The reasons of development of casteism :
The reasons of development of casteism are as follows :
i. A line of thought to increase repute of own caste :
Indian society is divided into many castes. People of every caste endeavour to promote the glory of own caste. As a result, there is a push to the reputation of their caste, simultaneously their own reputation is also felt to be increasing.
ii. Expansion of transport and communication sources :
Ever since there has been an ‘increase’ in transport and communication resources, there is a mutual cohesion among the members of a caste. In addition to it, has been quite easy to propagate the sentiment of casteism through newspapers and also by caste-specitic magazines and the likes.
iii. Marriage-related prohibitions :
Every caste imposes a restriction on it members that he/they should marry within his/their caste only. As a result the scope of marriage becomes ‘limited’ and his love and attention towards his caste becomes obvious in the wake of the area of wedding opportunity being limited.’The sentiments of love towards own caste are the form of caste-management. One caste is like a conjugal group, whose members make one-another their relatives, This through has given birth to casteism.
iv. Effect of urbanisation and Industrialisation :
Because of this change, people have migrated to cities from villages and they have started living there. During their ‘being’ in cities, they start to spot/find out people of their caste or community for solving their own problems. Slowly and steadily, they get mingled and have started formation of many associations like. “Akhil Bhartiya Agrawal Sangh”. In this way, on one hand, industrialisation and urbanisation help in breaking caste-system, but simultaneously, give rise to the strong sentiment of casteism.
v. Problem of livelihood :
So far as the advent of casteism is concerned, the problem of livelihood has played a major role. People of a caste feel that if they want to be employed then they have to develop a bond. If one member of a caste gets onto a good/high post, then he should provide or help to provide employment to the people of his caste. Against the backdrop of these thoughts, racial/ethnic organisation develops and flourishes and as a result of such or ganisations, a sentiment of casteism comes into ‘being’.
