Pakistani Caste System

In history you read about the Hindu cast system which was prevalent in subcontinent for more than a century but few realizes the fact that though it has been abolished decades ago it still exits in our mind. It exits because now instead of using Brahmin or Shudra we use other labeling terms but their basis is the same, MONEY and only MONEY.



What’s so ironical is that though we may advocate against it publicly, privaltely we tend to categorize people in this term or unintentionally be part of groups who discriminate people on this basis or create relationships whose determining factor is money. This discrimination is discernible sometimes and obscured at other times. But it does exits in society even in the most educated class.

It is very difficult to completely abolish the caste system as it will sprout out with new names. Different economic classes will always exits in society and no economic system has ever been devised which can boast of complete eradication of unequal distribution of wealth. The discrimination is not the issue rather the treatment extended by each class to another is root of trouble.

The treatment of one class to another becomes a problem when it humiliates people spiritually as history is a witness to it when Hindu caste system was abolished in 1960’s primarily due to violence generated due to spiritual humiliation of people. When the basis for discrimination is monetary then a person associates certain characteristic with each class which sometimes can be misleading as each class has its share of good and bad people. A person with high level of education can be as corrupt as the labor with primary or nill education though the percentage of such people can differ in each class. Similarly a labor can be as honest as any highly educated and rich person. Therefore, one cannot judge anyone on the basis of wealth rather each person has the right to be judged on what they are.

If you try to judge some one on the basis of what they are as a person then it will not only abolish the growing caste system attitude but will also help you, as you will be able to find people who are true friends and who can be depended upon no matter where the future takes you.

Let’s make life easy for others and for ourselves as “Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever”.