CASTEISM IN OTHER RELIGIONS

LEARN ABOUT HOW THIS EVIL HINDUISM CREATED, SPREAD FROM ITS ROOTS AND INFECTED THE TREES OF OTHER RELIGIONS

Caste system in Sikhism.

Different Gurudwaras, Different doors in same Gurudwara. Hindus adopted Sikhism but took caste system along with it .It is the game of power, landlords, castes, and politics that runs Punjab.

Caste system in Christianity

Dalits got converted to Christianity to escape this evil

but even in God's own place Kerela, Hinduism

influence has made Caste system to be more important

than God.

Different Churches and Different woes.

Caste system in Islam

Dalit converts here too did'nt get refuge in this Cast
infected society.

It has not just become a matter a religion now.

This society is more of Caste-obessed than
Religion-obessed.

URBAN-CASTEISM

Childless Indian couples demand to know 'caste' of sperm donors

This is a Headline report published in Hindustan Times on 6 April 2009 on the front page.

Are you blind enough to know what caste is in Indian Society ?

As many educated hypocrites say Is it just limited to surname and marriage now?

HT report:Playing God in caste-crazy Bihar

Patna, Bihar, April 06, 2009

If many childless parents in Bihar had their way, they would want vaults at sperm banks with clear labels: “Brahmin”. “Bhumihar”. “Yadav”.

Couples opting for sperm donations in Bihar are demanding to know the donor’s caste before they go ahead — and often getting their answers as well.

“Neither features nor height nor even IQ concerned us as much,” says Anuradha Rai (36), an Internet marketing manager from the Bhumihar community. “My husband felt if the sperm donor was from a different caste, the baby would not get the right genes.”

It is a stunning statement of how even young, urban, educated Indians, their lives transformed by the emerging India, have been unable to unshackle themselves from the centuries-old caste consciousness despite their desperation to have a child.

And it could have deep political meanings in a national election that will perhaps have caste as a far stronger factor than ever before, and likely throw up a government glued largely on the basis of caste politics.

After all, in a nation of more than 1 billion people, every fourth Indian is from a scheduled caste or scheduled tribe, the name given to lower castes in the Hindu social ladder. And at least 40 per cent belong to Other Backward Castes.

In Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are India’s biggest theatre of caste politics,  every caste chieftain has realised the importance of reaching out to other castes also. For the first time, a Dalit politician — UP chief minister Mayawati — is being billed as a possible contender for the prime minister’s job and caste politics champions like Lalu Yadav, Mulayam
Singh Yadav and Ram Vilas Paswan are joining forces.

That’s because caste, which has long divided India, is also seen by many as the biggest uniting force. “Many couples feel if they know the caste, they know a lot about the person,” says R.N. Sharma, sociologist, Patna College.

Political churning is underway. In UP, Mayawati is trying to woo voters from other castes. And in Bihar, the  intermediary
Kurmi community is seen as having broken away from their longtime leader Lalu Yadav, and are allying with Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) and the BJP.

Dr Himanshu Roy, a gynaecologist, says most couples ask about the educational and background of the sperm provider. “But the most common questions are about culture, health… and caste,” says Roy.

Sharma calls it’s the purity factor.  “They want to ensure the bloodline stays pure,” he says.

Smriti Singh (34), a Rajput, says her family insisted on knowing the caste of the donor. “The argument was that the right caste would ensure healthy blood grouping,” she says.

“Name, address and contact details are kept anonymous, but people are insistent, almost fanatical, about caste,” says Dr Savanth Kumar, who owns sperm bank Frozen Cell. “We can’t give it on paper, but we find we have to tell them.” 

reference:

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/Print.aspx?Id=36796b57-3614-49f6-b031-9a9cbdbcfc1f

       http://www.hindustantimes.com/Election09/storypage.aspx?ID=36796b57-3614-49f6-b031-9a9cbdbcfc1f&Category=Chunk-HT-UI-Elections-SectionPage-IndiaYatra&gid=

read more at the telegraph [uk]:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/5115961/Childless-Indian-couples-demand-to-know-caste-of-sperm-donors.html

Dalits asked to drink cow urine to be part of yagna

[10 feb 2009]

AJMER: In a shocking case of caste discrimination, nearly 450 Dalit families of Tiloli village in Bhilwara district were allegedly asked to undergo a purification ceremony by drinking cow urine if they wanted to participate in a seven-day long "sthapana yagna" at the local Hanuman mandir. 

Tension arose in the village last week when Sadhu Rameshwar Lal wanted to to perform a yagna' in Hanuman temple. "We were happy to know that a religious ceremony would take place in the village and all were ready to participate in it," said Chogalal, a Dalit veteran of the village.
 The village has a population of 5,000 with 450 Dalit households.
 A committee was formed to perform the ritual and fund collection started. "But they (upper caste men) refused to make us part of the ceremony and Sadhu Rameshwar Lal announced that no Dalit would participate in the ritual," said Kanaya Lal Khateek.
 Bhanwar Singh, deputy SP Gulabpura said: "We received the information that there was certain dissatisfaction in the village regarding a religious ceremony. We came to know that villagers were not taking the contribution of Dalits and were not allowing them to be a part of the yagna. We called a meeting of every community on Saturday night and ensured that anyone willing to contribute did so and provide them a receipt for their contribution."

In the all-community meeting called on February 7, it was decided that no member of any community would perform rituals except the Brahmins.

When the Dalits showed their eagerness to be part of the ritual, Sadhu said if they wanted to participate in the ceremony, they will have to drink cow urine with dung.
 "We too wanted to participate in the ritual, after all it is a ceremony of the village," said Hari ram Megwanshi.

Three castes -- Raiger, Khateek and Badai -- were banned to sit for the rituals and Sadhu's supporters allegedly published pamphlets stating that Dalits were not allowed to sit in the rituals. A group of Dalits then approached the district collector, asking him to intervene. "We met the district collector and told him that we want to give a memorandum to the chief minister," says Hari Ram.

This was followed by an all-community meeting convened by deputy superintendent of police Bhanwar Lal who was asked by the district collector to tackle the situation.

Despite reaching a unanimous decision that the Dalits can witness the ceremony, they were seen sitting almost 400 meters away from the ceremony.

Even as the situation remained tense, Ladhu Ram Jain of the organizing committee said: "There were some people who wanted to disturb the atmosphere. The Sadhu is performing rituals on his private property and has the right to invite anyone he wants."
 TOI tried to contact district collector Bhagwan Singh Deta many times but he was busy making arrangements for the visit of chief minister Ashok Gehlot on February 10.

Source: http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Jaipur/Dalits_banned_from__yagna/articleshow/4102097.cms