Caste for circulation
- “We pigeon holed everyone by caste and if we could not find a true caste for them, labelled them with the name of hereditary occupation. We deplore the caste system and its effect on social and economic problems, but we are largely responsible for the system we deplore. M L Middleton, I.C.S. Superintendent of the Government of India, in the census 1911 Report for Punjab and Delhi (Vol 15, Part I, p 343).” (cited in Puri, 2006). Use of the word caste is a vital part of political machinations and its convoluted use by the media is to mislead people.
- This one is from Buddhist resources: When Buddha was passing through the streets of Magadha, the king asked him that you look like royalty but are clad as a beggar, who are you? He answered that his given name is Siddharath, his jaati is Shakya, his gotra is Gautam. But now he is nothing and nothing belongs to him?
- Did the king ask him about his caste? Did he name his caste?
- Why are we not able to erase it from our thought process and attitude? Because most people either out of ignorance and mostly out of need of this as propaganda tool try not to see the difference between sense, common sense and NONSENSE.
- In the Sankalap mantra, which is as old as the Vedas, it mentions the name, the Gotra and parents’ name. it does not ask varna or occupation. The pledge has not changed one bit.
- Myth bursting
YADAVS are low caste, Shri Guru Nanak Dev ji derided it, Swayambhu Manu before the Varaha Kalpa started the Caste system
