INTRODUCTION TO INNOVATIVE PROJECT

NAME : AMRIT PRITAM BHUYAN

REG NO. : 18BME2017

DIGITAL ASSIGNMENT – 1

Q) Give a chance, that you become prime minister of India,

what the best thing (only one) you could dream to do?
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We live in a democratic country and democracy is based on
the principle of equality, fraternity and liberty.
On the other hand, the caste system is based on inequality
of status and opportunities, which often creates conflict and
tension in the society and it acts as an obstacle in the
normal and smooth functioning of democracy or nation.
So, as the Prime minister of India I would like to abolish the
cast system.
There are many disadvantage and so little advantage of
these cast system.
1. A disintegrating factor:
The caste system has literally split up the Hindu society into hundreds of
hereditary castes and sub-castes and thus encouraged a spirit of
exclusiveness and class- pride, narrowed the outlook and created wide
gulfs between the various sections of the community.

In this way it has stood in the way of national and collective

consciousness and proved to be a disintegrating rather than an
integrating factor.

2. Check on economic and intellectual advancement and social reforms:

The caste system is a check on economic and intellectual advancement
and a great stumbling block in the way of social reforms, because it keeps
economic and intellectual opportunities confined to a certain section of
the population only and denies them to others.

A sweeper or a cobbler, for example, cannot be permitted to devote

himself to any educational or scientific profession, even when he has
natural aptitude and physical and intellectual equipment for it. Worthy
and capable persons are prevented by caste rigours from getting their
proper and rightful places.

This inelastic attitude of the system suppresses genius and represses and
curtails individual liberty. It kills all initiative and enterprise of the
members. Much human energy and talent remain untapped by the
community with a consequent loss to its culture and civilization. Modern
democracy has a tendency for leveling down all talents. The caste system,
however, is guilty of just the opposite demerit. It does not make proper
provision for low-born talents or high-born incompetents.
3. Denies mobility of labour:

In the economic field, the caste system undermines the efficiency of

labour and prevents perfect mobility of labour, capital and productive
effort. As a result, neither are the large scale industries developed nor are
the economic resources of the country exploited to the best advantage of
the people.

4. Exploits lower castes:

The caste system perpetuates exploitation of the economically weaker
and socially inferior castes. It protects the privileged castes and thus it
builds up economic discontent and social prejudices.

The needless multiplication of the castes and the subsequent inflexibility

and rigid social code of each have been causing today enormous waste of
time, money and energy due to series of taboos (several prohibitions in
respect of cooking, eating, drinking, etc). Then, again, it does not allow
the Hindus to adopt newer and better ways of life and shuts them off
from free association with the non- Hindus and consequently the Hindus
have not been able to keep pace with the progressing world.

5. Imposes hardship on women:

The caste system has inflicted untold hardships on women through its
insistence on practices like child-marriage, prohibition of
widow-remarriage, seclusion of women etc. These have made the life of
women miserable.

6. Perpetuates untouchability:
The caste system has condemned large groups of people to a life of
degradation without any hope of redemption. It has created
untouchability, an evil that has been sapping the very vitals of the Hindu
society. B. R. Ambedkar rightly said, “Untouchability of Hindus is a rare
phenomenon, humanity in any other part of the earth has never
experienced it. There is no such thing in any other society. Really, the
tyrannies perpetuated in the name of untouchability are the black lessons
in human culture.” According to Gandhiji, untouchability is “the hate
fullest expression of caste.” Large sections of people are reduced to the
state of virtual slavery.

7. Results in religious conversion:

The caste system has given scope for religious conversion. The lower
caste people are getting converted into Islam and Christianity due to the
tyranny of the upper castes.

8. Stands in the way of modernization:

The caste system obstructs the process of modernization. Modernization
necessitates a change in outlook and mentality along with
socio-economic development. But the caste system by compelling an
individual to act strictly in accordance with caste norms stands in the way
of modernization.

Thus due these following reason I would remove caste system

from India as prime minister of India.