Caste System in India.

              Before making any conclusion on the caste system, first we should have a deep understanding of caste system. What is a Caste System? Caste system is an undemocratic way of discriminating among people. In India it refers to the ancient division of society into different groups based on their occupation. Later this transformed into division based on the birth of individual. Caste was voluntarily declared system by our own forefather - A self-declared system. Indian constitution allows Democratic Caste System.

              Origin of Democratic Caste System in India started after the Independence. After the independence there were so many weaker sections, which were economically & socially poor, so to mainstreaming them with other upper caste section, Government of India came with democratic caste system. It differentiated people in various castes Like Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribe, Other Backward Classes. This is the reason behind the origin of democratic caste system.

              Caste System brings some Positive points & advantage to society in India. Caste acted as a trade union and protected its members from the exploitation. It Promote political stability & promote economic development. It Provide social security and social recognition to individuals. Like choice in marriage, health insurance benefits. It handed over knowledge and skills of hereditary occupation of a caste from one generation to another.

             Despite there are many negative aspects of Caste System in India. Caste system is bad because - it divides people from birth, it never unites. Caste system promotes the monopoly of upper caste & creates hatred against upper caste in the mind of lower caste, which ultimately divides society all together.  Caste system discriminate in economic & educational opportunities, it favor lower castes and made injustice with people of uppers caste having merits. Political influence of cast system in National Elections is harm for democracy. Marriages in the same caste and relations increase the chances of genetic disorders. In India there are some castes with very less people left in their community. So, in those cases, marriages among first/second cousins are very common. Thus making more prone to genetic disorders

As per my knowledge, solution for Caste System is, replacing the existing system with income based system.

                In India Reservation on the basis of caste is often very controversial topic. The question is whether Reservation on the basis of caste right or wrong?. In my opinion reservation on the basis of caste or religion is totally a false thing because there are too many peoples from the lower caste who are living a well luxury life and many peoples from the upper caste who are living in the very drastic condition below the poverty line.

Reservation does not allow equal chance as it is based on caste rather than merit. Reservation should be done on the basis of current situation and not on what has happened in the past. Reservation on the basis of caste is not appropriate in the current world because it is the world of Globalization where opportunities are given on the basis of skills and not on the basis of caste

                Solution for Reservation by Caste System is, Reservation should be on the basis of economic wealth rather than Caste System.

Post by - Mayur Dhokchaule