The Village -5

...To segregate is a natural characteristic of caste system. The castes themselves are segregated groups of different endogamous people. The area of one caste starts at the end of wall of the last house of cluster of another caste. These areas never intersect each other though many areas may be adjoining. The people belonging to a given caste hardly talk to people from another caste. Any talk should be only on the caste basis other wise it has to be salutations and their acceptances. All socializations among different castes are only pretensions because those who cannot eat together cannot talk together. The talks among different castes are need based only.

The overflowing cup of hatred and contempt flows in the downward direction. The steam of respect moves in upward direction. They hatred and respect never cancel out each other. The environment in the village usually appears to be cordial and friendly; everybody goes around doing his job according to his place in the social and economic system. Each caste is a society in itself; insulated and isolated. It is logical because for the marriages they do not need the other castes. Thus no relations mean insulation. This insulation and isolation provided the purity in the society; exactly the non-mixing of bloodlines. People are separated from each other in their hearts...