Book Review | Caste-icide by Mahalingam Balaji

The blurb of this book speaks a harsh truth: that the use of the phrase ‘caste system’ is so prevalent today that most of us accept it as a fact, that it is discriminatory, and that it must be eradicated. After examining primary evidence from various sources though, Mahalingam Balaji, the author of the book, ‘Caste-icide’, has an important insight to share, that none of these assumptions are supported by facts. This so-called ‘caste system’ appears to be a product of Western imagination. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar refuted this allegation, too: that Brāhmaṇas created the ‘caste system’ and imposed it on non-Brāhmaṇas. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, and national leaders speaking up against these lies, this myth is still treated as hard reality.

The worrying part is how quickly this issue is being used globally to undermine and guilt-trip Hindus. Be it the caste discrimination case in California, or with the evolution of ‘Critical Caste theory’, in any interaction between two Hindus, this ‘caste system’ dynamic is being weaponized and used to their detriment.

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