by the way, i disagree with Rajesh's statement that says Britain made us civilized but he is right that they did unite us. If we don't accept the uniting part, we are living in a dream world.
By the way, if it wasn't for British invasion, would we have gotten rid of the caste system at least at a legal level? Probably not, then again, the Muslim invaders would have forced us to so perhaps yes, except we won't have been Hindus. Catch 22 huh