India: Religion and Social Structure
The religion shapes the social structure, Hinduism divides the population into four "Varnas" actually five but is not included within the other, despite the plurality and cultural diversity of the different colonies legacy that invaded India (united kingdom, french, italy) this system has been maintained for centuries
The varnas are:
Brahmins: vedic priests.
Kshatriya:
kings, governors and soldiers.
Vaishyas:
cattle herders, agriculturists and merchants.
Shudras:
labourers, artisans and service provider
and finally the untochables or Dalits
They are the lowest class, despised and nobody can touch them because they are the scum of the earth according to Hinduism they were wrong in the way or "dharma" and reincarnated as punishment worse
this is the point despite our advances in technology, politics, economics, etc.
human rights continue to be violated understand that is part of their religion but reach the limit value more the life of an animal to a human? In india many animals are sacred examples rats, cows, monkeys They can not kill but if it dies a Dalits
no matter was his destiny.
we still lack in Human Rights...
In my opinion, that lack of empathy for the poor people in India's cultureis just like here in Chile, think about the homeless people in our country is like they were invisible.
ReplyDeleteThe pyramid of society... is amazing the effect it has through the years, I mean this has been always like that and absolutely all countries are governed by this method of social organization. When I saw the picture of the pyramid that you put here I thought that "untouchables" were important people and I was surprise about that because they are in the platform of the pyramid.
ReplyDeleteClearly we can't be "advance people" if we don't treat equally.