Mocked: Aanand, Delhi

I am so excited that I finally got a good comment on TOI to mock. Here good = mock-worthy.

Aanand delhi 09/05/2010 at 07:50 pm
How can they allow marrying in lower caste, they live in society where its unacceptable to have a foetus of boyfriend before marriage, as metros(delhi) are moving towards full westernisation with no respect for caste , religion and its largely unacceptable in other parts of india.

*Disclaimer*
I know people are entitled to their opinions, so therefore I am entitled to my opinion, that his opinion is idiotic!!

Caste and Religion are man made entities. Just because it has been prevalent in our nation for generations, does not make it correct. Other such examples of prevalent wrongs are: sati, child-marriage, female infanticide, dowry etc.

I wonder how the concept of "caste" came into being. In earlier times, when humans were still nomads, there existed "shamans" and "seers" in tribes, who would predict future events based on smoke patterns and other wierd things. These "intelligent" people were advisors to the leader of the tribe. And everyone else in the tribe would be the common man. Maybe we can add another "class" of people who were hunters, or defenders in case tribes went up against each other.

So from then on, even though the term "caste" wasn't used, society was divided into the rulers, advisors, defenders and the common man. It started out as a generalization of the jobs.

The actual caste system in India, started out with:
Kshatriyas: Rulers
Brahmanas: Keepers of knowledge
Vaishyas: Artists and Merchants
Shudhras: Other menial workers

Once again as we can see, it was more of a generalization over the job a person had.

In this day an age, the son of a farmer does not continue to be a farmer. In fact, it is rare for a son to be continuing in the same job as his father. The caste system no longer applies to us; and it is time we broke free from it.

Aanand says that Delhi is moving towards full Westernization. Westernization usually means adopting American principles, and Americans do not have the caste system like ours, since the country came up from scratch in the 1500's. So thankfully, they had no retarded backward customs running in the country from before.

It is backward views like those of Aanand that keep this nation from advancing!!