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Book: Hinduism in Five Minutes

Chapter: 42. How does Caste Affect What a Person Does?

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.41709

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Caste can and often does influence one’s work, but it generally does not determine it in a direct sense today. This chapter provides examples of how caste practices vary tremendously from place to place in India, in some cases affecting peoples’ daily lives significantly and in others not at all.

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