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No I mean exactly what it means, caste system as in some people deserve to be rulers and we need someone to clean toilets. And it shall be determined via your c
by techsin101 5y ago
No I mean exactly what it means, caste system as in some people deserve to be rulers and we need someone to clean toilets. And it shall be determined via your caste, birth, over which you have no say.
- jaldhar 5y agoWell that doesn’t accurately describe the state of affairs in historical India so there’s not much more I can say.
- sumedh 5y agohttps://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/upper-caste-students-boycott-midday-meal-cooked-by-dalit-woman-in-uttarakhand-s-champawat-101640025089951.html https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/upper-caste-studen...
- jaldhar 5y agoThat is specifically about food. OP was talking about jobs in general. If you survey Indian history you can find examples of castes or individuals taking up new professions over time. Take “rulers” for instance. How many dynasties have been non-Rajput? Some of them did try to paper over their origins by retroactively claiming Kshatriya status but others did not. What I am pushing back against is the idea that there is one static monolithic hierarchical “caste system” that explains Indian society. Reality is more complex.