But in view of the constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I cannot believe there is caste system in society; I cannot believe people are judged on the basis of their prosperity.
Caste is a delicate issue. It's ubiquitous, and we are full of it. We should start to change things from individual level. But when you go to people and deny caste, they may not react favourably. I think if a decisive percentage of people, especially elites, start marrying out of their caste, we may see a casteless India in a generation's time.
So far as the government is concerned, there is only one holy book, which is the constitution of India. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion.
There is no caste in blood.
But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes.
In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.
We are supposed to all be equal before the law, but we have a separate and distinct ruling class, and that is wrong.
Caste is not a physical object like a wall of bricks or a line of barbed wire which prevents the Hindus from co-mingling and which has, therefore, to be pulled down. Caste is a notion; it is a state of the mind.
Caste may be bad. Caste may lead to conduct so gross as to be called man's inhumanity to man. All the same, it must be recognized that the Hindus observe Caste not because they are inhuman or wrong-headed. They observe Caste because they are deeply religious.
We can't deny the existence of caste in India. We have to live with it.