1. He fails to persuade Hindus to repudiate the divisive and unjust social caste system. 2. I abhor smugness, passivity, caste system. 3. In the caste system social closure is achieved through prohibitions which prevent members of a caste from Marrying outside their caste. 4. The caste system is an extreme example of social closure since the exclusion of outsiders from the status group is so complete. 5. The caste system, he says, will never be abolished by social reform or positive discrimination in favour of Untouchables. 6. The Indian caste system is an example of social stratification. 7. The worst aspect of Hinduism is undoubtedly the caste system, which kept the population cooped up in so many separate compartments. 8. They would be segregated from members of the caste system and lived on the outskirts of villages or in their own communities. 9. Thus, the development of democracy has altered but not displaced traditional identities based on the caste system and religious divisions. 10. The caste system was rigidly enforced. |