23 - Explain the reason behind change in caste and caste system in
modern India? in 3 marks in 3 point
Answers
Mainly caste was changed because of the cruel division between people.Main people like Mahahtma Ghandi and all others said that they sould eliminate the caste system to make everyone feel equal. Also caste played a big role in politics as vote banks and hence had to be made fair so that people dont feel like they should vote for that leader because he is of our caste
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Explanation:
1. Modern education:
Modern liberal education introduced into the country by the British has played a crucial role in undermining the importance of caste in Indian social life.Modern education is based on such democratic values like equality, liberty and fraternity. It is also grounded on such scientific values like reason and observation. Hence it is quite natural that with the spread of modern education, the people’s belief in the divine origin of caste, Karma and Karmaphala has received a severe setback.
As modern education is usually imparted in co-educational institutions, it encourages inter-caste marriage and inter-caste mixing. Moreover, it acts as a powerful force towards the removal of untouchability.
2. Industrialization:
The process of industrialization has affected caste structure to a remarkable extent. Industrial growth has provided new sources of livelihood to people and made occupational mobility possible. Factories, mills and offices are agog with activity.In the midst of all this, the people belonging to various castes consider it mediaevalistic to go into the question of one’s caste. In a factory a Brahmin works side by side with a Shudra. He cannot avoid his touch or shadow.
3. Urbanization:
Industrialization has given rise to the process of urbanization. New townships have emerged. The ruralites migrate to these towns in order to avail better employment opportunities.With the coming up of big hotels, restaurants, theatres, clubs and educational institutions it is not at all possible to observe communal inhibitions and taboos against food-sharing. Kingsley Davis rightly observes that the anonymity, congestion, mobility, secularism and changeability of the city make the operation of the caste virtually impossible.