印度人的种姓

种姓制度就像一个谜，在我们访谈中，所有人都说"too complicate"，实际上，就是如下这段话所引述的：

 

微物之神（The God of Small Things）
作者: 阿兰达蒂·洛伊（Arundhati Roy）

三十七岁凭借《微物之神》成为第一个获得全美图书奖、英国文学大奖"布克奖"的印度作家，震惊世界文坛。

Untouchables have also become a strong and organized political force who refer to themselves as Dalits. In a recent interview with Emily Guntheinz, Arundhati Roy was asked to comment on the caste system. Her reply follows: It's the defining consideration in all Indian politics, in all Indian marriages...The lines are blurring. India exists in several centuries simultaneously. So there are those of us like me, or people that I know for instance, to whom it means nothing...It's a very strange situation where there's sort of a gap between...sometimes it's urban and rural, but it's really a time warp. (n. pag.)