Caste as a Mindset: The Psychological Foundations of Social Hierarchy

in Annihilate Caste

by Nagesh Chaudhari

14/09/2026

Caste is notional. It is in the brain, in the mind. Remvove it from brain and behaviour. The four Varnas are mentioned in the Rgveda. Then it is found in almost all the Smrutis specially most vehemently in the Manusmruti and also in all the Puranas and in the Ramayana, Mahabharata. Geeta is a mini edition of the Manusmruti.

Impact of this is the result of the caste psyche becoming rigid in the minds of the people.

The very origin of the Varna system is foolhardy. The Varnas according to the Rig Veda are 

delivered from the body of Brahma. Brahmin from the mouth, Kshatriya from Arm, vaishyas from thighs and shudras from feet. Phule ridiculed this type of birth of Varna caste in his book “Gulamgiri” . How can this happen?

Could Brahma hold and deliver like this from the mouth and arms, thies and feet?  And there is no mention of the woman from which part of Brahma’s body she was born. Thus this foolish origin of Varna caste should be ridiculed by all the humanitarians and revolutionaries make known to the masses the Shudras, Vaishyas and Kshatriyas. The minds of the people are castised. They feel that caste is in their blood. And Brahmins are successful in implanting this imaginary concept in the minds almost permanently in the minds of the majority non Brahmins 

This Needs mind revolution. It was opposed from the days of Buddha, Phule, Periyar Ambedkar and others. 

Golwalkar calls this social hierarchy a Hindu nation, saying ‘We have achieved Mankranti’ मनक्रांती. That means they have captured the minds of the people. That means they made them slaves. The caste psyche is sort of slavery. Phule calls it in his wonderful book **Slavery*. To defeat this so called mind revolution by the RSS is the task before India’s humanitarians and revolutionaries. And this will be real revolution.

If the creators and the most beneficiaries of the caste system say about their success through  psychological impacts to remove the reactionary and hierarchical, exploitative psyche, there needed the aggressive movement against the established hierarchical mindset  by all humanitarian and revolutionary anti-caste groups. Anti-caste psychological propaganda should  be the part of the movement to erase the caste mindset of the lower castes and Dalits. The mindset of the so called upper most caste- the Brahmins is the cause and it was preached by them for generations through multiple methods through convincing through literature, preachings terrorising and even through violence.

The fact that caste  is unnatural and imaginary should become the vision of all humanitarian and egalitarian people and they need to spread this vision. 

  Secondly, people, not only of all castes but also of all the religions on the earth are biologically  same. There are no body or biological differences  because of caste, sect or religions.This obvious and natural biological similarity, equality needs to be propagated

 to all the people holding complexes of superiority and inferiority through  caste, race or religion.

Even there is Sanskrit verse that all are born as Shudras they become Brahmin after the thread ceremony. Janmana jayte shudra Sanskarat dwij संस्कारात द्विज उच्चते. That is Brahmins themselves accept that they are not superior or upper because of birth. However, they donot accept this universal truth that all humans are equal.

Struggle or war on Caste system 

What sort of Revolution is necessary to finish Caste system?

1. Through class struggle or caste struggle, violent struggle

2. Through conversion to other religion 

3. Through politics 

4. Through communist parties 

5. Through defeat of Hindu nation 

6. Through social education,

7. Through propaganda that all castes are equal 

The movements that harmed the Caste system are 

Anti-caste social movements, Satyashodhak Samaj, Dravid movement of Periyar in the South…..

Social Capital and money capital 

Brahmin caste dominate feudals. It considers above feudals, kings. Shivaji a king was called Shudra. That means Brahmins consider above feudals. And some say about anti feudal revolution. Why they don’t touch Brahmins? 

Not only Brahmins consider feudals below them the money capitalists like are also placed below Kings. And even today the capitalists consider themselves below Brahmins,RSS. Adani Goenka etc go to Mohan Bhagwat, RSS. But vice-versa doesn’t happen.

Social capitalist is a class which controls, dominates money capitalist class. Therefore the Anti caste struggle is against the social capitalist class.

But the anti feudal revolutionaries do not dare to take that stand as per the tradition from the very beginning of the communist thinkers and today too they shirk from naming the social capitalist class the caste.

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