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==Social structure == |
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==Social structure == |
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The ] and ] has existed for centuries. It is described as a hierarchical, ] and closed system of jatis that assigned people different classes in society. Hindu scriptures however state that caste system is not hierarchical but based on the person's character, knowledge and work.<ref>"" by ] p. 19-20</ref> Caste-based identification is unique to Indian society<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chatterjee|first1=Partha|title=The Nation and Its Fragments: Colonial and Post-Colonial Histories|date=1993|publisher=Princeton University Press|location=New Jersy|isbn=0691019436|page=173|quote=If there was one institution that... centrally and essentially characterized the Indian society as radically different from the Western society, it was the institution of caste.}}</ref> and it is also found among ], ] and ]. Systems similar to Indian caste system can be found in other parts of the world, like ] of ],<ref>], ''],'' Fourth Estate, London, 2010, pp 26-27.</ref> and ] of ] as well as the ].<ref>"China's New Confucianism: Politics and Everyday Life in a Changing Society" by Daniel A. Bell, p. 186, quote = "From a liberal democratic perspective in other words, the hukou system is the functional equivalent of a caste system that marks a group of people as second-class citizens just because they were unlucky enough to be born in the countryside."</ref> |
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The ] and ] has existed for centuries. It is described as a hierarchical, ] and closed system of jatis that assigned people different classes in society. Hindu scriptures however state that caste system is not hierarchical but based on the person's character, knowledge and work.<ref>"" by ] p. 19-20</ref> Caste-based identification is unique to Indian society<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chatterjee|first1=Partha|title=The Nation and Its Fragments: Colonial and Post-Colonial Histories|date=1993|publisher=Princeton University Press|location=New Jersy|isbn=0691019436|page=173|quote=If there was one institution that... centrally and essentially characterized the Indian society as radically different from the Western society, it was the institution of caste.}}</ref> and it is also found among ], ], among others. Systems similar to Indian caste system can be found in other parts of the world, like ] of ],<ref>], ''],'' Fourth Estate, London, 2010, pp 26-27.</ref> and ] of ] as well as the ].<ref>"China's New Confucianism: Politics and Everyday Life in a Changing Society" by Daniel A. Bell, p. 186, quote = "From a liberal democratic perspective in other words, the hukou system is the functional equivalent of a caste system that marks a group of people as second-class citizens just because they were unlucky enough to be born in the countryside."</ref> |
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When the ] started to classify castes for the purpose of colonial administration, caste associations were secularized.<ref>"", by ], p. 450</ref> |
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When the ] started to classify castes for the purpose of colonial administration, caste associations were secularized.<ref>"", by ], p. 450</ref> |
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==Widows== |
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==Discrimination against widows== |
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Hindu women traditionally leave their household after marriage and move into the household of their husband. If their husband then dies, this leaves them entirely dependent on his family for sustenance.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Burns|first1=John F.|title=Once Widowed in India, Twice Scorned|url=http://www2.soe.umd.umich.edu/rpkettel/NY_Times_article.pdf|accessdate=5 April 2015|work=New York Times|date=29 March 1998}}</ref> |
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Hindu women traditionally leave their household after marriage and move into the household of their husband. If their husband then dies, this leaves them entirely dependent on his family for sustenance.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Burns|first1=John F.|title=Once Widowed in India, Twice Scorned|url=http://www2.soe.umd.umich.edu/rpkettel/NY_Times_article.pdf|accessdate=5 April 2015|work=New York Times|date=29 March 1998}}</ref> |
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Hindu women traditionally leave their household after marriage and move into the household of their husband. If their husband then dies, this leaves them entirely dependent on his family for sustenance.
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