India, June 6 -- Aravindan Neelakandan in his 'A Dharmic Social History of India' has sought to deconstruct the widely held views on the Indian caste system. That the Indian caste system is rigid has been a view amplified by the western scholars for decades. The birth-based discriminatory system is unique to India also somehow has been projected by the western scholars.

Neelakandan has dug deep into the world of research in his bid to demolish the western outlook of the Indian social fabric. For the endevour, Neelakandan has mined documents and research papers, which run into 56-page of references in the book.

The author, who is a well-known name in the literary world, while also being an Editor of Swarajya, establishes that the birth-b...