Disadvantages Of Indian Culture

Sri Sathya Sai Baba, an Indian Spiritual leader once said “In this context religion means the religion of love. This is the only religion in the world. There is only one caste, the caste of humanity.” he has highlighted one of the main problems in the Indian culture. Guru Nanak, an Indian Spiritual leader has also said “I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste.” This system is suffocated the people that are trapped in it. The caste system is a way to categorize people without their authorization. For example, if a young boy’s father is a servant, the boy too must be a servant. In other words it is your destiny that is picked from birth. That the caste is part of their culture. In this novel a young man discovers

Having a career chosen for you is very suffocating, Balram had suffered with having to choose his own path, moving from job to job when he wanted to be more than just a servant, more than the lower caste. Balram had tried to talk to another servant and he said “[o]nce a servant, always a servant” (Adiga 256). The other servant is stating that Balram will always be a servant, that it is in his blood to be one. He is stating that Balram cannot escape the caste system, once you start in the lower caste you have to stay in the lower caste. This illustrates the cultural influences on the career choices in one’s life, once one 's destiny is picked out for them that is who they will always be, that is always the first thing that they have learned. Some may always try to change their destiny but in this culture it is very difficult to find a new path. “See: Halwai, my name, means ‘sweet maker’. That’s my caste, my destiny. Everyone in the Darkness who hears that name knows all about me at once. That’s why Kishan and I kept getting jobs at sweet shops wherever we went. The owner thought Ah they’re Halwais, making sweets and tea is in their blood”(Adiga 53). The Indian culture influences the career choice because the Indian culture had already picked a career for each person before they were even born. This is very unfair towards the Indian population because they have no choice in what they want to do with their future. They have no power to change the way that the caste system works. The males and the females often have different careers options. The Indian culture demonstrates that the caste system is the way life should be, without creating chaos. It is very hard to find a career outside of your own caste. In the Indian culture, one’s future is already laid out for them, what job they will have, who they will marry, how they will die, etc. Balram Halwai knew that others could