{"id":18141,"date":"2023-09-30T12:09:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T06:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=18141"},"modified":"2023-10-27T11:53:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T06:23:09","slug":"casteism-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/casteism-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Casteism in India: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions | Sociology Optional for UPSC Civil Services Examination | Triumph IAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Casteism_in_India\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/rk58J2Lc3xAHJn9Y8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18645 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/so-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Casteism in India: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions, Best Sociology Optional Coaching, Sociology Optional Syllabus.\" width=\"707\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/so-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/so-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/so-2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/so-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/so-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/sociology-paper-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18647 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sts-4-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"Casteism in India: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions, Best Sociology Optional Coaching, Sociology Optional Syllabus.\" width=\"715\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sts-4-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sts-4-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sts-4-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sts-4-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sts-4.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCasteism in India<\/span><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Relevant_for_Sociology_Optional_for_Civil_Services_Examination\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><em>(Relevant for Sociology Optional for Civil Services Examination)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><b>Paper 2: <\/b><b>Social Changes in <\/b><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><b>India; Challenges of Social Transformation<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18144\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4dfcced5-c898-479f-bd1b-c3fda9f23847-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Casteism in India: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions, Best Sociology Optional Coaching, Sociology Optional Syllabus.\" width=\"902\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4dfcced5-c898-479f-bd1b-c3fda9f23847-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/4dfcced5-c898-479f-bd1b-c3fda9f23847-150x90.jpg 150w, 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rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em>CASTEISM IN INDIA<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>\u201cCasteism is an overriding, blind and supreme group loyalty that ignores the healthy social standards of justice, fair play, equity and universal brotherhood.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #800000;\"><strong><em>KAKA KELEKAR<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18153\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/22ea8ee7-d908-489e-ba55-02013c060e8b-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"Casteism in India: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions, Best Sociology Optional Coaching, Sociology Optional Syllabus.\" width=\"854\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/22ea8ee7-d908-489e-ba55-02013c060e8b-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/22ea8ee7-d908-489e-ba55-02013c060e8b-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/22ea8ee7-d908-489e-ba55-02013c060e8b.jpg 626w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>The caste system in its distorted form has given rise to the problem of casteism. It has crept into every sphere of our national life. As a result of casteism people have started to ignore the interest of society. <\/em><strong>Casteism which exercises a negative influence on the network of social relations is caused by several factors of which the following may be noted:<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Endogamous Nature of the Caste<\/strong><em>: It means that members of a caste or sub caste have to marry within his or her own caste or sub-caste. <\/em><strong>Individuals are more prone to develop their loyalties and admiration to their own caste or sub caste people<\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><em>Strong Desire of Enhance Caste Prestige:<\/em><\/strong><em> Every member of a caste group tries his level best to see that his caste prestige is safeguarded and enhanced. <strong>This type of loyalty towards the caste makes the members of the caste favour the members of his or her caste wherever they get the opportunity<\/strong>. <\/em><strong>Excessive caste loyalty tends to keep other caste people at a distance.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Better Organization of Caste: <\/strong>due to advancement of communication and transportation techniques helps in the consolidation of caste based organisations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><em>Urbanization Indirectly Favouring Casteism in India<\/em><\/strong><em>: When the rural people go to cities <strong>they consider their own caste people as their potential friends and well-wishers.<\/strong> Hence the city atmosphere has also contributed to the strengthening of caste feeling and caste- mindedness.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Powerful Hold of the Caste Over the member:<\/strong><em> Caste is a strong cohesive group. It has a powerful hold over its members. Caste members seek support from their own caste during crises and emergencies. <\/em><strong>Hence caste as source of social capital, economic capital and symbolic capital enforces the casteism<\/strong><em>. <\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Consequences_of_Casteism_in_India\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Consequences of Casteism in India<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>Members of the caste <\/em><strong>imbibed with the spirit of casteism are more prone to show their loyalty to the caste rather than to the community at large<\/strong><em>. Casteism divides people in <strong>the name of caste and encourages intolerance, jealousy, rivalry and conflicts among members of the caste.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;\">Caste and democracy are fundamentally incompatible<\/strong><em style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;\">. Caste, rooted in inequality, clashes with democracy&#8217;s principles of equality and equal opportunities. In Indian politics, <strong>caste complexities<\/strong> <strong>lead to selection, cabinet formation, and portfolio distribution. Tensions, rivalries, and undermine national unity,<\/strong> affecting candidate.