One of the most frequently debated issues with regard to Indian caste system is with regard to who created this system after all. One motivation for such enquiry is purely academic and part of general origin tracing academic research. But there is yet another nonacademic, politically motivated and emotionally colored discussion on this topic. It …
Though the basic features of caste are well protected through the organic tradition protecting mechanisms that are common to all societies, it should be noted that this did not lead to a frozen or static situation among the members of the caste. Mobility in the form of occupational shift or change in the financial or …
Jaati, which has been wrongly termed as caste, is that not part of Hinduism? It has been a part of the grass roots of Hinduism from millennia. It has been there, parallelly along with the Varna system. In the Vedic body of literature we have arguments both pro and against Jaati, which is essentially a …
Why fall behind Varna when we can embrace Jaati? Stop hanging and start re-claiming! Read More »
The word Varna which is a Sanskrit word denoting 4 categories namely Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra is very popular both in the serious academic literature and popular semi-academic gossip about Indian social system. The English word caste is quite often used as a translation for the Sanskrit word Varna. As a result, at many …
Conflating caste with varna: The biggest confusion that needs urgent shredding Read More »
The word caste has been maligned throughout the modern narrative to such a degree, that when I say that I am a vehement supporter of the Birth-based caste system, people drop their jaws to the floor. Semantic engineering of this word has been taken so far that, the word caste itself gives the sense of …
Stop Demonizing Caste: Why we should stop this caste hierarchy nonsense Read More »
