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  INTRODUCTION For over four thousand years, the caste system has been the foundation of Hindu culture. The caste system was one of the many evils that plagued Indian society in the past. According to legend, the caste system was created with the aim of splitting humanity into four distinct classes based on the kind of job they did. In terms of social and cultural respects, the major Hindu caste groups are Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra, with each of these Hindu caste groups having several castes and subcastes. These sub-castes have their own set of customary rules that are strictly adhered to by their members. They are so rigid in nature that breaking them through result in a boycott by the whole community in which the offender lives. The same can be said for marriages between couples from separate caste communities. If inter-caste marriages occur, it becomes a customary crime for which innocent spouses are made to pay the price by being killed by their own families o...

Introduction  Patriarchy is the prime obstacle to women’s advancement and development. Despite differences in levels of domination the broad principles remain the same, i.e. men are in control. The nature of this control may differ. So it is necessary to understand the system, which keeps women dominated and subordinate, and to unravel its workings in order to work for women’s development in a systematic way. In the modern world where women go ahead by their merit, patriarchy there creates obstacles for women to go forward in society. Because patriarchal institutions and social relations are responsible for the inferior or secondary status of women. Patriarchal society gives absolute priority to men and to some extent limits women’s human rights also. Patriarchy refers to the male domination both in public and private spheres. In this way, feminists use the term ‘patriarchy’ to describe the power relationship between men and women as well as to find out the root cause of women’s su...