Studebaker, Benjamin M <br/><br/>
The Varna System in Gandhi's Theory of Civic Education 

 -  Economic and Political Weekly  2024 
 - 59-65 
<br/><br/> While M K Gandhi was a critic of hierarchical caste and untouchability, he defended hereditary occupation. For Gandhi, learning how to make a living from our parent(s) at home allows us to spend most of our time on spiritual pursuits rather than for money. Gandhi recognised that the varna system of his day was not performing this function. Achieving swaraj required reintegrating all Indians into the varna system as Shudras, teaching them traditional crafts like khadi. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Caste and Untouchability<br/> M K Gandhi<br/>Caste System