Cast Your Caste Away: The Clarion Call of Sanatana Dharma

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This Book attempts to address the prevailing Caste System or the Jäti parampara in the Indian society With the passage of time several misgivings have crept in the collective (mis)understanding of our society on this sensitive topic. All in the name of correcting social injustice of the past. This book retells some stories from the Puranas and Itihaas as interesting narratives with bold, thought-provoking counter arguments to provide course correction to the perspective.

The Book appeals to the ordinary informed, inquisitive, thinking. sensible, common man who finds this divide as a scar on the society Caste has become an elephant in the room and not many are willing to talk about it despite the fact that it is tearing the society and nation apart.

This is an attempt to honestly present facts in a simple language. The Book does not claim to be some literary research work or discourses on spirituality and morality though the scriptural reference is unavoidable in such a Context.

Rajeev Venkat holds a post-graduate Degree in Management in addition to his Degrees in Engineering and Law Yet he considers himself as a perennial student on the path of Advaita Vedanta, his foremost introduction.

Being born and having spent his growing up years all over India allowed Rajeev to closely look at and observe the prevalent local social systems. the varied culture and traditions However something always intrigued him which he saw as the invisible firewalls' in the society referred as Caste or Jati.

In this Book the Author attempts to address the prevalent misconceptions about the Caste system that plagues the society.

The caste system in Hinduism has become a much- debated issue in modern times, sadly with hugely negative connotations stemming from misunderstandings and misuse of this phenomenal concept that was once implemented for humanity's smooth functioning and advancement.

Rajeev Venkat, a keen student of Vedanta, has done a brilliant job through this book tearing apart many fallacies around the topic. Bringing together a complete amalgamation of scriptural, social, and historical perspectives, he has very humbly attempted to right the wrongs in current understandings.

He has masterfully punctuated his diligent research with engaging stories of iconic personalities from the Puranas and Itihas to dispel the wrong notions about Hindu religion and philosophy that many generations have blindly nurtured and passed on.

Valmiki, the mystical saint, was once a bandit who transformed on meeting Rşi Narada into the greatest Seer of all times and gifted us the life-transforming epic Ramayana, which inspires us to date. Valmiki, a Dalit by birth, is revered as the Adi Kavi.

If you are an Indian, then it is not possible that you would have missed out coming across a term called, Caste. Now this is something which has intrigued me, pained me and at times even shamed me.

Some refer to Caste as an Evil in the Society while some are ready to die and kill for this identity. After all, what is this Caste which seems to bind and blind the Society in one go?

If Shakespeare would have been an Indian, he might have mused,

"What is in a Caste?"

And, possibly would have ventured to add, "... that which a Human Being can never escape to exhibit from time- to-time, any which way." Confused? If yes, then I have succeeded in at least creating some curiosity to dwell further into this Topic of immense relevance as well as irrelevance for the Society, at the same time. Yet, this one subject has managed to hound generations for several thousands of years and at times, even writing the Story of the Society in Blood and Hate.

Book's Contents and Sample Pages