Caste system is still alive in 2009 SHAME!!


	Caste system is still alive in 2009 SHAME!!

Asiabroadcast

10-11-2009 2:23 PM

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caste system, dalits

Asiabroadcast says:

Caste system supposedly banned, however the TRUTH it's still embedded in day-to-day live all over India. And even rigorously followed in Indian Diaspora's spread all over the world. The nearly 3,000 year old system is followed not by elderly but even young educated Indians so far still haven no clue what democracy stands for..... This article was printed in 2001, at present it is 2009!

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But many potential employers in her home country think she should be limited to doing society's most dirty and undesirable jobs simply because she was born into India's lowest social class, the Dalit or 'untouchable' caste.
Although India's caste system was officially abolished over 50 years ago, discrimination is still widespread.
The Dalits are often forbidden from using the same religious temples, living in the same areas and marrying into the families of the country's upper castes.
Women are also often the victims of sexual abuse by the upper castes but stand little chance of getting justice.<BR /><DIV>
Jenni talks to Radha Bathran about why she's brought her campaign to end Dalit discrimination to Britain.</DIV>

<A href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/radio4/womanshour/2001_48_mon_04.shtml/ext/_auto/-/http://www.amnesty.org/">Amnesty International</A></FONT>

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