Sneha could get a 'No Caste', 'No religion' certificate! And as soon as this news came into the world of social media, the true blue activist in me woke up. So I presume she will not get admissions for her children using the quota designated to the caste. Quite brave of her, I suppose!
So how many of you believe that by doing away with the caste certificate, we can do away with casteism in its true and original form? I'm not a fool to believe that! Casteism is here till to stay till we don't let our children intermarry.
The sad reality of India is, we all are casteist. In our innermost hearts, we have the caste bias. I know for sure a few in my family had! Well, they sure have! Ah, we don't believe in casteism, they say; Yet they won't let their children get married to a person from another caste. Even if it is another caste, not from the lowest caste, they say in private. I call them the hypocritic Christian. For casteism in its true form should never have anything to do with Christ and Christianity. If any so-called follower of Christ has a caste-bias, well, rest assured they are a hypocrite. HYPOCRITE! That is how I spell it.
And so coming back to question, do we really want to do away with casteism?
I had often thought we will all one day win over the cruel world of Casteism! In the distant utopian world. But having second thoughts now. For, we need to sacrifice certain things to win over. We need to let our privileged children stand on equal grounds with those who are considered to be on a higher pedestal. Are we ready for the sacrifice? The sacrifice of letting our children fight it out without a quota! And in the process may even lose a seat which they could have got otherwise.
Well, sacrifices are not our forte anyways!
Of course, intermarriage will have to happen. And it will inevitably happen with the generational shift from the predominance of arranged marriages to the love marriages. But then, till the structural roots of the casteism in the dependence of the citizen on the completely caste-based reservation is not done away with, casteism and its ugly head will never really go away.
Yes, casteism is a much deeper problem than quota based reservation! Of course, it will take many generations for it to be completely done away with, Ture, we need a lot more interventions apart from giving simple 'No caste' certificates. And for sure, we will have to keep marriages out of casteism.
Yet, if you really think casteism is a disease, and it should be done away with, be ready to sacrifice!
So how many of you believe that by doing away with the caste certificate, we can do away with casteism in its true and original form? I'm not a fool to believe that! Casteism is here till to stay till we don't let our children intermarry.
The sad reality of India is, we all are casteist. In our innermost hearts, we have the caste bias. I know for sure a few in my family had! Well, they sure have! Ah, we don't believe in casteism, they say; Yet they won't let their children get married to a person from another caste. Even if it is another caste, not from the lowest caste, they say in private. I call them the hypocritic Christian. For casteism in its true form should never have anything to do with Christ and Christianity. If any so-called follower of Christ has a caste-bias, well, rest assured they are a hypocrite. HYPOCRITE! That is how I spell it.
And so coming back to question, do we really want to do away with casteism?
I had often thought we will all one day win over the cruel world of Casteism! In the distant utopian world. But having second thoughts now. For, we need to sacrifice certain things to win over. We need to let our privileged children stand on equal grounds with those who are considered to be on a higher pedestal. Are we ready for the sacrifice? The sacrifice of letting our children fight it out without a quota! And in the process may even lose a seat which they could have got otherwise.
Well, sacrifices are not our forte anyways!
Of course, intermarriage will have to happen. And it will inevitably happen with the generational shift from the predominance of arranged marriages to the love marriages. But then, till the structural roots of the casteism in the dependence of the citizen on the completely caste-based reservation is not done away with, casteism and its ugly head will never really go away.
Yes, casteism is a much deeper problem than quota based reservation! Of course, it will take many generations for it to be completely done away with, Ture, we need a lot more interventions apart from giving simple 'No caste' certificates. And for sure, we will have to keep marriages out of casteism.
Yet, if you really think casteism is a disease, and it should be done away with, be ready to sacrifice!
2 comments:
Hi
Sam
Well written
Unfortunately casteism is deeply rooted in our grooming just like religious beliefs. It all depends what caste n religion people are born into and then without knowing we all subconsciously but strictly adhere to them as the only truth or else be treated as a pariaha within family n community. Unfortunately education has made little impact. But then education n wisdom are not exclusive to each other. I guess our next generation will be wiser than us and will be caste and creeds neutral.
Take care
To have our answers cohere with a clear world-view, i think we need to hang on a religion. Because we need to have our clear foundations that can answer meaningfully & coherently the way we all should live. Thus the one supporting or originating the caste system -which is actually dividing the people cannot be our finite reference to follow. Without going deeper into that, all i can say is this: A christian should lead this by saying, "For the glory of God, we will take our marriages out of casteism & will keep our certificates free from caste" (if possible, with God's leading, we shall do marriages from other caste purposely).
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