The Caste System

Caste is rigid social system in which a social hierarchy is maintained generation after generation and allows little mobility out of the position to which a person is born. The term is often applied to the hierarchical hereditary divisions. The world caste was first used by 16th-century Portuguese traders; it is derived from the Portuguese ‘casta’, denoting family strain, breed, or race. The Sanskrit word is jati. The Sanskrit term varna denoted a group of jati, or the system of caste.The…

Caste!

One of the teachings of Hinduism is that of dharma, or duty. According to Karma yoga , fulfilling one's dharma is the way to achieve moksha, or salvation. Although Karma yoga is not the whole of...

Caste System in Kerala

What do you know about Ancient Egypt ? Egypt is famous for Pyramids of Giza – Sphinx – Nile – Mummies – King Tutankhamun – Cleopatra – Gods and Goddess. Ancient…

Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra, untouchable: How did the caste system get started, what is the difference between castes — and how does this shameful practice persist to this day? Quite a few Asian cultures I’ve experienced think of the head as the holiest of body parts and the feet as the

The Caste System is the long-time Hindu practice, based on the group one is born into. There are 4 groups - the Brahmins (the priests and scholars), the Kshatriyas (the warriors), the Vaisyas (the merchants) and the Kshudras (the labourers). There is also the Dalit. This is were the people believed to be murders or thiefs in their past lifes are classified into.

The long read: We cannot fully understand the current upheavals, or almost any turning point in American history, without accounting for the human pyramid that is encrypted into us all: the caste system

Today, I was going to post on death rituals or mummification and reincarnation but as I was doing research, I got interested in learning about caste systems in India and ancient Egypt. I always f…