Abstract

Worldwide Non-Hindus have a narrative that Hindus are as practitioners of racism of one caste towards the other. But this is far from the truth; it was a practice in old India but has mostly been eradicated over the past 75 years since independence from the British.  This paper explains the caste system and how it got corrupted over the last 2500 years to become an avenue for racism; most Hindus have already accepted that this was wrong and have corrected themselves.  The original caste system was a division of labor with equal rights for all the four castes.  Such a system produces professionals in the four major fields which all countries must have namely, instruction followers (Shudras), producers (Vaishyas), warriors (Kshatriyas) and spiritual guides (Brahmins).  The original concept was that some traits of professions can be passed down via physical instructions from parents or even biologically.  Thereby over generations very good professionals were created for the country to excel.  But each of the four castes has a period when they are more sought after and thereby develops ego; just as when a beautiful girl develops ego.  Today, the Vaishyas are sought after and soon the Shudras will be sought after on account of their better ability to follow instructions of computer systems

Keywords

Caste system, Indian culture, Hinduism