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Caste system and reservations ruin our country
Caste system has ruined India in general and Hinduism in particular. Many people converted from Hinduism to Islam or Christianity to escape the atrocities of the caste system.

Manu laid down the caste system based on the division of labour. He divided the Hindu society into four castes viz. Brahmins who were to read Vedas and other scriptures and impart knowledge to others; Kshatriyas who were to read Vedas and other scriptures but were not to impart knowledge to others but to provide protection to others against attacks; Vaishyas who were to be traders and tillers of land and Shudras who were to serve the other three castes.  Shudras became "Untouchables" because of the nature of their jobs.

Initially, the caste system was not so rigid and a Brahmin could become a Kshatriya and vice versa by changing his work. However, soon, the first three castes found it to be in their vested interests to make the caste system rigid so that a son of Brahmin could become Brahmin only and so on and so forth. Thus merit was abandoned.

It failed to realise that the castes condemned to social denigration would produce saints and intellectuals like Maharishi Balmiki, Sant Ravidas and Kabir. On the other hand, the people of the so-called upper castes started taking things easy and stopped hard work because they felt that their social and economic position was safe. This led to lethargy on their part and to slavery of India by foreign invaders.

Now the political parties are perpetuating the same caste system by making reservations for Dalits in the government jobs irrespective of whether the parents of such Dalits are socially and economically well off or not. Most of the political parties do it for votes. Some of them feel that we have to provide a level playing field for the Dalits by providing reservations to them as they have been exploited for centuries.

Even if the arguments put forward by these parties are conceded, there is still the question of gender bias in the matter of reservations. If a man from so-called upper caste marries a woman from a Dalit caste, his children are not given reservations while if a man from the Dalit caste marries a woman from the so-called upper caste, his children are provided reservations.

So my plea is there should be no reservations on the basis of caste and in case, such reservations have to be made, there should be no gender bias in them. This would also promote national integration. I would even suggest that all reservations on caste basis be abolished except one time reservations for them who marry a man or woman of the so-called lower caste. This would really promote national integration.

Due to the reservation policy of the government and also owing to their own efforts, some of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes persons have become eminent personalities in their fields like Ram Vilas Paswan, Babu Lal Marandi, Buta Singh, Arjun Munda, Bangaru Laxman and many others. They have joined the elite class along with many other IAS officers etc. belonging to SC and ST but the tragedy is that most of the nearly 23 per cent of country's population comprising the SC and ST remains poor and unlooked for.

The elite persons of these classes just neglect their fellow beings and concentrate on attaining their personal gains. It is left to the Christian missionaries to help out the poor people belonging to these castes and tribes. However, these Christian missionaries are accused of converting these poor helpless people.

Before pointing out an accusing finger at these missionaries, we should search into our own souls and see to it that we people belonging to other religions and particularly those amongst us who are at the helm of affairs and belong to SC and ST categories, help our brethren in need and ensure that these poor amongst the poor rise above the poverty level and become useful members of the Indian society having skills and literacy.

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Reservation jb tak duniya hai tb tak rehni chahiyeâ€¦bcoz still people believe in castesim.still have high or low caste bases discrimination..acha bhala india angrezo se azaadh hua tha tum ghatiyan logo ne society ko ek caste line mein devide krte sbhi ko hindu maan kr chalte toh aaj yeh reservation jaisi koi problems hi na hoti..bada shonk chada tha na khudh high rank mein rakhne ka dusro ko low mein rakhna bina unki marzi jane bcoz us time unki conditions poor thi tumhare paas paisa tha toh tumne khudko high rank mein rakh liya bt kaam tumhare low standard se bhi ghatiyan hai..jitne bhi crime hote hai woh brahmin kshatriya jaise logo ka haath hota hai unka..ab bhagwadh gita ka example le lo jo brahmin kul mein janma means ravan aaj ke samaye mein woh raksh hi samjha jata hai or valmiki jo shudra the apni knowledge ke bal pr usne sabe uscha staan prapt kiya hai..kya hoti hai high or low caste or kya hai yeh brahmin kshtriya or vaishya or shudra..khudh hi sb create krke khudh hi sbko prblems mein daal diya..kya god ne yeh ghatiyan kaam kiya i m sure god apne logo ko kbi high or low mein nhi rakhegaâ€¦us time kuch logo mein knowledge kya thi uska itna galat fayda utha liya u should be ashamed of yourself..we all are one is brahmin, no one is kshtriya, no one is vaishya n no one is shudra understood..india mein jo rehta hai woh sbhi hindu hai sb pehle insaan ke roop mein aate hai..baadh mein tum hindu,muslim, sikh or christian ho..yeh char religion kafi nhi the..discrimination krne ke liye jo char or le ke aa gaye ho..first say no caste n no community we all are hindu..prove kro isko khatam kro isko sbko ek nazar se dekho..inter caste marriage krke iss ghatiyan thinking ko khatam kro..we all are human being then anything india mein hai woh indian hai okh..n let me tell u one thinkâ€¦kuch lower caste issi baato se dukhi ho ke abroad chale gaye or kuch religion hi change kr chuke hai..sabse kam population toh pure world mein hindu logo ki i happy hindu sbhi khatam hi ho jaye acha hai atleast yeh ghatiyan castesim high or low ka system toh khatam hoga aise toh katar hindu kbi nhi sunenge kbi na manenge..kitni zindgiyan kharab kr chuke ho iss castesim ki wajah se hua hai...schi mein narak mein jaye sbhi hindu dil se badhdua deti hun..pure world mein muslim budhist or christian ki populations badti rahe..bcoz tum nhi samjhoge or na shudharne wale ho..
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