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प्रश्न
One of the most significant yet paradoxical changes in the caste system in the contemporary period is that it has tended to become ‘invisible’ for the upper caste, urban middle, and upper classes. Elaborate.
“One of the most significant yet paradoxical changes in the caste system in the contemporary period is that it has tended to become ‘invisible’ for the upper caste, urban middle and upper classes.” Justify the statement.
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उत्तर
- Upper-caste, urban middle, and upper classes have benefited the most from post-colonial developmental policies.
- Their caste status had already given them economic and educational advantages, so they could fully use new opportunities.
- They gained from subsidized professional education and from the expansion of public sector jobs in the early decades after Independence.
- Their early lead in education meant they did not face serious competition from other groups; over generations they came to believe their success had nothing to do with caste.
- For the later generations of these groups, strong economic and educational capital ensures good life chances, so caste seems to play no role in their public life and is limited only to personal matters like marriage, kinship, and religious practice.
संबंधित प्रश्न
What are some of the rules that the caste system imposes?
The ____________ sociologist and social anthropologists were known for his works on the caste system and terms such as 'sanskritisation' and 'dominant caste'.
Who gave the concept of "Sanskritization"?
Who is the founder of the Satyashodhak Samaj?
The watchwords "One Caste, One Religion, One God for all men" were given by:
Caste system imposes rules. Which of the following is incorrect in this context?
Castes are not only unequal to each other in ritual terms, but they are also supposed to be complementary and non-competing groups. In other words, each caste has its own place in the system which cannot be taken by any other caste. Since caste is also linked with occupation, the system functions as the social division of labour, except that, in principle, it allows no mobility.
Castes were traditionally linked to occupation.
What is the name of an ancient social institution that has been part of Indian history and culture for thousands of years?
Which of the following is true for caste?
What do castes involve within themselves?
What brought about major changes in the institution of caste?
What are the features of caste?
- Caste is determined by birth.
- Membership in a caste involves strict marriage.
- Caste membership involves rules about food and food sharing.
- There is a segmental organisation in caste system.
How did the British understand the caste system's complexity?
Name the Telugu activist died seven weeks after beginning a fast unto death, for separate Andra state?
Who gave the concept of dominant Caste'?
Not all of the changes in Social Institutions brought about by the British were intended or deliberate. Give an example to justify the statement.
Assertion (A): Caste groups are endogamous, i.e. marriage is restricted to members of the group.
Reason (R): Membership in a caste involves strict rules about marriage.
Castes also involve sub-divisions within themselves, i.e. Castes almost always have subcastes and sometimes sub- castes may also have sub-sub-castes. This is referred to as a ______.
Identify the two sets of principles used to understand the caste system. Define any one set.
Which term is applicable to foreigners, slaves and conquered people?
Assertion (A): Modern industry created all kinds of new jobs for which there were no caste rules.
Reason(R): Urbanisation and the conditions of collective living in the cities made it difficult for caste-segregated patterns of social interaction to survive.
The post independent Indian state‟s caste considerations had some contradictions. Elucidate on these contradictions.
Caste system stood for different connotations in different time periods. Do you agree with the given statement? Give reasons for your answer.
