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'''Criticism of Hinduism''' refers to the practices and beliefs held by ] which have been criticized both by Hindus and non-Hindus. '''Criticism of Hinduism''' refers to the practices and beliefs held by ] which have been criticized both by Hindus and non-Hindus.

==Varna System==
Untouchables used to live separately within a separate subcultural context of their own, outside the inhabited limits of villages and townships.No other castes would interfere with their social life since untouchables were lower in social ranking than even those of the shudra varna. As a result, Dalits were commonly banned from fully participating in Hindu religious life (they could not pray with the rest of the social classes or enter the religious establishments).<ref>
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|author1=Ganguly, Rajat |author2=Phadnis, Urmila | title = Ethnicity and nation-building in South Asia
| publisher = Sage Publications
| location = Thousand Oaks
| year = 2001
| isbn = 0-7619-9439-4
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| page =88
}}</ref><ref>The ] by Andrea Hampton </ref>it is largely of Hindu origin.<ref name="Sikand">{{cite web|last = Singh Sikand|first = Yoginder|title = Caste in Indian Muslim Society|publisher = Hamdard University|url = http://stateless.freehosting.net/Caste%20in%20Indian%20Muslim%20Society.htm|accessdate = 2006-10-18 }}</ref>

==Discrimination against widows==
{{expand section|date=February 2016}}
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>

==Superstitions==
See also ]
*Narabali,a form of human sacrifice using torture and horrible methods are still practiced away from urban centers and sometimes even within cities<ref>http://m.timesofindia.com/home/sunday-times/deep-focus/A-bloody-scam-that-shook-Tamil-Nadu/articleshow/49119913.cms</ref><ref>http://mdaily.bhaskar.com/news/MAH-OTC-shocking-narbali-of-10-year-old-girl-in-maharashtra-grandmother-slit-her-throat--4279112-PHO.html?seq=1</ref>


==Social structure == ==Social structure ==
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==References== ==References==
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*{{Cite book|series= |author=]|authorlink= |coauthors= |title=An Introduction to Hinduism|year=1996 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=0-521-43878-0 }} *{{Cite book|series= |author=]|authorlink= |coauthors= |title=An Introduction to Hinduism|year=1996 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=0-521-43878-0 }}
*{{Cite book|series= |author=]|authorlink= |coauthors= |title=India: A History |year=2000 |publisher=Grove Press |location= |isbn=0-8021-3797-0 }} *{{Cite book|series= |author=]|authorlink= |coauthors= |title=India: A History |year=2000 |publisher=Grove Press |location= |isbn=0-8021-3797-0 }}

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Criticism of Hinduism refers to the practices and beliefs held by Hindus which have been criticized both by Hindus and non-Hindus.

Varna System

Untouchables used to live separately within a separate subcultural context of their own, outside the inhabited limits of villages and townships.No other castes would interfere with their social life since untouchables were lower in social ranking than even those of the shudra varna. As a result, Dalits were commonly banned from fully participating in Hindu religious life (they could not pray with the rest of the social classes or enter the religious establishments).it is largely of Hindu origin.

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.

Superstitions

See also List of superstitions in India

  • Narabali,a form of human sacrifice using torture and horrible methods are still practiced away from urban centers and sometimes even within cities

Social structure

The caste system in India and Nepal has existed for centuries. It is described as a hierarchical, endogamous 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. Caste-based identification is unique to Indian society and it is also found among Indian Christians, Indian Muslims, Sikhs and others. Systems similar to Indian caste system can be found in other parts of the world, like Songbun of North Korea, and Hukou of China as well as the caste system in Pakistan.

When the British started to classify castes for the purpose of colonial administration, caste associations were secularized.

Notes

  1. Ganguly, Rajat; Phadnis, Urmila (2001), Ethnicity and nation-building in South Asia, Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, p. 88, ISBN 0-7619-9439-4
  2. The Untouchable by Andrea Hampton
  3. Singh Sikand, Yoginder. "Caste in Indian Muslim Society". Hamdard University. Retrieved 2006-10-18.
  4. Burns, John F. (29 March 1998). "Once Widowed in India, Twice Scorned" (PDF). New York Times. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  5. http://m.timesofindia.com/home/sunday-times/deep-focus/A-bloody-scam-that-shook-Tamil-Nadu/articleshow/49119913.cms
  6. http://mdaily.bhaskar.com/news/MAH-OTC-shocking-narbali-of-10-year-old-girl-in-maharashtra-grandmother-slit-her-throat--4279112-PHO.html?seq=1
  7. "Hinduism: Beliefs and Practices" by Jeaneane Fowler p. 19-20
  8. Chatterjee, Partha (1993). The Nation and Its Fragments: Colonial and Post-Colonial Histories. New Jersy: Princeton University Press. p. 173. ISBN 0691019436. 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.
  9. Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Love, Life and Death in North Korea, Fourth Estate, London, 2010, pp 26-27.
  10. "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."
  11. "Religion, Caste, and Politics in India", by Christophe Jaffrelot, p. 450

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