{"id":5553,"date":"2016-12-20T18:27:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T18:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/?p=5553"},"modified":"2018-07-31T13:19:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T13:19:08","slug":"a-question-of-caste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/a-question-of-caste\/","title":{"rendered":"A Question of Caste"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent Hindi movie called NH10<\/em>, two characters, one a highly educated advertising executive named Meera who is originally from Bangalore, and the other a rural policeman based in the largely agrarian North Indian state of Haryana, have a compelling exchange:<\/p>\n

Policeman (\u092a\u094b\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u093e): \u091a\u0932\u094b, \u0906\u092a \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0940 caste \u092c\u0924\u093e\u0913 \u0964 (Chalo, aap apni caste bataao<\/em>. Come on, tell me your caste<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Meera (shocked, she hesitates): \u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939…\u092a\u0941\u0930\u0940 \u0939\u0941\u0906 \u0936\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u0964 (Singh…Puri huaa shaadi ke baad<\/em>. Singh…it became Puri after marriage<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Policeman (\u092a\u094b\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u093e): Hmm, intercaste marriage. \u0938\u093f\u0902\u0939, \u092a\u0941\u0930\u0940 \u0924\u094b surname \u0939\u0941\u090f \u0928\u093e \u092e\u0948\u0921\u092e \u0964 Caste, \u091c\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u092c\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0939\u094d\u092e\u0923, \u092c\u0928\u093f\u092f\u093e, \u091c\u093e\u091f, \u0917\u0941\u0930\u094d\u091c\u0930… (Singh, Puri, surname hue na maidam. Caste, jaise braahman, baniyaa, jaat, gurjar<\/em>…Singh, Puri, these are surnames, madam. Caste, like Brahmin, Baniya, Jat, Gurjur<\/strong>…).<\/p>\n

Meera: \u00a0\u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092e\u093e\u0932\u0942\u092e \u0964 (Nahin maalum<\/em>. I don’t know<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Policeman: \u0917\u093e\u0901\u0935 \u092e\u0947\u0902, \u0906\u092a (\u0905\u0917\u0930) \u092c\u093e\u0930\u0939 \u0938\u093e\u0932 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u0947 \u091b\u094b\u091f\u0947 \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u0947 \u0915\u094b\u00a0\u0930\u094b\u0915 \u0915\u0947 \u0924\u094b \u092a\u0942\u091b\u094b, \u091c\u093e\u0924, \u0917\u094b\u0924\u094d\u0930, \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940, \u0924\u0941\u0930\u0902\u0924 \u092c\u0924\u093e\u090f\u0917\u093e \u0905\u094c\u0930 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u0926\u094b \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u092a\u0921\u093c\u094b\u0938\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0905\u0932\u0917…\u0936\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0930 \u092e\u0928\u093e\u0913 \u092e\u0948\u0921\u092e, caste system \u0915\u093e \u0964 (Gaav me, aap (agar) baarah saal ke se chote bacche ko rokke, to pucho, jaat, gotra, patri, turant bataaegaa aur apni do apni parosi ki alag…shukra manaao maidam, caste system kaa<\/em>. In the village, if you stop a (about) small, twelve year old child and ask him, he’ll tell you (his) jaat (caste or subcaste), gotra (lineage or clan), patri (horoscope) immediately and those of his two neighbors besides…be grateful for the caste system, madam<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Although this dialogue is from a movie and is, therefore, overly simplistic, it is a striking and relatively accurate depiction of the divide between Indians’ mindsets when it comes to the question of caste. The highly educated and upwardly mobile Meera, who hails from a cosmopolitan, urban background, has the privilege of being able to “forget” her caste (she happens to be high caste) because it does not affect her in her daily life. In this scene, however, she comes face to face with a person for whom caste is of major importance in day to day life.<\/p>\n

