Jati vs. Caste
How a Spiritual Civilization Was Distorted by Colonial Primitives š Introduction Most people have been taught to associate the word “caste” with India — and always in a negative light. But let’s set the record straight: “Caste” is not an Indian concept. It’s a European term , imposed upon India during colonization, with disastrous consequences. What India truly had was Jati — a decentralized, organic, and spiritually rooted system of social organization. What Europe had — and in many ways still has — were rigid, primitive class structures that exalted bloodline and conquest over merit and wisdom. This is not the story of two civilizations. This is the story of civilization being brutalized by primitive powers — powers that confused their technological weapons with cultural superiority and exported their social diseases in the name of empire. Let’s correct the historical lens, once and for all. š§ 1. Caste: A Portuguese Word, Not an Indian System The word...
