Social dehumanization is not the core of the Varna system as the Varna system comes with the concept of second birth that means if a person is born with a particular Varna, adapt or accumulate the knowledge/skill of some other Varna then they can change their Varna.
There is no mistaking that the Ram Janmabhoomi Movement appealed to the depressed castes and classes. Viewing through that lens, one would justly regard it as a truly subaltern movement.
Ram Mohan Roy opened too many fronts in too little time for his reform works among Hindu Bengali community. He succeeded in some, and failed in others.
Showing the caste names opening on the wheels and investing wholeheartedly of to which caste one is brought into the world is such backward and in reverse and absolutely not dynamic or forward looking.
Caste- the original phrase carries as much weight as claiming to disbelieve in capitalism. The question of belief does not arise at all. As the duality of rich and poor exists, so does caste. And it will stay.
There are numerous scripts which in detail explain how the Varna of a person should be determined based on the profession & nature of his living not based on birth.
Now is the time for India to show maturity of the democracy and stop exploiting lower castes and stop committing injustice against the people who are outside these castes.