Untouchables Caste System

In the assignment I will be talking about the caste system with the ethnographic examples “The Untouchable of India” from page 191, with my reflection on how the caste system plays a huge role in my life. A simple definition of caste system is a sort of identification which an individual is placed right at birth. For example, if your parents are born as Brahmin, you will follow the same class. Caste system and class has almost a similar meaning to it, the only difference is that caste use titles to represent someone whereas class identify someone by their wealth. With caste, they have some restrictions whereas class doesn’t have that many restrictions. Caste is such an important thing for religions such as Hinduism because the people that belongs
The caste system in India (from highest to lowest) includes Brahmins (Priests), Khsatriyas (Warriors), Vaishyas (Merchants), Shudras (Servants to above classes), and finally Untouchables (Street Sweepers). Since Untouchables is listed as the lowest caste, they are sometimes considered to be out of the caste system, resulting them to be treated poorly. Deliège believed that the inequality act towards the Untouchables was a global issue. Over the last few years, many people would raid the households of Untouchables because they believe that the Untouchables are useless. The Untouchables were forbidden to go to places like the temple, and they also struggled to live because many jobs wouldn’t hire someone that belong in a low caste. It was important for many Hindu individuals to know that whoever they communicate is not a part of the Untouchable caste, mainly because they wouldn’t want to associate with someone that is part of a low caste. In Robert Deliège text, he explains how people from a specific caste member looks at other caste member as rivals and also different from them. What he’s trying to point out is how the Indians should not treat other caste member as if they are rivals