Social Evils In Indian Society

[ritu 1]

The Indian culture has its own glory, the colourful attributes of it really make me feel proud of it.But it is not fair to be blind as I am well aware of the evils that exist in the Indian society and the worst part is that many Indians tend to believe those to be extensions of culture.

Lets start with casteism, even after attaining prestigious degrees in academics,a considerable lot of Indians believe that certain castes or sub-divisions of the community are inferior or outright untouchable, that kind of negativity mainly arises due to factor of heredity, meaning no matter how decent or educated a person is,or what contribution he makes to the society, it is the title of his family that decides whether he should go to the superior or the inferior social stratum.This clearly implies that one has to remain inferior just because his ancestors were entitled to do not so respectable kind of jobs.However ,untouchability was abolished by passing an act on the 29^th of April,1947. Article 17 of the Indian Constitution stands for it. In spite of all efforts made by the government, it still manages to prevail in parts of the nation.

Note : Untouchables were out or below the caste system.

Evils against women are also burning issues that the nation has to face. Child marriage,female infanticide,demands for dowry resulting to violence against women and depriving the girl child from receiving education are the some of challenges that the Indian society faces even today. The main that I would state is the attitude of the society towards the girl child and the parents of the girl child themselves are to be hold equally responsible,for if they cannot stand up for their own child, is it right to blame the social structure?

 

Torturing the widows was also a threat to the progression of the society as mentioned in an earlier post, but has been dealt with to a good extent.

Merely discussing the problems won't help, we need to stand united as an educated nation and and fight those evils by not unfollowing them, as an added support we have the legal machinery of our country.

There could be several more evils, on which any of you can throw light, please do it.

[udayvedanthuman 0]

India has its own glory, but the problems which you have mentioned that happens in India. I don't accept it. You say casteism in India, but in abroad, people are treated according to there skin color. If you are black color guy, you get a different treatment. If you are white color guy, you get a different treatment. The rich is treated in different way and the poor is treated in a different way. We are judged with everything we have...do we own a house, own a car or bike. Are we getting married to a rich girl? What about my parents? Are they rich or poor? The girl to whom I am getting married is educated or not...this is a common things that matters everywhere. Females are abused everywhere in this world. If she is more educated, doesn't mean that she is safe. Females are not safe in a society, even at place they work and even at the place they stay...this is a problem that is there throughout the world. So it is not just a country problem. It is the problem of the whole world. In one word I can say that we are losing our place in this world and we are falling down day by day.

[ritu 1]

You have failed to get the point I wished to discuss, where on earth have I mentioned that India is the only place that possesses such evils,and talking about the fact that the whole world suffers this way is not going to help doing away with those evils in India.By the way what you mentioned is not casteism but racialism.

Edited May 9, 2012 by ritu (see edit history)