Caste Politics vs. Hindu Unity: The Struggle for Bharat’s Soul

The idea of “cultural nationalism” driving India’s civilizational reawakening leaves no room for the construct of caste.

Even as Hindu society is uniting like never before and challenging colonial-era narratives, Indian politics remains deeply entangled in the caste quagmire.

The Constitution’s heavy emphasis on caste-based reservations has, perhaps unintentionally, laid the groundwork for the rise of caste appeasement politics in India.

The Modi government’s decision to conduct a caste census highlights the entrenched power of caste-based politics—so much so that no political party, regardless of ideology, can afford to ignore it.

Hindu spiritual leaders are actively dismantling the caste narrative that has long been used to define and divide the Hindu community.

The global spread of “wokeism,” which frames the Hindu caste system as the root cause of all societal inequalities, is also contributing to the growing prominence of caste discourse in Indian politics.