摘要：Dr. B. R. Ambedkar found the rigidity of the caste system most illogical. According to him, Hinduism is not a missionary and organized religion like, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism and Budhism. It lacks the feeling of fraternity that exists in these religions. The root cause of inequality exists not because of economic backwardness but due to social ostracism of a bulk of the population in the country. Hindu caste system is based on division of labour. It is determined by their birth. The Hindu caste system favoured the unity of the first three varnas and separates the fourth varna, i.e. the shudras from the rest and assign them all kinds of menial jobs to them and deprive them of status, money, freedom, equality and a decent way of living. The caste system is affected by a process of graded inequality. All castes are not on par. They are one above the other. Castes are all individual entities.
