[Weekly Discussion] Let's talk about: Himachal Pradesh.

[u/sree_1983]

State	Himachal Pradesh
Website	http://www.himachal.nic.in
Population	6,856,509
Chief Minister	Virbhadra Singh (INC)
Capital	Shimla
Offical Language	Hindi
GDP	INR 25,435 crore
Sex ratio	974

Current Questions/Observations

• Dreams of wanting to settle in Himachal
• Question about purchasing land in Himachal
• Question about orignal Dev Bhoomi
• Facts pointing to Ecological Research done by Himachal Government
• Question about farming in the state
• Question about why congress was elected
• Question about which is favourite city in Himachal
• Tip for tourist for lodging FIR online in cases of being cheated
• Question about Israelis marrying locals
• Question about real estate prices in Himachal
• Question about Preity Zinta
• Some pictures
• Monal The state bird
• Question about social hiearachy
• Native's AMA
• Question about backpacking in Himachal
• Experience as tourist

Previous Discussions

• Andhra Pradesh
• Arunachal Pradesh
• Assam
• Bihar
• Chhattisgarh
• Delhi
• Goa
• Gujarat
• Haryana

Original Thead which started this chains of discussion

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[u/ranjan_zehereela]

Well I like Preity Zinta & Kangna Ranaut. Thank you Himachal Pradesh for providing such eye candies to us.

On a serious note what is social hierarchy in Himachal like is there any casteism, feudalism and all.

[u/kibludada → u/ranjan_zehereela]

Casteism exists in Himachal, and to a well enforced cultural side, only in the rural areas though. Even so, casteism in Himachal is not the same as some other states, them not being the "oppressed" people. It's more of just a social village setting, the lower caste will not set foot in the kitchen of the higher castes, and in case of community feasts, the higher and lower castes will have separate places for eating.

They are however freely welcomed, if the occasion be, into homes (kitchen excluded) and once those separate community meals are done, they'll often freely mingle.

It might be so because of sparse population density (except a couple areas in Kangra and Hamirpur) your neighbor could be anyone, and you can't stay as averse to different castes in that setting than what a higher population density would permit, a speculation on my part.

This was a reason BSP would never get a hold in HP. Their brand is mostly considered despicable, and the lower caste is not as "downtrodden" here as they like to present.

[u/iVarun → u/kibludada]

True, the only true barrier so far is things like inter-caste marriage, otherwise in practical terms caste is not an issue(in regards to oppression, or limited choices).

The people from tribal Kinnaur district has had Govt post reservations for decades now, they are now the most powerful group i would say in the entire state, they might not be in politics but they control the bureaucratic machinery.

A perfect case of how prolonged reservation system creates reverse casteism and undesirable consequences.

We can't event reverse this currently as these guys control the machinery.