India, July 5 -- The Gita challenges caste by promoting inner qualities over birth, urging liberation from all social identities

We live in a time when the line between spiritual wisdom and social distortion blurs daily. In a land that proclaims unity in diversity, caste remains the quiet contradiction. Alongside the lofty ideals of inner transformation and philosophical inquiry, social divisions continue to fester. One of the most misunderstood and often misused scriptures cited to justify this division is the Bhagavad Gita. Among its many teachings, a particular verse, Chapter 4, Verse 13, is frequently cited to justify caste. Some have even gone so far as to say that Krishna himself is responsible for centuries of caste-based oppressi...