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[–]Buckley92FDS Apprentice182 points183 points184 points 5 years ago (7 children) | Copy Link
What an awesome, awesome guy, but... who denies another living thing WATER?? WHO DOES THAT?!
[–]RavenWudgieRose129 points130 points131 points 5 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link
Cough cough nestlé cough cough
[–]MagnfiqueMaleficentFDS Disciple53 points54 points55 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
They are human rights violators for sure.
[–]321tina321FDS Newbie106 points107 points108 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
The Indian caste system is notoriously gnarly.
[–]thenew-supremeThrowaway Account8 points9 points10 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
I can’t even imagine
[–]adeecomeforthFDS Newbie99 points100 points101 points 5 years ago (15 children) | Copy Link
This is a wonderful thing he did for his wife and his entire village, but god, I hate the caste system in India. I know they have "abolished" it but of course discrimination still exists.
[–]thegrrr8pretenderPickmeisha™️15 points16 points17 points 5 years ago (14 children) | Copy Link
What is the caste system? (And if it applies, how has it deviated from how it was intended in theory to how it’s been implemented in practice?)
[–]fruitpunchsamFDS Newbie47 points48 points49 points 5 years ago* (0 children) | Copy Link
The Indian caste system is a system that puts Indians in different social classes based on ancestry. Although its effects may not seem overt at times, Indians pay a lot of attention to it. Even Indian Americans—there was an NYT article about how Indian American engineers in California would discriminate against coworkers of lower castes. My Indian American friends, whose parents moved to America in their 20s, tell me they're still expected to marry people from the same caste.
[–]sewingmachinesaviorFDS Newbie34 points35 points36 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
It is essentially “levels” that define your path in life. Higher is better, richer, more powerful. And lower, is...well, apparently hand digging a well so your wife and village have water.
I’m sure someone has a better description than me, but that’s on the fly off the top of my head.
[–]HELP_MANBABIESGOTMEFDS Newbie24 points25 points26 points 5 years ago (9 children) | Copy Link
Too complex to explain in a reddit comment and there is no "intended purpose". Its just an aspect of old Indian society. Really even if you Google it you will get bad info. Essentially all people are born into 1 of a few castes. And in old times it was used to decide what jobs you could ever hold in your life and who you could marry. The lowest caste people are called untouchables.
Thats as far as I'm willing to explain it here. Not everyone uses it anymore, its mainly enforced in rural areas.
[–]thenew-supremeThrowaway Account5 points6 points7 points 5 years ago (8 children) | Copy Link
How does one end up in a lower caste? What is it based off of? Like originally? And now currently? That is so interesting. I’ve heard people mention skin color but I’m wondering if it’s more complex than just someone’s skin color.
[–]HELP_MANBABIESGOTMEFDS Newbie11 points12 points13 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Its only based on who your parents are. You are the same caste as your parents and its determined at birth. Idk the intimate details myself. Its not based on skin tone at all though there might be some correlation.
[–]fruitpunchsamFDS Newbie3 points4 points5 points 5 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link
Colorism is a problem throughout Indian, but caste systems are not based off skin color. Very dark-skinned Brahmins (the highest caste) are common in South India, for example.
[–]thenew-supremeThrowaway Account2 points3 points4 points 5 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link
Thanks for that info. I’m black and sometimes things are said about how darker skinned people are treated in Indian culture and I’ve always had questions because I’ve never heard an Indian person themselves express themselves.
[–]fruitpunchsamFDS Newbie2 points3 points4 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Yeah that's understandable :/ I'm not Indian myself but my Indian American girlfriends, who are darker skinned, are super conscious of the sun and their tans. Darker women are seen as less desirable; I think my friend said her mom could "pass" in certain (non-caste related?) ways because she's light-skinned and speaks Hindi but because my friend inherited her dad's darker skin she wouldn't be able to do the same.
[–]OfficialShreeFDS Newbie0 points1 point2 points 5 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Your last name.
[–]thenew-supremeThrowaway Account0 points1 point2 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Could someone lie and change their name to a higher caste?
[–]shortywannarockFDS Newbie4 points5 points6 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
The most simple explanation is, caste = social class, except it’s not determined by wealth like it is in most of the West. It is strictly determined by which family you were born into.
The highest class is the religious leaders, second is royalty and warriors, third is merchants etc,.
[–]MgrofChaosFDS Newbie[S] 3 points4 points5 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
https://bfy.tw/P3AM
[–]CloacaDiddlerFDS Disciple23 points24 points25 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Here’s another reason I hate how this sub gets compared to incels subs. I’ve never once seen an incel celebrate a woman for anything. We very clearly only dislike the trash men and visibly enjoy the good ones....sorry that there’s just so many trash men I guess, but calling it out ain’t our fault.
I invite you all to see in my most recent comment history the sheer unawareness of trying to talk to a guy about how “all men” is never the point, while he generalizes that all women always generalize men.....
[–]InayahDaneenFDS Newbie15 points16 points17 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
What an amazing man👏🏻 This story is also heartbreaking.
[–]what_about_the_birdsFDS Newbie10 points11 points12 points 5 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Also a good example that it's not wealth or status that makes an HVM
[–]plansdontworkboi0 points1 point2 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Exactly.
[–]feminologie_FDS Apprentice4 points5 points6 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
An HVM would never let you suffer if there is something he can do about it. Why can't all men be like this
[–]Salt_SatisfactionFDS Disciple6 points7 points8 points 5 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
I wonder how he knew there would be water at the bottom in the spot he dug in?
[–]what_about_the_birdsFDS Newbie6 points7 points8 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
He didn't
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