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The caste system brought hardship to a society based upon segregation. Caste barriers cut off people from one another. Castes regulate cooking, dining, marriage and occupation, which is fixed at the moment of birth. Every caste was either more or less pure than every other and these attitudes were damaging to all. The system did its greatest harm to the outcasts or “untouchables” that were mainly uneducated and poor.

India’s caste system depends on things such as race, tribes, languages, occupations, religion and geographical areas. The 4 classes in the Indian society were strictly segregated. At the top was the class of Brahmans who were treated as divine. Next came the Kshatriya, they were warriors whose duty was to protect the land. Below them were the vaishyas, who were farmers and merchants. Lowest of all were the shudras, or serfs who were treated poorly.

The poor were oppressed because of the barriers between the castes. They could not get jobs or even an education. Mother Teresa could not defeat the caste system because that was already their way of life. Mother Teresa tried to regain some dignity of these “untouchables” by bringing them in and allowing them to die with dignity.

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