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3/04/2016

Topic Reading-Vol.1423-3/4/2016

Dear MEL Topic Readers,
What is India's caste system?
What is it like to live in a historically and religiously segregated society? Will you bear with your last name that identifies your social and religious class?
That what India’s caste system is like. There are four main castes and 3,000 castes that are further divided into 25,000 sub-castes. And inter-caste marriages had not been common until recently. In large cities where more people from different castes live, study and work together, the caste system has become less influential. But in rural or certain regions, the practice still remains firm even though it is legally abolished. In fact, there are quotas for certain low-caste people for government and teaching jobs as part of affirmative action efforts and political maneuvers.
So why have recent protests occurred leaving many to die?
Enjoy reading and learning what this India’s thousand-year old segregation is about.

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