TV9 believes that our caste system, the likes of which are not known elsewhere in the world, is the bane of Indian society. It is a blot on human dignity. It breeds and legitimises discrimination among the citizens of the same country. Caste system is opposed to equal, healthy relations between one section and the other just on the basis of birth but not any other virtue. Physical untouchability leads to mental untouchability. We know almost all the gurus, god men, intellectuals, leaders, social workers, artistes, journalists, writers and poets in India are influenced by the caste. It is a sad irony that all these hypocrites go on preaching values like eradication of caste system and human equality when they themselves believe in the caste. Most of the successful Indian businessmen, doctors, engineers, professors, software people and management personnel come from upper caste social background. It is thus obvious that their family and the standard of upbringing helped them to become what they are. The poor, hungry, neglected and ill-treated millions of the society cannot compete with them.(In fact, most of them cannot even afford to have primary education as daily bread is their first and foremost problem). The terrible division caused among the Indian people by the caste system is so deep-rooted that any amount of campaign is inadequate. There should be a concerted action on the part of right-thinking citizens at least now – in this 20th millennium.
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