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Castes Quotes

There is no caste in blood.

There is no caste in blood.

Edwin Arnold
Blood, Castes
Edwin Arnold (2016). “The Light of Asia, or the Great Renunciation (Mahâbhinishkramana): Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddhism (as Told in Verse by an Indian Buddhist)”, p.79, Routledge

Now I have no caste, no creed, I am no more what I am!

Kabir
Creeds, Castes, Belonging

Caste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers.

B. R. Ambedkar
Division, Castes, Labourers
"The Annihilation of Caste". Essay by B. R. Ambedkar, ccnmtl.columbia.edu. 1936.

When we choose a mobile network, do we check whether Airtel or Vodafone belong to a particular caste? No, we simply choose the provider based on the best value or service. Then why do we vote for somebody simply because he belongs to the same caste as us?

Chetan Bhagat
Vote, Checks, Castes

I too belong to an OBC caste but I have never used my community to get power

Narendra Modi
Community, Used, Castes

Castes never meant that much to me.

Kiera Cass
Castes

Harijan service is a duty the caste Hindus owe to themselves.

Mahatma Gandhi
Hinduism, Duty, Castes
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

The Pariahs, our fellow beings, ought to be educated by the higher castes.

Swami Vivekananda
Pariahs, Educated, Castes
Swami Vivekananda (1974). “Awakened India”

I say we haven't ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.

Michelle Alexander
America, Castes, Havens
Source: www.truth-out.org

Women were relegated to an inferior caste ... most dramatically with the coming of industrialization. 'Women's work' was segregated from significant human activity.

Madonna Kolbenschlag
Industrialization, Significant, Castes

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