I have heard a lot of my friends and colleagues speak on the issue of “casteism” in India – and many get to the conclusion of – “it is not much now, except for with the political parties”. No one really looks into the castes now-a-days. But come their marriage day – you got to see, the specific requirements they have – and caste being one of them. Well, I have no problems with that – the problem I have with is them being judgmental in the earlier case and being no where close to their judgment in their own case.
Well, sitting in the comparitive comforts of the city to Indian rural side – we generalize a lot of things to be the way we see around us. And caste assumptions is one of those. Statements like – “caste differentiation is not much in today’s times”, “I haven’t seen people differentiating on caste grounds”, “who cares for caste now a days”.
But, then look at the actual true side of India – the villages and incidents like these remind us where we stand.
Dalits bid to Enter temple turns violent.
Mystery death of girl who defied caste.
And the web is no short of such reports.
Swaram Said:
on October 28, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Hey! Many many happy returns of that day
Hw r u dng?
Divine Interference Said:
on November 3, 2009 at 2:30 pm
thank u… sorry abt the delay… been caught up lately.. (u can c – haven’t blogged for a long time
) – not sure whr this comment should go
Swaram Said:
on November 3, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Hmm … I cn see that!
Swaram Said:
on October 28, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Oh u r abs rt! Since we have prob grown above these things, we feel the evils don’t exist! But they actually do
We need really strict measures to be taken to curb these evil practices 
Divine Interference Said:
on November 3, 2009 at 2:29 pm
I am sure if people feel for the person outside their immediate life, the society would be a different place to live in… all we need is be sensitive/caring towards other people