Year: 2016 | Month: June | Volume 5 | Issue 2

Everyone’s ‘GOD’ is a ‘DOG’ from Other’s End: ‘Casteism’ in India: A Different Perspective

Chandu Lal Chandrakar
DOI:10.5958/2321-5771.2016.00023.5

Abstract:

This argumentative article challenges the idea that the Hinduism is Brahmanical in nature, and Brahmans are the root of all evils in India. It argues that Hinduism is the religion of well-off trading class with the examples so cited from the History of ancient India. It rejects the confirm bias among the foreign nationals, especially Chinese people, based on a logical argument that the caste system in India is no more prevalent, and has changed its nature with the changing paradigm. This article also attributes to the fact that Brahmans were not the most powerful but one of the oppressed classes of the society who also had to bear the consequences while trying to abide by their religious beliefs during the entire phase of history in India. The ‘Jizya tax’ extorted by the Muslim kings from the non-Muslim subjects had devastated the Brahmins culturally, politically and economically. The article argues into details about the political indifference that Brahmins have been subjected to, particularly since independence of India. The factors that count multiple-deprivation have projected Brahmin women as one of the most disadvantaged class economically, socially and politically in India today.The article concludes with the argument that a new school of thought called ‘Ambedkarism’, has raised the esteem of lower castes, that at times results into caste based violent conflicts. Under the leadership of the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Indian governments have constantly and intently been undermining the educational interest and economic uplift of the Brahmins, especially the women from the Brahmin community. Besides, foreign countries must not see India through the prism of imperialist history that at times hurts the comparative competitive advantages and its image as a nation.





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