We have very crooked mind. More or less we all have. Its tendency is always to prove you better than others. Wealth, education, look, post, relatives, family etc could be the object for this crooked mind. Of course, in our society, for some people, caste is another major object. To me such mind is silly mind, no matter who possesses it. Imagine, if someone comes to you and say he/she is superior than you, or think superior than you; what will you think of him/her? We must eradicate this cancer from our society as soon as possible. Thanks to the modern world, it's helping a lot to cure our cancer. However, it's not sufficient because the caste system has overpowered the minds of so called educated/modern people, and it has deep deep roots in the mind. There can be two techniques to uproot the can caste system and bring harmony in the society. One is psychological: Through meditation you can purify your mind and erase the taint of the inequality from the mind. समत्वं योग उच्चेते-गीता। Equality is yoga. The whole yogic tradition will teach you only one thing, that is, how to see everything in your life with equal importance. समता = Equanimity = Equality. Another is physical: We have to give importance to inter-caste, inter-cultural marriages. Those who know me know that I am always pro-inter-caste, and inter-cultural marriage person. You can not imagine how much you are giving to the society by one inter-caste marriage. Even if you have some taint of caste, your kids won't have, and a new healthy society will germinate. I am sure this will happen some day. From the conversation with my friends, I found that people hesitate to have inter-caste marriage because of some cultural difference, which sounds obvious to me. This wall of cultural difference is falling day by day due to modernization and eventually we all will have common culture, which will give a lot of importance to ethics, morality, and human values. This will be the universal culture. Enough lived in a narrow world! This is the time to widen up our horizon. Let's evolve in the continuously evolving universe. Vishowntar