The Caste System of Modern India

Paper Summary:

The paper details the history of India's caste system. The paper discusses the system of social class in modern India and how it is detrimental to the incorporation of democracy into Indian society. The paper maintains that the people of India should advocate more changes to dissolve the harshest cultural traditions, so as to enforce equality and better the lives of their citizens.

Outline:
Introduction
Caste System
Government Not Doing Enough
Lingering Traditions
Government Should Campaign for Attitude Change
Government Should Better Enforce Equality
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"India is one of the most fascinating countries in the entire world. It has a culture teeming with attractive fashions, exotic foods, interesting religions, and much more. However, behind the glamour of this exotic society lie many things that tourists usually fail to see. Although India has become independent from the British, and has become a democratic society, it "... is a hierarchical society... in daily life there is little advocacy of or adherence to notions of equality." Most of the people of India live in conditions of poverty, usually forced on them by their places in religious or class systems. As India continues to move toward adopting Western principles in politics and technology, its people need to realize that the human rights of its indigenous population are an important part of the balance of a democracy, because as long as there are still vestiges of the caste system present in Indian society, then its people will not be prepared for modernization to take place. Therefore, the government should be taking more steps to ensure the dissolution of traditional Indian hierarchy and promoting a more encompassing move toward liberal democracy."

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