Dr Rajiv Desai

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CASTE BASED RESERVATION IN INDIA

CASTE BASED RESERVATIONS IN INDIA: The rest of the world will be shocked to know that more than 50 % of Hindu-Indians take benefit of Indian reservation policy.That means that more than 425 millions of Hindu-Indians accept employment opportunity,educational opportunity and legislative opportunity;purely on the basis of their birth in a particular family without any respect for their abilities which is expected from them,had they were born in another family. Caste is defined as a social status or position in the Hindu society which is inherited from parents at birth and it cannot be changed or tranferrred. Hindu society is devided into 4 varnas or classes by Rig Veda in the year 1500-1000 BC.At the top of the hierarchy the Brahmin followed by the Kshatriya followed by the Vaishya followed by the Shudra.The last class outside the system is Avarna or Untouchables(Pariah). Brahmin-priestly and learned class Kshatriya-worriors and rulers Vaishya-farmers […]

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