In the 200,000 years of human evolution, most of the growth has taken place only in the last 10,000 years. In theory, all women of today have the same genetic material from one woman – the Mitochondrial Eve, and that should have served as a unifying factor in all humans. But, in India we have divided ourselves in the name of caste and religion.

The Hindu codebook ‘Manusmriti' is the reason for such division. This caste-based segregation of people continues even today, and is a barbaric practice with untouchability still being a part of it. There is still Dalit discrimination in educational institutions in India and other countries like the USA, where there is a significant migration of Indians. No civilized society should be practicing the caste system.

SAHA intends to conduct extensive mtDNA testing of females of our society from different walks of life, belonging to different castes, socio-economic backgrounds and trace their mitochondrial DNA, as far back as possible, to prove that we all share the same genetic material and are the children of the same mother. Caste system is a fake system and to end the discrimination that it advocates, we will use Genetics & Science in the modern age, to educate our fellow citizens, in the paths as that of Dr. Ambedkar and Periyar.