born a Brahmin, went to Australia, practice Buddhism
Caste is man made not divine.
Western life is incompatible with orthodox caste behaviour.
many jobs are inconsitent with caste strictures eg medicine is ritualistically impure and unclean; engineering is sudhra work! business is VAishya work.
but people aspire to these jobs becuase of the money- hypocrisy?
the caste system involves many restriction on human freedom which suppress natural human development.
Buddhism transcends this by recognising that we are all different becuase of our Karmas and only enjoins us to practise truth, compassion and tolerance.
Does the caste system embody this?
Does Hinduism embody this?
If we put up with hypocrisy in our daily lives then our religious views are not pure.
Hinduism is no different from other isms and unless it evolves to be more inclusive, then its rules are more self serving than spiritual.
Religion is not an excuse to justify prejudice.
If it fails the simultaneous tests of truth compassion and tolerance then it is not spiritual.
Note that Islam fails dismally on that score.
It is a bloodthirsty religion based on lies (Mohammed sanctioned these to attain the greater end of Islamic world domination), Hatred (of all christian and Jews and especially idolators (misguided Hindus take note)); and Intolerance (of anyone not a muslim, with Arabs at the top of the tree).
So castes exist in all societies even though we do not see them as clearly as in Hindusim.
In the West, there is the White/Black/Yellow/etx divide.
and even within whites there are gradations.