> What about the cast system? Do you think that would be better or worse now if the british had never colonialised india?

The British aggressively codified, intensified and encouraged increased enforcement of the caste system in India in order to facilitate their divide-and-conquer strategy. Did you really not know that?

https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=101...

http://www.britishempire.co.uk/article/castesystem.htm