illustration of two hands placing ballots into a light blue ballot box. Each ballot features an image of a pyramid with yellow and white stripes, representing the Indian cast system.
2024-06-13 151词 简单
Mr Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ran a campaign that sought to unite every tier of Hinduism’s centuries-old caste system, under which adherents are ranked by birth in a strict hierarchy, with Brahmins (the priestly caste) at the top and Dalits (formerly known as untouchables) at the bottom. Although a system of quotas has for decades given lower castes preferential access to education, government jobs and some parliamentary seats, discrimination against them is endemic and often violent.
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