One final, short anecdote to illustrate what I’m talking about: at an American-Punjabi-Iranian (yes, it\u2019s complicated, in a good way) wedding (\u0936\u093e\u0926\u0940\/Shaadi, fem. noun<\/strong>) I attended several years ago, I had a memorable conversation (\u092c\u093e\u0924\u091a\u0940\u0924\/baatchit, fem. noun<\/strong>) with a family friend who happens to be Indian. I can\u2019t remember exactly how the conversation meandered to this topic (\u0935\u093f\u0937\u092f\/Vishay, masc. noun<\/strong>), but before I knew it I was talking about \u201cDalits\u201d (\u0926\u0932\u093f\u0924<\/strong>) or a group of people sometimes called \u201cUntouchables\u201d who are not considered part of the Hindu caste system (\u0939\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0942 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0923 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0935\u0938\u094d\u0925\u093e, Hindu Varn Vyavasthaa, fem. noun<\/strong>). The person I was talking to, who happens to be a Brahmin (see discussion below), became offended at this mention of \u201cDalits\u201d (a name that means \u201cdowntrodden\u201d) and vehemently insisted that there was no such thing in modern (\u0906\u0927\u0941\u0928\u093f\u0915\/Aadhunik<\/strong>) India.<\/p>\n

In the moment, I considered arguing the point further, but fortunately refrained from doing so. But, this idea continued to nag me until I decided to ask a Hindi professor of mine about his ideas (\u0935\u093f\u091a\u093e\u0930\/vichaar, masc. noun<\/strong>) on the matter. When I told him how my conversation with the aforementioned family friend had commenced and how it had ended, he smiled slightly and said, \u201cthat\u2019s absolutely not true\u201d (\u0935\u0939 \u0938\u091a \u092c\u093f\u0932\u094d\u0915\u0941\u0932 \u092d\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948\/Voh sach bilkul bhi nahin hai<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

After my conversation with this professor, it seemed to me, as an American, that the notion of \u201ccaste\u201d (\u091c\u093e\u0924\u0940\/jaati, fem. noun<\/strong>) in a North Indian context (I refer specifically to North India because that is the region with which I’m most familiar) was similar in some ways to how \u201crace\u201d is discussed and conceived in an American context. In modern America, one\u2019s race can have great bearing on the neighborhood(s) (\u092a\u0921\u093c\u094b\u0938, masc. noun<\/strong>) where one grows up, which school(s) one goes to, which opportunities (\u092e\u094c\u0915\u093e, masc. noun<\/strong>) or lack thereof one has access to and which occupation(s) (\u092a\u0947\u0936\u093e\/pesha, masc. noun or \u0915\u093e\u092e\/kaam, masc. noun<\/strong>) one is able or inclined to pursue, amongst many other considerations. In a similar way, one\u2019s caste in modern India can greatly affect the above circumstances.<\/p>\n

In modern America, for members of a race deemed to be dominant or overwhelmingly in possession of opportunities, white Americans, talking about race and how notions of it disadvantage other groups of people can be uncomfortable, to say the least. Similarly, for a North Indian who may be highly educated (\u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924 \u0936\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093f\u0924\/bahut shikshit<\/strong>) and may hail from an urban (\u0936\u0939\u0930\u0940\/sheheri<\/strong>) background, the very idea of caste and its significance in the daily lives of many people may very well be perceived as shameful (\u0936\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0928\u093e\u0915\/sharmnaak, adjective<\/strong>) and even reprehensible. To such a person, \u201ccaste\u201d may represent certain negative aspects of Indian culture. Understandably, these aspects are not something a highly educated and urban \u201crepresentative\u201d of modern India would want seen as \u201cdefining\u201d India, especially on the world stage or in a context in which they feel, accurately or inaccurately, they are defending, representing or explaining their culture to a foreign audience, as in the context of the wedding.<\/p>\n

Of course, this aspect of Indian culture in no way defines the country (\u0926\u0947\u0936\/desh, masc. noun<\/strong>) of India or its citizens (\u0928\u093e\u0917\u0930\u093f\u0915, masc. or fem. noun<\/strong>). The topic of caste is just one, among many, that may be chosen for discussion because it is interesting. Yet, it is not only misleading, but blatantly false, that no such thing as a \u201cDalit\u201d exists in India. This community rejected Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s (\u092e\u0939\u093e\u0924\u094d\u092e\u093e \u0917\u093e\u0902\u0927\u0940<\/strong>) campaign to rename them \u201cHarijans\u201d (\u0939\u0930\u093f\u091c\u0928<\/strong>) (or children of god) during the Indian Independence Movement, arguing that this label was patronizing. Instead, they chose to call themselves \u201cDalits\u201d or downtrodden people as an accurate descriptor of the extreme disadvantages they sometimes face, \u201ceven\u201d in modern Indian society. Although it is convenient to pretend that the caste system and the \u201cDalits,\u201d who face the brunt of the inequality engendered by this system, do not exist, this system and its effects (\u0905\u0938\u0930\/asar, masc. noun<\/strong>) are a fact of life for many people in India today.<\/p>\n

