Although caste system was introduced into hinduism at a later stage, at this point, it is pretty much intrinsic to hinduism, and it is part of hinduism since it is not going away anytime soon. Due to rigid structure of society mostly because of lack of education, there are many ways in which hindu beliefs and practices harm the society in general from moving forward.

Another issue with hinduism is the respect that is demanded by elders. Hinduism teaches one to respect elders and it inhibits new younger generation with better ideas to be able to exhibit their true potentials. This is very clearly shown in politics of hindu countries, where old politicians do not let go of the reign they have by exerting the age old hindu custom where elders need to be respected by younger ones.

Let's face it, elders can *deserve* respect not *demand* it. Elders can be wrong and youngsters can be right, but due to the restrictions put by religion, younger people voice are not heard and thus age old wrong practice gets proliferated till the elders impose such power over the rest of the population.

Although the core values of Hinduism are great, it has grown up into a very restrictive and discriminatory religion specially due to people who have manupulated the core great values to benefit themselves.

It is evident in looking at Nepalese society how segregated it is due to legalization of discrimination by religion. It is customarily acceptable to look down upon people according to their birth or sex.

We as a society can never move forward with this kind of attitude unfortunately.