Society in India
Society in India: Indian society is fundamentally based on the principles of “Achaaraa paramo dharmaH”. It respects the cultural characteristics of the arriving community. At first, it welcomes them and allows their integration smoothly into the dominant culture of the community. This distinctive trait of Indian society of assimilation of other cultures can be called as social culture. Obviously, this system is different from the Acculturation system practiced in other societies.
Wherefrom this spirit of accommodation comes to Indian culture?
Spirit of Accommodation
This type of favorable disposition towards newcomers is occasionally referred to as ‘Hindu Tolerance’ regarding different faiths. Yet it is not completely like that. Concerning the religious aspect, we should keep in mind that Indian society has experienced numerous transformations over thousands of years. Initially, it was Vedic civilization.
Examining history reveals that the Jaina and Buddhist religions coexisted. Mainstream Hinduism did not disappear even when they were influencing the nation. Subsequently, Shankaracharya rejuvenated Shaivic worship. Shaktism also emerged and ruled for a period. Later, Ramanujacharya established the Vaishnava movement. Then arrived the Krishan sect. For several centuries, Lord Rama has been equated with God in North India. Therefore, when individuals come with a different religion, Indians do not perceive them as a danger. Gradually, they will be incorporated into the community via the method of assimilation. This type of accommodation has another perspective. It is the community of villagers.
Village community
Villages are where India resides. Each village serves as a small Republic and represents a type of Community. Each village is made up of different communities coexisting to form a village community. They have lived harmoniously for many generations. Any conflict between various communities is settled through Panchayats. Every community will possess its unique sub-cultures. This implies that there would be a sense of mutual adjustment. This type of social environment views any incoming community as non-threatening to the current social structure. Immigrant groups would be placed according to their job skills or professional capabilities.
Traditionally, a complete village community comprises agriculturists/farmers, artisans, and service castes such as Brahmins – priests, astrologists, vastu experts, barbers, washermen, butchers, drummers, carpenters, potters, goldsmiths, ironsmiths, brass smiths, etc.
The occupation of farming was accessible to everyone. However, the village tank, excavated and cared for by a Kula or Jaati, would ultimately prevent others from accessing water from their owned tank. In that scenario, Kula individuals eager to switch to Agriculture can freely relocate to different regions, dig their own wells, or create their own tanks. Land was plenty in the olden days.
Traditionally, each caste has maintained a level of esteem in village affairs, irrespective of their theological status within the Varna hierarchy of social structure.
Low crime rate in India
In India, because of Hindu traditional family values like Family, Clan, Caste, Locale, etc., we successfully meet our emotional and material needs within a community. Because of our family system crime rate is very low in India when compared to Western societies. What these social institutions achieve in India cannot be done in the West because they lack this type of communal living. Western societies are governed by the State and the Church. Let us know that only 16 people per one lakh population in India are jailed, whereas in the US, there are 700 incarcerated individuals per one lakh people. Moreover, five times this amount are overseen by the Police in the US.
No Gender bias
Women in India are safeguarded in all aspects. During our visit to the Central Jail in Rajahmundry as students in 2009, we discovered that among the 1550 inmates housed there, only 10 were female convicts for committing crimes. Additionally, 40 more women were sentenced for producing illegal arrack/liquor. (Illegal arrack production is also a family business in India). Even if we consider the total of 50 as female inmates, the proportion of women offenders in the Jail is very loa @ 3%.
In the US, women make up 45% of the jail population! No gender bias exists in the US! Women and their children are abandoned to their circumstances in the US. In India, men are viewed as unmanly for abandoning their families and leaving women in poverty.
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