In Jaipur (\u091c\u092f\u092a\u0941\u0930<\/strong>), a mid-size or tier-2 city in North India (in the state of Rajasthan\/\u0930\u093e\u091c\u0938\u094d\u0925\u093e\u0928<\/strong>), a certain group of people are regularly employed to clean (\u0938\u093e\u092b\u093c \u0915\u0930\u0928\u093e\/saaf karnaa<\/strong>) bathrooms in homes. This is a task that the majority of comparatively well-off city residents choose not to do because it is seen as \u201cunclean\u201d and therefore potentially polluting. The Hindu caste system is divided into four main castes:\u00a0Brahmins\/\u092c\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0939\u094d\u092e\u0923<\/strong>\u00a0or the priestly and teacher caste,\u00a0Kshatriyas\/\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0924\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f<\/strong>\u00a0or the warrior and ruler caste,\u00a0Vaishyas\/\u0935\u0948\u0936\u094d\u092f<\/strong>\u00a0or the farmer and merchant caste and\u00a0Shudras\/\u0936\u0942\u0926\u094d\u0930<\/strong>\u00a0or the laborer caste; use this model with caution however, as each region of India has vastly different subcastes, mostly based on occupation, that do not necessarily follow this overly broad schematic.<\/p>\n

One of the major concepts on which the Hindu caste system rests is that the\u00a0highest or \u201ctwice-born castes\u201d (usually considered to be Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas) are inherently \u201cpurer\u201d than the lower castes, who are seen, conversely, as inherently polluted. In fact, in the Manusmriti\/\u092e\u0928\u0941\u0938\u094d\u092e\u0943\u0924\u093f<\/strong>, an ancient Hindu law text regarded by many as authoritative, the origin of the caste system is explained through the story of the primordial man. The\u00a0first castes originated from his body parts according to the purity and pollution associated with each part: Brahmins from the head, Kshatriyas from the arms, Vaishyas from the thighs and Shudras from the feet. According to this logic, the higher castes perform higher prestige, less polluting tasks or occupations and the lower castes (including Dalits, who are actually seen as outcastes from this system) perform less prestigious, often highly polluting tasks or occupations. Thus, in modern India, some people are born into communities of trash scavengers, who collect bottles for example and sell them for money, or sweepers, who sweep streets of refuse and then burn the refuse. Anyone who has contact with contaminating substances as part of an occupation that is usually hereditary, such as human waste, trash and animal hides, usually belongs to a low caste or Dalit community. Hence, this system all but ensures the existence of a group of people employed primarily to clean bathrooms for those who can afford to pay them.<\/p>\n

When our maid or \u0928\u094c\u0915\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0940\/naukraani <\/strong>in Jaipur, who was a Rajput\/\u0930\u093e\u091c\u092a\u0942\u0924<\/strong> (a Kshatriya or warrior caste that is seen as highly prestigious in Rajasthan), suggested to us that we hire a woman to clean the bathroom in our apartment, we were mystified. Our maid eventually convinced us, however, arguing that she had taken it upon herself to find work for this woman, who was extremely poor (\u0917\u0930\u0940\u092c\/gareeb<\/strong>). Whenever this woman would enter our apartment, she seemed to exist almost as a shadow, with her head bent, never making eye contact, wary of touching any surfaces and barely speaking to us unless first spoken to. Our maid would usually scavenge in our refrigerator and give her whatever food she deemed unfit for our consumption, such as stale bread. The woman who cleaned our bathroom was married to a man who collected bottles for a living, so our maid would knock all of our bottles from the countertop onto the ground while the other woman crouched on the floor to collect them. It did not take long for me to notice that our maid would go to any lengths to avoid physical contact with this woman, whom she undoubtedly saw as \u201cunclean\u201d due to the community into which she was born and the work she performed. Whenever this woman would eat or drink anything in our apartment, she would always sit crouched on the floor, accepting whatever scraps of food were thrown to her and using her own mug to drink chai.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, despite the fact that these two women were both socially disadvantaged in terms of their illiteracy, gender and straitened economic circumstances, caste in this situation trumped any notion of socioeconomic \u201cclass\u201d as we would think of it in an American context. Because our maid was a Rajput, her disadvantaged status as an uneducated and poor woman did not matter as much in her caste dominance over someone from a \u201cDalit\u201d community. \u00a0Although this was by no means a typical situation, it is a highly plausible one in a mid-sized, predominantly conservative city such as Jaipur.<\/p>\n

