[American_Patriot_For_Democracy]

Please. The "caste system" is constantly used as a lame excuse when people like you run out of "moral authority" in attacking India and its democratic government. It is a well-known fact that the caste system has always been a ruse concocted by the British to "divide and conquer" the people of India, and to subjugate them to their will, while they robbed, raped, and pillaged that once great and wealthy nation. But if you would like an education, go here, it also has an extensive bibliography at the bottom of the page, but I am sure you will ignore it and continue to spew your ignorant tripe on these boards:

THE TRUTH BEHIND THE CASTE SYSTEM IN INDIA

[Lejes Rimul]

Ah, so it was the British who established the caste system all those many thousands of years ago. Thanks for clearing that up.

[muawiyah]

First time I've ever seen anybody claim the caste system is non-existent - just a fraud perpetrated by the Ukian people.

My first discovery of the caste system was in the pages of the Bhagavad Gita. I have also read the Upanishads and a number of other ancient Indian cultural documents. (BTW, "Arabian Nights" also qualifies as such and I have read that.).

All of these Indian sources agree that there was a caste system and it has truly ancient roots. It continues into modern times. One of the ways out of the caste system is to become a Moslem. Another is to become a Sikh. Yet another is to become a Christian. It is a violation of Indian law to suggest to a Hindu of whatever caste that he become a Moslem, Sikh or Christian.

In India Protestant Christian missionaries have been murdered by being burned alive with burning motor vehicle tires within recent memory. They were murdered by Hindus.