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Hindu Caste System - http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/_caste.html
Dr. Subhash C. Sharma on the natural evolution of various professions in ancient India, explaining that the original Hindu vocations were not based on heredity or birth. |
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Hindu History - The Emergence of the Caste System (The Jati-Varna Matrix) - http://www.hindubooks.org/sudheer_birodkar/hindu_history/castejati-varna.html
Account of the emergence of the hierarchical caste system by Sudheer Birodkar, with parallels drawn with class systems in other regions. |
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The Indian Caste System and the British - http://www.infinityfoundation.com/ECITcastebritishframeset.htm
Kevin Hobson on the British role in building the modern caste system. Also discusses how the parallels between the caste system and the British class system led to mutual support and reinforcement of each during the 19th century. |
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Caste System in Modern India - http://adaniel.tripod.com/modernindia.htm
Read about the caste system prevailing in modern India. |
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Caste in India - http://adaniel.tripod.com/confusion.htm
An explanation of the caste system in history, and modern practice. |
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Caste Problem in India - http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/messages/caste.htm
Swami Vivekananda, with a partial justification of the caste system. Denies that the system is a product of religion, and ascribes it to other social factors. |
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Restorative Justice and India's Caste System: New World Outlook, July - August 1999 - http://gbgm-umc.org/nwo/99ja/india.html
Account of the place of caste in Indian society today, from a site promoting Christian Methodism. |
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The Hindu : Politics of 'hereditary' crime - http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/09/09/stories/13090291.htm
Article on the 'Criminal Tribes Act' and its legacy in the form of communities that continue to be considered inherently criminal by the authorities. |
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Dalits & Human Rights : The Battles Ahead - http://www.pucl.org/from-archives/Dalit-tribal/battles1.htm
First of a set of articles by P. Sainath on the position of Dalits in the country in the 1990's. |
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Caste System in Bengal - http://tanmoy.tripod.com/bengal/caste.html
A brief account of how the system developed in Bengal, with some notes on the differences from the rest of India. |