Death of the caste system. Whether you like it or not, I feel that the caste system will die fairly soon, whether people like it or not. But how? If Gautama Buddha, Guru Nanak, Ramchandra, Tulsidas and Swami Vivekanda (and others) could not reform it or eradicate it, what will kill it off now? The simple answer - money. Money changes everything, never underestimate its power.
Money is the new religion. In the olden days, the pursuit of wealth was seen as impure, therefore there was no real need to be rich. They had respect, that's all that mattered. The explosion of consumer goods like DVD players, wide screen TVs, Cars etc has made India into a advertising man's heaven. Money is become the new God and in this religion, what matters is your talent and intelligence, not where you're born. Over time, this has meant that the caste system will fall apart as Indian society becomes a place where status depends more on money than your surname. Whether that's a good thing or not, that's debatable. Caste system might be replaced with a Class system, the rich and the poor, or white collared and blue collard and so on. We will then have debates on why the poor are not getting free schooling or jobs. Should we give them free lunch or should we look for talent? There will be people who will say âFree lunch will not work if India has to succeedâ. Look at Soviet Union or Nehruâs socialism. Others will say âRob Peter and give Paulâ. Or they may debates on why the rich are not getting married with the poor. Or we might even debate about the skin color? World is not fair and will never be. Carlos
