📌 In This Blog
We've been educated. We've been trained to believe in equality. Yet caste discrimination still breathes in our homes, our choices, and our hearts. The uncomfortable truth about why knowledge hasn't killed this ancient poison – and what it will take to finally free ourselves.
👉 If this truth moves you:
Welcome. Let me start with an uncomfortable truth that most of us refuse to acknowledge: Caste discrimination is not a relic of the past. It's alive. It's breathing. It's hiding in our homes, our choices, and most dangerously – in our minds.
India is a caste-based society. Thousands of castes, countless sub-castes, each with their own rules, their own status, their own hierarchy. And while we celebrate the "unity in diversity," the reality behind closed doors tells a different story.
"Education has failed us. Not because it's weak, but because we've used it as a mask – to hide the very beliefs we claim to have abandoned."
🔗 Yes, Discrimination Still Exists – And We Know It
Let's be honest. There are far more people dividing this society than uniting it. We talk about bringing people together, about breaking caste barriers. The words sound noble. But behind every closed door, in every family discussion, in every marriage proposal – caste is the first question.
And here's the dark truth: It doesn't matter how educated you are. It doesn't matter what degrees you have or which city you live in. The discrimination lives inside you, not just outside you.
You claim to be progressive. You post about equality on social media. But when marriage comes, when family honor is at stake – suddenly you remember your caste. Suddenly it matters.
💡 The Real Problem: Books teach us that caste doesn't matter. But our homes teach us something completely different. And we believe what our homes teach us. That's the poison. That's the real problem.
😔 Even Education Becomes a Weapon
We've been told that education liberates. That knowledge destroys superstition. That the educated classes don't discriminate.
This is a lie we tell ourselves.
The educated classes don't discriminate less. They discriminate differently. More subtly. With more finesse.
In villages, discrimination is obvious. A person from a "lower" caste cannot enter certain homes, cannot sit at the same table, cannot marry into certain families. It's brutal. It's visible. It's undeniable.
But in cities, among the "enlightened" educated class? The discrimination hides behind degrees, behind jobs, behind carefully chosen words. "It's not about caste, it's just that we have different values." "Our families wouldn't understand." "It's more complicated than you think."
The poison wears a suit. And that makes it deadlier.
🔄 Caste Within Caste – The Hidden Hierarchy
Here's what most people don't understand about Indian caste system: It's not just between castes. It's within them.
Take any caste. Inside it, there are sub-castes. Inside those, there are further divisions. Among Brahmins – there are Shaivite Brahmins, Vaishnavite Brahmins, and then further divisions by region, by gotra (clan), by rituals performed.
And guess what? They discriminate against each other too.
A "superior" sub-caste won't marry into an "inferior" one – even though they're technically the same caste. They won't eat together. They won't consider each other equals.
It's caste discrimination on steroids. It's hierarchy within hierarchy. It's the endless need to prove that someone else is below you.
And the most tragic part? People who face discrimination from "higher" castes will turn around and discriminate against "lower" castes within their own caste. It's a chain of oppression that perpetuates itself.
🧠 It's All in the Mind – The Game Your Brain Plays
You know what the real game is? The mind game.
Your mind is not ready to change. That's the uncomfortable truth. You're not actually willing to see what's right in front of you. You're not ready to face the beliefs your parents instilled in you, the values your society taught you.
You see discrimination happening. You hear it happening. But you deny it.
"This isn't happening anymore." "We're too educated for this." "Things are changing."
No. Things are not changing. And the worst part? Knowing this is wrong and still doing it anyway – that's the most dangerous thing of all.
Ignorance is bad. But conscious, deliberate continuation of evil in the face of knowledge? That's catastrophic.
🔥 What Needs to Change – Starting With You
To those who take pride in their caste: Look carefully. Even within your own caste, you discriminate. Even within your own family, you maintain hierarchies based on sub-castes, on family names, on ancient divisions that have lost all meaning.
To those who face discrimination: Don't just accept it. Don't pass it down. Break the chain. Yes, it will be hard. Yes, you will face opposition. Yes, people will judge you. But continuing the cycle of hate will only ensure that future generations suffer the same way.
To all of us: Understand this – caste discrimination thrives on silence. It thrives on denial. It thrives on our collective refusal to acknowledge it.
If you see it, name it. If you hear it, challenge it. If you feel it in your own heart, question it.
This is not about pointing fingers at others.
This is about looking in the mirror.
Because the poison lives inside us. And only we can heal ourselves.
🏷️ Tags: Caste Discrimination • Social Division • Indian Society • Equality • Social Issues • Personal Growth • Life Insights • Meri Baat • Prafull Talks
0 Comments
We’d love to hear your thoughts. Feel free to comment below!