Positive
Although the caste system has been outlawed, the government made up a different name for a “caste system”, “positive discrimination”. The “positive” discrimination is in reality just another caste system, separating the higher class from the lower class. Even though the positive discrimination is considerably less severe than the original caste system, it still limits a person’s true potential. The sad story of Indian’s continual caste systems just goes to show what happens when the true God is left out of a culture.




Negative
· The lowest class is being discriminated and it cannot be helped if you are born into the lowest class. The highest class will always be teaching but if they are not clever enough, they would be passing down wrong information.
· The lower caste people were resentful of the fact that they could never rise up in their varnas in their lifetime.
· The pariahs, who were outcastes, were not even treated properly.
· A lot of empires which invaded India used the caste system for their own advantage, thus it was the Indian people who were at a disadvantage.
· People were forced to interact with only their caste as the knowledge was inbred in them. Thus, they could not see the caste system at large and had to be contented with their position in the system
· The caste system was not based on meritocracy and so people who had more intellect than the Brahmins could not rise up to that level.


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