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jati. The term jati appears in almost all Indian languages
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and is related to the idea of lineage or kinship group.
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There are perhaps more than 3000 jatis in India and there How a fateful day a
is no one all-Indian system of ranking them in order of decade ago changed
status. Yet in each local area jati ranking exists and is the American
very much related to purity and pollution. Each jati has education system.
some unique job, but not everyone in the jati performs it.
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and will give their major loyalty to their jati. A jati will written by Dr.
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this organization carries out the business and oversees
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offender from the jati. Indian Influences on
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same position. There is mobility in the system and jatis influences-western-
have changed their position over the centuries of Indian literature)
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group and not as individuals. A jati can improve its on Ralph Waldo
position in the class system by advancing economically Emerson, T.S. Eliot,
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the same time, a jati can also move up in the caste The Beatles. A must-
hierarchy. Mobility in the caste system has been termed read!
“Sanskritization” by the scholar M.N. Srinivas. To gain
position in this process, a lower jati copies the habits and
behavior patterns of the dominant jati in the area. This
may mean a lower jati will change its name to one of a
higher jati, adopt vegetarianism, observe more orthodox
religious practices, build a temple, and treat its women in
a more conservative way. The type of emulation will
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the jati can gain acceptance for its new name, new
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observe other members of the community copying their
behavior in ways such as sending their children to
dancing classes and summer camps, and putting braces
on their teeth.
The Indian Constitution has outlawed the practice of

Untouchability and the Indian Government has
established special quotas in schools and Parliament to
aid the lowest jatis. Caste discrimination is not permitted
in gaining employment and access to educational and
other opportunities. But this does not mean that caste is
illegal or has faded away. Caste groups as political
pressure groups work very well in a democratic system.
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seem to need. Economists and political scientists are
finding that caste is no real barrier to economic
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Jati: The Caste

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