to him, Hinduism is not a missionary and organized religion
like, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism and Budhism. It lacks the feeling of fraternity
that exists in these religions. The root cause of inequality exists not because of
economic backwardness but due to social ostracism of a bulk of the population in
the country. Hindu caste system is based on division of labour. It is determined by
their birth. The Hindu caste system favoured the unity of the first three varnas and
separates the fourth varna, i.e. the shudras from the rest and assign them all kinds
of menial jobs to them and deprive them of status, money, freedom, equality and a
decent way of living. The caste system is affected by a process of graded
inequality. All castes are not on par. They are one above the other. Castes are all
individual entities. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : Mahabir Singh Bhati and Amritpal Kaur Bhati, (2011). Caste System in Modern India. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. I, Issue. V, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/308.pdf References : - Ahuja, Ram, Indian Social System, Rawat Publications, New Delhi.
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