It does not usually help anyone to deny that a problem exists, such as denying that racism is a major social issue in modern America that can have drastically negative consequences for its victims. And, just because America does not have a formal caste system as does India, does not mean there are not a plethora of issues in American society that need to be addressed, such as endemic racism, cultures of violence and pervasive sexism, to name just a few. Sometimes we must ask ourselves, just because some aspect of our culture makes us uncomfortable, makes us feel ashamed, is that a reason not to talk about it? Or is that a reason to talk about it even more so that, perhaps in a more socially equitable future, we may have less reason to feel ashamed?<\/p>\n

Read the words below carefully and, after the vocabulary list, see how some of these words can be used in sentences:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vocabulary List<\/h2>\n

(\u0936\u092c\u094d\u0926\u093e\u0935\u0932\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u0942\u091a\u0940):<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. \u091c\u093e\u0924\u0940\/Jaati, fem. noun: caste.<\/li>\n
  2. \u0936\u093e\u0926\u0940\/Shaadi, fem. noun: wedding.<\/li>\n
  3. \u092c\u093e\u0924\u091a\u0940\u0924\/Baatchit, fem. noun: conversation.<\/li>\n
  4. \u0935\u093f\u0937\u092f\/Vishay, masc. noun: subject, topic.<\/li>\n
  5. \u0926\u0932\u093f\u0924\/Dalit, adjective: “downtrodden,” refers to a group of people not considered part of the Hindu caste system.<\/li>\n
  6. \u0906\u0927\u0941\u0928\u093f\u0915\/Aadhunik, adjective: modern.<\/li>\n
  7. \u0935\u093f\u091a\u093e\u0930\/Vichaar, masc. noun: idea.<\/li>\n
  8. \u092a\u0921\u093c\u094b\u0938\/Paros, masc. noun: neighborhood.<\/li>\n
  9. \u092e\u094c\u0915\u093e\/Maukaa, masc. noun: opportunity.<\/li>\n
  10. \u092a\u0947\u0936\u093e\/Peshaa or \u0915\u093e\u092e\/Kaam, masc. noun: occupation or work.<\/li>\n
  11. \u0936\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093f\u0924\/Shikshit vs. \u0905\u0936\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093f\u0924\/Ashikshit, adjective: educated vs. uneducated.<\/li>\n
  12. \u0936\u0939\u0930\u0940\/Sheheri vs. \u0917\u094d\u0930\u093e\u092e\u0940\u0923\/Graamin or \u0926\u0947\u0939\u093e\u0924\u0940\/Dehaati, adjective: Urban vs. rural.<\/li>\n
  13. \u0936\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0928\u093e\u0915\/Sharmnaak, adjective: shameful.<\/li>\n
  14. \u0930\u0942\u0922\u093c\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0940\/Rurhivaadi, adjective: conservative.<\/li>\n
  15. \u0926\u0947\u0936\/Desh, masc. noun: country.<\/li>\n
  16. \u0928\u093e\u0917\u0930\u093f\u0915\/Naagarik, masc. or fem. noun: citizen.<\/li>\n
  17. \u0905\u0938\u0930\/Asar, masc. noun: effect.<\/li>\n
  18. \u0938\u093e\u092b\u093c \u0915\u0930\u0928\u093e\/Saaf karnaa, verb: to clean.<\/li>\n
  19. \u0928\u094c\u0915\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0940\/Naukraani vs. \u0928\u094c\u0915\u0930\/Naukar: first, maid or female servant. Second, male servant.<\/li>\n
  20. \u0917\u0930\u0940\u092c\/Gareeb, adjective: poor.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Sentences (\u0935\u093e\u0915\u094d\u092f\/Vaakya):<\/h2>\n

