Hinduism’s pervasiveness makes renouncing caste seem impracticable to many

Evidence

Annihilation of Caste is often called (even by some Ambedkarites) Ambedkar’s utopia—his impracticable, unfeasible dream. He was rolling a boulder up a cliff, they say. How can a society so steeped in faith and superstition be expected to be open to such a ferocious attack on its most deeply held beliefs? After all, for millions of Hindus of all castes, including Untouchables, Hinduism in its practice is a way of life that pervades everything—birth, death, war, marriage, food, music, poetry, dance. It is their culture, their very identity. How can Hinduism be renounced only because the practice of caste is sanctioned in its foundational texts, which most people have never read? — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 113

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

• XREF: Directly engages the reader’s interest in whether caste annihilation could scale and succeed.

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• Caste preservation overrides any sense of duty to improve others’ condition. (similarity 0.84)
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• Ambedkar resolved to abandon Hinduism to escape the stigma of untouchability. (similarity 0.84)
• Caste discrimination persists inside non-Hindu religious communities. (similarity 0.83)
• Caste prevents the shared activity that would unite Hindus socially. (similarity 0.83)
• Caste persists because it is a sacred notion, not a physical barrier. (similarity 0.83)
• Ambedkar framed caste as a sickness endangering all Indians beyond Hindus (similarity 0.83)
• Learned savarna Hindus must reinterpret scripture to correct caste conduct. (similarity 0.83)