“I am opposed to the system of Hinduism because it is based on the dogmas of Chaturvarnya (caste system), the Shastras and the Smritis — this is the real enemy of human equality.”
— Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Architect of Modern India, Jurist & Social Thinker
Verified passage in Annihilation of Caste (1936), Section XX, articulating why caste inequality cannot be reformed without dismantling the religious authority of caste Shastras.