Hi. I didn't see this term mentioned in the thread, so I wanted to share this all with you. It's about Izzat. Some posts have mentioned 'saving face', which is Izzat, but I wanted to elaborate on it.
This was horrifying to read. So the very foundations of their society is nothing but collective punishment and collective honour?
If I read all of this right, if say a Dalit man questions a Brahmin man's work: this wasn't just an affront to the Brahmin's abilities, it's an affront to his honour as a person and the honour of his entire caste. If he concedes, he's losing large chunks of Izzat for his entire caste, while the Dalit questioning him doesn't really gain anything. He's not benefiting from questioning someone's work, there's no transaction here. In order to gain this Izzat back, or even get more out it, the group is incentivised to avenge with the utmost brutality imaginable.
Seeing a Dalit man enjoying the fruits of his labour, wanting to look good (lol, I know, Indian) and have good things is seen as challenging every other caste's Izzat.
The Jugaad allows the jeet to cheat, scam, steal and even rape, torture and murder because it boosts their Izzat if they get away with it.
So this is why the jeet I used to work with never fucking backs down and never admits to any wrongdoing. Each time I want to help him with his work, I'm not helping him or the team to achieve the KPI, I am attacking his Izzat and his entire caste. This was also why my previous workplace was enjeetified. It wasn't jeet nepotism, it's seen as gaining this non-existence batshit insane virtual currency in their dogshit culture.
And conversely this is why some of the Christian Indians I met seemed so nice. I heard that converting to Christianity or another religion (like Islam) frees the person from their caste. This means they no longer have to play this insane game of virtual currency gain.
This is also why nothing ever gets done in India. That pile of trash in New Dehli was supposed to be removed in 2018, then 2022, now it's 2028. If they were to remove it, it's seen as conceding and a collective loss of Izzat. So if they leave it there and even if something happens like another fucking trash landslide, it doesn't touch their Izzat.
How can a society be so fucking backwards? This sounds insane.
The Dalit man was beaten up and thrashed for wearing good clothes and sunglasses.
It seems like caste doesn't care about achievement, personal wealth, and personal growth. It's purely genetic lottery (which they've lost already being born Indian LMFAO).
Every functional country should ban this garbage system.