The Dhaarmik Traditions - Indic Studies Foundation

years, and the extraordinary extent to which they opposed democracy and free
elections in India speaks louder than any words that they believed in the Caste
system, and that they considered themselves to be part of the ruling caste 8
Is the Guna Varna System a valid paradigm for the 21 st century, and if so
should we defend and retain it.
It is time to redefine it or better yet if possible, discard it altogether. I say so not
because i deem the system to be devoid of the very qualities and virtues which have
propelled its existence for several millennia but because it has become a source of
divisiveness for the republic and a weapon in the hands of those who would like to see
the extinction of the Dharma. It is best if there were no references to caste in any
public document such as application forms for employment or loans, or any
affirmative action based solely on caste. Given the dynamics of the social system as
we inherited it from the British, and the entrenched vested interest (of those who
oppose Hinduism) in its prolongation, this is unlikely to happen. Hence in all likelihood
the system will limp along kept alive by bureaucrats, the Hinduphobics, rival
8 When you examine this statement,it reveals
1.Dislike of the Brahmana –that he is intolerantly proud (meaning the Brits whohad fcompletely segregated
themselves into ghettos called cantonments, were the only ones entitled to be proud and intolerant). That such
a dislike was propelled by the need of the colonial master to dethrone the existing elite of India , is indeed
obvious today. Despite this glaring motive, the Indics of today by and large have accepted the British version of
Indic history,and it would take a massive effort on the part of any Government to undo the resulting damage.
2.That he believes in the racial purity of the Aryan
3.That the caste system was based on race
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