Jobs are distributed on the basis of expertise and ability and not decided by caste. In a city, buses and trains do not segregate people on the basis of caste. He points out that the “relative anonymity” of an individual’s identity in a city makes it difficult for “rules of purity and pollution” to be observed and enforced in the public sphere. Amit Ahuja, of the Department of Political Science at the University of California, states that “urbanisation undermines caste”. Unlike a village, which provides a highly localised worldview and a fertile soil in which caste can flourish, cities possess the innate characteristic to rob caste of its natural feudal environment and put it in a vibrant, multi-faceted and volatile situation in which it might suffocate. The process of urbanisation, therefore, if carried out in a planned, sustainable and inclusive manner, can potentially help India mitigate the impact of all-pervasive casteism that is crippling India’s rise as a global power. Centre for Security, Strategy and Technology.
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