E. Nigma:
“For example, to dismantle the caste system in India would also mean a direct assault on Hinduism. Which is more breakable; Hinduism or the democratic idea, in India? I don’t know the answer, but it might be a clue as to the limits of “liberal democracy”.”
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Traditional religious teaching is one impediment that liberal democracy has had to overcome. In order to dismantle the rule of kings in Europe, Europeans had to reform or overcome Christian teachings that upheld the divine rights of kings. In retrospect we look back at European history and recognize that the political victory of liberal democracy over the divine right of kings was historically inevitable because of many social factors, not that Europeans were “different” and eternally committed to rule by kings because they were ruled by kings for many centuries.

What is the historical trend in India? Is it the historical trend that the caste system is being reinforced and appears to be the wave of the future? Or it is the historical trend that the caste system is being eliminated and that liberal democracy is the wave of the future?