The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-13
THE CURSE OF INDIA
CASTE. H4lC2 FIXES TIE STATUS
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NJ Man <.,. .;ss,. t'ro'" the ei;'>S'
;.,,,.>:cr ,aclcam. Ia "hicn he
~. ,;o~;-Ne:1;.er Neaiih Nor sue
,c.crs t::e Caste OF !i;:E C0e.
N me tiye,, scale Of descent in India
S,,,,e classes are merely inferior, while
s.na are .unclean' OF "untouchable,"
,,rr rom Whatsoever class 4 man be
born in he has 10 escape but death.
children born in an "unalean" caste
remain "unclcan:" children born in an
inferior caste remain as their fathers
were Nothing that they can do can
i. the slightest degree change their
situation. They were born s.unclean;
their ancestors were "unclean;' their
descendants will be ''unc!ean" till the
end ct, the chapter.
10 give a few illustrations from
,,;cny. 4 weaver is less 'unclcan' than
Z carpenter. & carpenter is above I
horse cic&nC1. L house cleaner is above
u Stra"t cicanc" and street cleaner is
.,,,s,y" 4 l>;ti,i;lh OF 10 caste man. Every
trade or occupation has its exact place,
arbitrarily fixed. IN the scale Of deSra-
Gation.
.iDove al the men that labor with
their hands IN whatsoever way are
the tradesmeG and ShopkeeperS, also
witt, subdivisions into classes; above
tie +rlCes,ncn IS the useless and now
ai:loSs idle warrior class: above the
warriors is the E.ahman or prieStIE
ciasS. ana, c.-:it;l these grand ulNlSlons
-i,n s;~,,,;l,rr OF the system is COM
p!e-e
N-ca!,ll or material situation or sue
ass has nothing 70 90 with the caste Of
NV :2an. You may hire for your cook
o-valet 4 Brahman Of the purest strain
serene. who for weeks before You en-
.2raG: him may have been on verge
u: starvation. The meagel. beG@ar 10
wHoa. you toss aims n the road may
x. CT :: very lig:l caste. Tic Well leo
Srool... rc$p!eaGe@t II gorgeous livery
flashing by cn 4 carriage that covers
the bccgar with dust, is very likely OF
4 caste q mile below the begsar. Time
10 more than effort can break down
these walls Of division. One OF the
veal,hiest ana most distinguished fam
lies il Calcutta, the famous Iasore
family. lost caste about two centuries
500. Members Of this family have re-
caive;I honor from the government,
have conferred great benefits upon CITY
ana country and have been noted loS
their numerous charities and benefac-
tons Gre excrted himself Ill his life
10 farther native education. Another
he,pc.; to enlow Calcutta university.
All ere enormously rich, and al bear
c2v:anie regulations for goodness, hon
esty and philanthropy. But the wall OF
caste has never fallen for them, They
ere still hated and avoided by their
c:cant..rcuen exactly rs they were at
tie beginning Of their exclusion. In the
streets CT Calcutta is many 4 ragged
artisan that would not sit on the same
benc, with Q Tagore Or touch the END
OF his robe
Pain. suffering. penurr, even death
itself. is nothing to the I1indoo COM
pared with the loss OF caste. Many
Ii:ndoo that in the old days would
weld nothing to the most fendish tor
lures quickly surrendered his secrets
when threatened with something that
wou!G contam;nate him-a piece Of
ccws:sin. perhaps. or = glass Of water
tli- lad been touched by pariah. IN,
suppose, thousands Of cases persons
that have hopelessly lost their caste
have abandoned their homes and wan
te-ed miserably along the roads until
death overlook them. Thousands Of
others have thrown themselves into the
GGnges OF deliberately starved.
Three Brahman girls who had been
degraded by Mussulman Went before
q judge to demand vengeance and
when the judge declined to interfere
killed themselves in the courtroom.
1t q town called Buj Buj a widow
lost caste By falling in love with a
man beneath her AS loss Of caste by
one member Of the family degrades
the others also, her eldest son imme-
diateIy swallowed poison and died,
and bis remaining brethren fed the
country.
y husband shares q wife's degrade
ton. \ wife goes down the steps with
husband For more than 100 years
I Brahman family Of Santipur has
been outcaste because one member fell
in love with the daughter Of q shoe
maker.-Charles Edward Russell IN
Cosmopolitan Magazine.