CASTE - The Unexplored Territories: Why Does it Continue to Exist?

Roy T James

Oct 2014 · jt

About this ebook

Caste is a relic of dark ages. It did not evolve into a modernized version in the natural course of events as the people of India  were not the real custodians of Indian society, having been under foreign rule for many years and those rulers finding great use in caste. Other countries had their share of such customs which are even more shocking, like lynching or burning at stake, various entertainments of Roman Empire, all of which, evolved into something less obnoxious, as time went by.  There has never been a time in Indian history when someone of significance did not attempt in its eradication be it Buddha, Swami Vivekanada or the hordes of other leaders of later origin How come it still remains, causing trouble at will, though there is nobody who does not earnestly say that they want  to see its' demise. This book is trying to answer that by taking a unique approach the problem. 

Describing the evolution of caste in a 'no nonsense' language and exhorting all the need to take urgent steps before it is too late, this book is an attempt to identify the exact reasons why caste has been readily accepted in India and continue to be so, regardless of the multitude of cultural, social and political changes over many a century. Although what is vogue is to consider caste as something imposed from above, sufficient reasons are given pointing to the contrary and explaining why people would have been in more or less consonance with this system. Differing with and offering alternatives to popular view, this book is bound to prod the readers into firing the best of their arsenal, either to oppose caste or to oppose him. 

About the author

He has taken to writing on retirement from Indian Navy in 2013 after a lengthy career having had the good luck to come across a real, wide cross section of the country, as colleagues, subordinates and superiors, including quite a few from more than a few countries. Every second person, during those years, that one had to do business with, thus being from entirely different backgrounds and consequently opening up a kaleidoscopic view of society, he couldn't but reflect on human transactions in many colors, each of them leading to a horde of imponderables, whether human or non human, both living and non living.

So far has published the following books: 

-Origin of Caste in India, revised and republished as CASTE The Unexplored Territories: A new, practical and fundamentally different approach to the most vexed social problem of India.

-Origin of Evolution, revised and republished as Why Evolve? The Gains from Evolution: A holistic look at the issue of life which shockingly opens up a myriad of possibilities.