The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-13

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tcne.s allowed. however. Prof. Oman sr-
plains hoe H~uropeAna stand with r~spect
N tbe Indian caste system N liz marital
privileges ny thu following extract from q
paper conducted ny Indians: The Hindu
or Mohsmmsdan father In not yet horn
who would consent % h~stow his daughter
upon wen the son ~ an English peer Of
anrseut creation, Who, in spits Of an unin-
tcrr,tpted desnent from Norman brirandp.
II only In our eyes q Kafsr, carrying poIhn-
ton In his very touch.-
In order to sum up the acts which con-
stitute q serious breach OF caste ruIes and
call down the p~nalty OF absolute sxclu-
sion our author re~produces what IL said
by q learned Hindu writer. a Brahman bv
caste and q specialist with reference TO
the subject. According TO this Brahmsn
exclusion from caste results from any of
the following acts: Embracing Christian
ity or Mohammedanism; going TO Europe
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throwing away the sacred thread; pub
licly eating food cooked by Q Mohsmme-
dan, Christian or low caste Hindu; pub
licly eating beef. pork or fowl; and sew
other offences. When the offender.
however. IL an influential parsonage or
ID connected with persons Of Importance.
mo one thinks OF visiting him with such
punishment for such acts "a these The
eject Of the penalty of exclusion from
caste il thus explained: when a Hindu
h excluded from caste the FIRST
IL that his friends. relatives and fellow
townsmen refuse to partake of his hospi-
tally; second, he is not invited to enter
tainments in their houses: he cannot OBJ
tain brides or bridegrooms for his chill
dren; even his own married daushter-
cannot visit him without running the risk
and even his barber and ~washerman ra-
to serve him; his fellow caste men
sever their connection with him 80 CON-
pletely that they refuse to assist him even
At the funeral Of . member OF his house.
hold; finally. In some cases. h man ex-
Guided from caste Ia debarred access to
The public temples.'
While such are the penalties. however.
means are duly provided BY which the
offender against caste rules may expiate
his errors or misfortunes. and 90 recover
his caste status. These means are the per-
Torrance Of prescribed religious rites and
ceremonies. the feasting Of
and the bestowai of suitable
on them. and last. but not least.
o~anqueting the members Of the offenders
caste. Obviously. readmission to the
privileges OF caste under such conditions
means the expenditure OF money. often .
considerable amount OF 1t. n makes Il
comparatively easy for the rich man to
,rave the risk OF breaking caste rules. On