Caste System
Submitted by bkfinest on May 13, 2009
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Caste System
The Indian Caste System and its relation to The White Tiger and The Inheritance of Loss
Although many other nations are characterized by social inequality, perhaps nowhere else in the world has inequality been so elaborately constructed as in the Indian institution of caste. The Caste system has long existed in India, but in the modern times it has been severely criticized by both Indian and foreign observers. Although some educated Indians tell non-Indians that caste has been abolished or that "no one pays attention to caste anymore," such statements do not reflect reality. Caste has undergone significant change since independence from Britain, but it still involves...
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