{"id":1058,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/discuss-ambedkars-ideas-on-annihilation-of-caste-upsc-psir-2013-1106\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:18","slug":"discuss-ambedkars-ideas-on-annihilation-of-caste-upsc-psir-2013-1106","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-ambedkars-ideas-on-annihilation-of-caste-upsc-psir-2013-1106\/","title":{"rendered":"Discuss Ambedkar\u2019s ideas on \u2018annihilation of caste\u2019."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">caste = \u201cdivision of labourers\u201d (occupation by birth, denies choice\/dignity) \u2014 rests on endogamy + purity-pollution + scriptural sanction (Vedas\/Shastras\/Manusmriti) \u2014 graded inequality \u2014 blocks united resistance, weakens nation \u2014 destroys public spirit \/opinion \/fraternity (\u201cvirtue caste-ridden, morality caste-bound\u201d) \u2014 democracy impossible on such soil \u2014 inter-dining \/inter-caste marriage useful but insufficient \u2014 socialists wrong to treat caste as secondary to class \u2014 cure: destroy religious sanction \u2192 \u201creligion of rules\u201d to \u201creligion of principles\u201d \u2014 law as disinfectant \u2014 casteless order on liberty- equality-fraternity<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">partial reform (inter-dining, inter-caste marriage) vs root destruction of religion; class-only socialist view vs caste-centred analysis<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Conclusion ri annihilation = ending the religious-ideological basis of caste, routes not softening it R2 replacement by casteless democratic order, \u201cone man, one value\u201d \u2014 Limaye\u2019s Communist Manifesto parallel<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[46],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[55],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1058","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-46","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-indian-political-thought","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3318,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1058\/revisions\/3318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1058"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1058"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1058"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}