India Caste System
) Attitude to hierarchy A) The India's caste system
India has a hierarchical caste system in the society. Within Indian culture, Hindu or Muslim, urban or village, virtually all things, people, and groups of people are ranked according to various essential qualities. The social Hierarchy is present everywhere in India. Although India is a political democracy, in daily life there is a little adherence to notions of equality.
Castes systems in India and caste like groups, classified in five groups with which almost all Indians are associated, are ranked. Everyone knows the relative rankings of each locally represented caste, and people's behavior toward one another is constantly shaped by this knowledge.
Castes system in India is primarily associated with Hinduism but also exist among other Indian religious groups like Muslims. They state that all Muslims are brothers under God but in reality Muslim life in various parts of India reveals the existence of caste like groups with social hierarchy.
Within families, there are also many distinctions of hierarchy. Men outrank women of the same age, and senior outrank junior.
In India, hierarchy is everywhere and at each level. To illustrate this, we can analyze one of the Hofstede dimension: the “Power Distance”.
India has Power Distance (PDI) as the highest Hofstede Dimension for the culture, with a ranking of 77 compared to a world average of 56.5. This Power Distance score for India indicates a high level of inequality of power and wealth within the society. This condition is not necessarily subverted upon the population, but rather accepted by the population as a cultural norm.
B) “The untouchablity”:
The untouchablity feature in the caste system is one of the cruelest features of the caste system. It is seen by many as one of the strongest racist phenomenon in the world.
In the Indian society people who worked in ignominious, polluting and unclean occupations were seen as polluting peoples and were therefore
India has a hierarchical caste system in the society. Within Indian culture, Hindu or Muslim, urban or village, virtually all things, people, and groups of people are ranked according to various essential qualities. The social Hierarchy is present everywhere in India. Although India is a political democracy, in daily life there is a little adherence to notions of equality.
Castes systems in India and caste like groups, classified in five groups with which almost all Indians are associated, are ranked. Everyone knows the relative rankings of each locally represented caste, and people's behavior toward one another is constantly shaped by this knowledge.
Castes system in India is primarily associated with Hinduism but also exist among other Indian religious groups like Muslims. They state that all Muslims are brothers under God but in reality Muslim life in various parts of India reveals the existence of caste like groups with social hierarchy.
Within families, there are also many distinctions of hierarchy. Men outrank women of the same age, and senior outrank junior.
In India, hierarchy is everywhere and at each level. To illustrate this, we can analyze one of the Hofstede dimension: the “Power Distance”.
India has Power Distance (PDI) as the highest Hofstede Dimension for the culture, with a ranking of 77 compared to a world average of 56.5. This Power Distance score for India indicates a high level of inequality of power and wealth within the society. This condition is not necessarily subverted upon the population, but rather accepted by the population as a cultural norm.
B) “The untouchablity”:
The untouchablity feature in the caste system is one of the cruelest features of the caste system. It is seen by many as one of the strongest racist phenomenon in the world.
In the Indian society people who worked in ignominious, polluting and unclean occupations were seen as polluting peoples and were therefore