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;\"><em>Casteism leads to the negligence of talents and efficiency<\/em><\/strong><em style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;\">. <strong>If candidates are selected and appointments are made on the basis of caste<\/strong>, it definitely <strong>damages talents, abilities and efficiencies of the people. When unwanted and inefficient<\/strong> people are selected for high offices in the name of caste, honesty, efficiency and duty consciousness becomes the first casualty.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 1.125rem;\">More than the common people, politicians seem to be contributing much to the survival of casteism.<strong> \u201cPolitical leaders belonging to different castes seem to secure political and other advantages for themselves at the expense of other, and to this end they utilize the caste sentiment. <\/strong>Caste consciousness and caste prejudices which exist among the masses are thus turned by politicians into caste passions.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18145\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/checked-the-bitter-truth-about-caste-in-india-602cab05b941c_600-300x200.webp\" alt=\"Casteism in India: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions, Best Sociology Optional Coaching, Sociology Optional Syllabus.\" width=\"918\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/checked-the-bitter-truth-about-caste-in-india-602cab05b941c_600-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/checked-the-bitter-truth-about-caste-in-india-602cab05b941c_600-150x100.webp 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/checked-the-bitter-truth-about-caste-in-india-602cab05b941c_600-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/checked-the-bitter-truth-about-caste-in-india-602cab05b941c_600-120x80.webp 120w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/checked-the-bitter-truth-about-caste-in-india-602cab05b941c_600.webp 780w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 918px) 100vw, 918px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Suggestions_for_solution_of_the_problem_of_Casteism_in_India\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Suggestions for solution of the problem of Casteism in India<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><em>According to <\/em><\/strong><strong>Ghurye,<\/strong> the conflicts originated in casteism can be removed by <strong>encouraging inter caste marriages.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>Necessary precautions must be taken to <strong>see that the word \u2018caste\u2019 is used only in limited context. <\/strong>The young generations must be encouraged to give the least importance to it. This is possible only when we make lesser use of the term \u2018caste\u2019.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><em>According to Mrs. Iravati Karve, in order to put an end to the conflict arising out of casteism it is necessary to create economic and cultural equality between the castes<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><em>According to Prabhu, the conflict created by casteism can be ended only when the internal aspects of conduct are influenced.<\/em><\/strong><em> For this it is necessary to <strong>try and develop new attitudes<\/strong> in the people. <strong>The cinema <\/strong>can do much towards the<\/em> <em>much towards the creation of these attitudes.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><em>N. Srinivas<\/em><\/strong><em> opinion most of the shortcoming of the caste system can be removed and <strong>the door opened to democratic equality through adult franchise, five year plans, and the provision of education, constant progress of the backward classes and the influence of the culture of higher caste <\/strong>on the living standards of the lower castes. <\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Lastly it can be concluded that caste and caste conflict is still prevalent. However nature, form and genesis of caste and caste conflict have changed. Presence of caste and caste conflict is a testimony to the fact that there is a contrast between traditional cultural perceptions and modern values of equality and justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><!--nextpage--><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Frequently Asked Questions:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>1. Question: What is the primary consequence of casteism in Indian society? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong> Casteism in India divides people in the name of caste, encourages intolerance, jealousy, rivalry, and conflicts among caste members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>2. Question: How does casteism clash with the principles of democracy in India? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong> Casteism in India, rooted in inequality, clashes with democracy&#8217;s principles of equality and equal opportunities, leading to complexities in politics and governance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Question: According to the blog, what can be done to reduce casteism in India through inter-caste marriages? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong> Encouraging inter-caste marriages can help reduce conflicts arising from casteism in India, as stated by Ghurye.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>3. Question: What role do politicians play in perpetuating casteism in India, according to the blog? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong> Politicians often exploit caste sentiments for their own advantage, turning caste consciousness and prejudices into caste passions among the masses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Question: What are some of the suggested solutions to combat casteism, as mentioned in the blog? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong> Solutions include creating economic and cultural equality between castes, minimizing the use of the term &#8216;caste,&#8217; developing new attitudes among people, and promoting education and progress among backward classes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>5. Question: How has the nature of caste and caste conflict evolved in modern India, as discussed in the blog? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong> The presence of caste and caste conflict in modern India highlights the contrast between traditional cultural perceptions and modern values of equality and justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><i><b style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Reference: <\/b><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Static<\/b><\/span><b style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> Portion<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Related Blogs &#8230;<\/span><\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><a 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