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The Original Sin Was Caste
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Honi Soit
In Catholicism, this takes the form of original sin, an unavoidable condition said to stain all of humanity.
To call caste Hinduism’s “original sin” is not metaphorical excess.
Original sin is framed as universal, but so too is the promise of salvation.
Hinduism’s original sin, caste, offers no such redemption.
So we are left with a brutal question: if caste is Hinduism’s original sin, why do we still call it a religion of peace?