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How does the caste culture in India work? Is it still being used? What is its good and bad sides? Please answer comprehensively and make sure to cite references. Answer must be no less than 300 words.
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The caste culture in India is a system of dividing people based on the family they are born into, it has pre-modern origins, which transformed during the colonization of India by the British and now is the basis of reservation in India. It consists of two different concepts, varna and jāti, which may be regarded as different levels of analysis of this system[1].Varna may be translated as "class," and refers to the four social classes which existed in the Vedic society, namely Brahmins (priests, men of learnin...
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