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About casts and inequalities in India - The big picture
The system of the castes in India dates back thousands of years. Hyper complicated but also quite simple in substance. There are 4 varnas or “families” of castes (the most famous being the upper caste of the “Brahmins”) and then the out-caste known as “untouchables” and today called "scheduled class”. The varnas, representing the 4 parts of the God Brahma’s body (see diagram), are...
Publié le 22/04/2013 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...
About casts and inequalities in India - The pink sari gang
It is funny: I had just finished a book about poverty and inequalities in India, when my (foreign) colleagues started asking me tons of questions about untouchability and the moment I got back in India, I got stuck in many parades of untouchables... A parade with cars blasting music and displaying pictures of Ambedkar and Buddha (explanation in the next post) First, I’d like...
Publié le 20/04/2013 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...
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