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Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]

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Post by rajup »

naruvimama wrote: post #19
dilawar wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

British class systems and Indian caste system worked together very well.

The word "caste" is derived from the Portuguese castas. The European class system is essentially what transformed into the Indian caste system. Not to mean there was no social hierarchy in India, but the rigid birth based system we have today is the handiwork of the British social engineering. Especially interesting is the population survey which labeled population with a caste, the power to label someone X lay with…

Not sure why you're being downvoted, I thought this was common knowledge.

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Post by neximo64 »

naruvimama wrote: post #19
dilawar wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

British class systems and Indian caste system worked together very well.

The word "caste" is derived from the Portuguese castas. The European class system is essentially what transformed into the Indian caste system. Not to mean there was no social hierarchy in India, but the rigid birth based system we have today is the handiwork of the British social engineering. Especially interesting is the population survey which labeled population with a caste, the power to label someone X lay with…

Do you have evidence for this? The caste system's origins pre dates the British arrival afaik

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Post by petilon »

neximo64 wrote: post #22
naruvimama wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The word "caste" is derived from the Portuguese castas. The European class system is essentially what transformed into the Indian caste system. Not to mean there was no social hierarchy in India, but the rigid birth based system we have today is the handiwork of the British social engineering. Especially interesting is the population survey which labeled population with a caste, the power to label someone X lay with…

Do you have evidence for this? The caste system's origins pre dates the British arrival afaik

See first two paras in wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste_system_in_India

Excerpt:

The British Raj furthered this development, making rigid caste organisation a central mechanism of administration. Between 1860 and 1920, the British formulated the caste system into their system of governance, granting administrative jobs and senior appointments only to Christians and people belonging to certain castes.

Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]

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Post by xenocyon »

gjkood wrote: post #8

The Indian Railways is definitely an interesting organization. Doing a cursory glance at a Wikipedia entry, some of the stats: 1. Established in 1832 2. 3rd largest railway network in the world 3. 8th largest employer in the world. I was hoping to see something about the actual Rail Track details but this is more of a civil engineering specs for building construction. I am curious about when and how Indian Railways w…

Another factoid to add to your list:

Indian Railways is a state owned enterprise - a very large one. Until recently, India's central government released two annual financial statements (budgets) each year: one for railways, and the second for everything else.

Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]

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Post by naruvimama »

neximo64 wrote: post #22
naruvimama wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The word "caste" is derived from the Portuguese castas. The European class system is essentially what transformed into the Indian caste system. Not to mean there was no social hierarchy in India, but the rigid birth based system we have today is the handiwork of the British social engineering. Especially interesting is the population survey which labeled population with a caste, the power to label someone X lay with…

Do you have evidence for this? The caste system's origins pre dates the British arrival afaik

The word does not exist in any Indian language.

To justify the "pre-date", proponents combine highly distorted theory of jatti and varna to artificially synthesize Indian caste system.

The connection of caste with Europe is much more solid and meaningful given the monopoly of church over God and the king as the representative of God.

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Post by snambi »

Indian Railways was started by the colonial British for just two purposes.

1. To Return multiple times returns for British investors on the expense of Indian colonies. 2. To move supply of Raw material to the ports and manufactured goods from England to the natives.

The British left India. But the Indian Railways is still in India.

This organization was not built to serve the people of the land. The Indians have improved it, despite being ruled by socialist governments for 70 years after independence.

Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]

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Post by yedava »

naruvimama wrote: post #19
dilawar wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

British class systems and Indian caste system worked together very well.

The word "caste" is derived from the Portuguese castas. The European class system is essentially what transformed into the Indian caste system. Not to mean there was no social hierarchy in India, but the rigid birth based system we have today is the handiwork of the British social engineering. Especially interesting is the population survey which labeled population with a caste, the power to label someone X lay with…

>Not to mean there was no social hierarchy in India, but the rigid birth based system we have today is the handiwork of the British social engineering.

That is not true. Caste endogamy goes back a long ways[1] before the Brits.

1. https://www.brownpundits.com/2018/06/07/genetical-observatio...

Re: Indian Railways Works Manual (2000) [pdf]

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Post by hungryhobo »

samspenc wrote: post #2

Am I missing something about how and why this made it to the HN front page? Seems to be a fairly trite government publication that is more of interest to civil engineers. I thought maybe there was something in the document that would provoke a few laughs but can't find anything there either.

pretty sure there are quite a bit of indian viewership on HN
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