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CASTEISM

It all started due to the Varna system. If it wasnt for

the varna system. priests are Brahmi, the warriors are Kshatriya, the merchants are

Vaishya, and the artisans are Shudras People derived caste on the basis

of work they were involved in. And therefore the

priests were known to be the most noble persons as

they worshiped donated and indulge in charity, next

were the warriors known for safeguarding the kingsand sacrificing their lives in wars that took place

between the rulers of different kingdoms, then the

vaishyas who were carrying on business also known as

merchants and the last social classification were

shudras who were involved in menial jobs such ascobbler, cleaning etc. Mahatma Gandhiji once said

work is work and one should not be ashamed of what

they do as its ones duty to complete own tasks.

There would be no regionalism today if such lines

were not drawn. It is seldom said that everyone

encourages their own communities. These people are

fools not to understand that language, caste, creed,

colourcan not change the fact that we all are one.

In Mahabharat Dronacharya did not teach the archery

to Karna and Eklavya as they were of low caste. It was

because Dronacharya only taught Kshatriyas archery.

Why such casteism? Karna was also in kurukshetra

fighting a war and not deprived of his right to fight as

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he was strong contender and duryodhana had full

faith in him.

In todays time, the lines are drawn on the basis of

wealth, property and qualifications one possesses. All

out traditions, cultures and behavior are directed from

our ancestors and thus the ancestors play a very

important role-their lifestyle, thinking, values

behaviour, moods everything.

I say so because today when shudras are learned

people and wealthy the Brahmins and other castes

treat them like they would treat their Brahmin friends.

The caste disappears when a person has wealth and

fame. People like to be associated with famous,wealthy people. It is after going through various

hurdles in life one understand the value of a good

natured, high thinking, simple living people.

Materialism was there since inception and so was

jealousy, attachment, greed, lust. It also happens thata person changes as per the weight in his pockets

increase. Arrogance lives in the person till his pockets

stay heavy but he too changes back to square one as

soon as there is a hole in his pocket. Nobody is a saint

to judge who is right or wrong as a person because inreal nobody is bad. Had I been a minister highly

empowered I may not be as humble as I am as a

normal person. It is attachment greed and lack of

humility that drives us to commit sins in life. I realized

the Dushasannas lust, Dritarashtras attachment to

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Duryodhan, All the rishi munis anger resulting in to

curse, Duryodhanas jealousy, Dronacharyas casteism,

Draupadss arrogance, Pandavas cowardness, isconsidered humane and I fail to see the difference

between that time and now. Let me gather todays

tradition. The very moment a child realizes he is alone

and nobody loves him is when he choses the wrong

ways of deriving happiness. It is important to note that

there is difference between a family and a group of

friends. We all turn to our family in need.

A)Children are brought up by the maids while themother is busy filing her nails and waiting the

beautician to remove the facial mask and wax herlegs.

Results: Child Abuse, accidents, learn bad things,

not monitored, valuable time lost, no good

manners inculcated, children turn independent

and disrespect parents, no discipline, studies

affected, concentration levels hampered, moral

level zero.

B)Maturity level has gone down in parents.Ignorance of parents towards children Subsiding

Ego plays a very crucial role in parenting. Fighting-

verbal abuse, physical abuse in front of children,

father comes drunk home, abuses children-

physical, sexual, mental, no guidance.

Results: Repulsive, defensive, over-independent,

find no difference between bad and good, use

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wrong means and ways to derive happiness, no

control, disrespect parents, lose trust, disrespect t

and no value culture & traditions, zero moralvalue, bad behavior, Immoral activities - (smoking

drinking, robbery, drug peddlers, steal money

from home, prostitution, bad company), no fear in

doing wrong as no attachment with parents,

affects career, call centers, no importance for

qualification or degree, training internships etc .

C)Earlier ways of parenting and schooling restrictedmobile phones, watches any kind of jewelry, long

nails, short skirts, indecency, left out hair, flicks,

bangs etc. with a simple reason in mind to

eliminate any forms of distraction and encourage

the values of discipline, focus, career, goals etc

which makes or breaks a person in toto. Somehow

the opposite that is having said that the ways of

teaching by the earlier schools or the parents of

earlier generation were orthodox, to term it

today-UNCOOL..well the results are clear.

Results: over maturity, growing fast but learning

all wrong things fast, wrong definition of being

modern, selfish, arrogant greedy, completelyimmoral and unethical.

D)Modernism misunderstoodThe only difference and reason that today

children are faster, smarter, advanced is due to

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the smart technology and trust me it is only

limited to technology and nothing else. Children

of today may be smarter at operating mobilepgones, laptops, playstations but the children of

yesterday are disciplined, humble, cultured and

are definitely more respectful than the children

today. The sad part is he parents are who were

children yesterday are to be blamed as they

compete with other parents and are in the league

to become cooler, more stylish, classy and

modern. The definition of modern is completely

different for these parents lost in jealousy and

greed destroying their clan without any guilt. Well

for these Modern parents it is not the thinking but

the clothes we wear. Modern in real and true

terms means a better and enhanced thinking an

outcome of the developments, change in the

lacunas of the orthodox system of living. Today

sati, Un touch ability is abolished that is

modernism, living with the generation is

modernism. Buying the clothes that the

generation wears has nothing to do with how the

world survives. It is the technology, profession,

business, politics, govt, laws that a person shouldalways keep updated and that is modernism.