    1. \u090f\u0915 \u092c\u093e\u0930 \u091c\u092c \u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0936\u093e\u0926\u0940<\/u> \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0925\u0940, (\u0924\u094b) \u092e\u0948\u0902\u0928\u0947 \u090f\u0915 \u0926\u0942\u0938\u0930\u0947 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093f \u0938\u0947 \u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924 \u0926\u093f\u0932\u091a\u0938\u094d\u092a \u0935\u093f\u0937\u092f<\/u> \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u093e\u0924\u091a\u0940\u0924<\/u> \u0915\u0940 \u0964<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Ek baar jab main shaadi me thi, (to) main ek dusre vyakti se bahut dilchasp vishay ke bare me baatchit ki. <\/em>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

    One time, when I was at a wedding, I had a conversation with another person about a very interesting topic.<\/u><\/p>\n

    2.\u00a0\u0906\u0927\u0941\u0928\u093f\u0915<\/u> \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\/\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0941\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928\/\u0907\u0902\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902, \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0932\u094b\u0917 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u091c\u094b \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0906\u092a \u0915\u094b \u201c\u0926\u0932\u093f\u0924<\/u>\u201d \u0915\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0914\u0930 \u0935\u094b (\u0935\u0947) \u0932\u094b\u0917 \u0906\u092e \u0924\u094c\u0930 \u0938\u0947 \u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924 \u0917\u0930\u0940\u092c<\/u> \u0939\u094b\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0914\u0930 \u0926\u0942\u0938\u0930\u0947 \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0905\u0932\u0917 \u092a\u0921\u093c\u094b\u0938\u094b\u0902<\/u> \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0930\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0964<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Aadhunik Bhaarat\/Hindustaan\/India me, kuch log hain jo apne aap ko \u201cDalit\u201d kehte hain aur voh (ve) log aam taur se bahut gareeb hote hain aur dusre logon se alag paroso me rehte hain. <\/em><\/p>\n

    In modern India, there are some people who call themselves \u201cDalits\u201d and they are oftentimes very poor and live in separate neighborhoods from other people. <\/u><\/p>\n

    3.\u00a0\u0939\u092e \u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924 \u0936\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093f\u0924<\/u> \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0914\u0930 \u0936\u0939\u0930\u0940<\/u> \u0907\u0932\u093e\u0915\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0930\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902; \u0907\u0938\u0932\u093f\u092f\u0947, \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0938 \u092e\u094c\u0915\u0947<\/u> \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u091c\u094b \u0926\u0947\u0939\u093e\u0924<\/u> \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0930\u0939\u0928\u0947\u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0938 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0964<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Hum bahut shikshit hain aur sheheri ilaakon me rehte hain; isliye, humaare paas mauke hain jo dehaat me rehnevaale logon ke paas nahin hain. <\/em><\/p>\n

    We are very educated and we live in urban areas; therefore, we have opportunities that those who live in the countryside do not have. <\/u><\/p>\n

    4.\u00a0\u0926\u0941\u0928\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0939\u0930 \u090f\u0915 \u0926\u0947\u0936<\/u> \u092e\u0947\u0902, \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0935\u093f\u0937\u092f \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u091c\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0939\u0947\u0902 \u0909\u0938 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u0947 \u0928\u093e\u0917\u0930\u093f\u0915<\/u> \u0936\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0928\u093e\u0915<\/u> \u0938\u092e\u091d\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902 \u0964<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Duniyaa ke har ek desh me, kuch vishay hain jinhe us desh ke naagarik sharmnaak samajhte hain. <\/em><\/p>\n

    In every country in the world, there are topics that that country\u2019s citizens consider shameful. <\/u><\/p>\n

    5.\u00a0\u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u092a\u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u0928\u094c\u0915\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0940<\/u> \u0939\u092e\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0918\u0930 \u0938\u093e\u092b\u093c \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0940<\/u> \u0939\u0948 \u0914\u0930, \u0909\u0938 \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0924\u093f\u0930\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0924 (in addition to), \u0915\u0941\u091b \u0914\u0930 \u0915\u0920\u093f\u0928 \u0915\u093e\u092e<\/u> \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0964<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Mere parivaar ki naukraani humaaraa ghar saaf karti hai aur, us ke atirikt, kuch aur kathin kaam karti hai. <\/em><\/p>\n

    My family\u2019s maid cleans our house and, besides that, does some other difficult work.\u00a0 <\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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