Publisher's Synopsis
Adi-das is about caste consciousness realized through the life of an Asat from India who is feet-cuffed and fated since birth. He is nicknamed Adi-das, an acronym for "All day I dream about Sat of all Sats" as he is on a quest to seek the singularity of Brahman (infinite cosmic consciousness) that is also called Paramsat, Paramhamsa, Paramatman. His nickname Adi-das is also a portmanteau of two words: das (slave) and Adi (short for Adi Shankaracharya, the Advaitin).
The story is a thought experiment, where a low caste Shudra man named Anant conceals his caste and marries an upper caste Brahmin woman (eventually revealed to her by an anonymous person) breaking the immutable law of the Chaturvarna caste order, a digital code computed through the endogamous Brahma vivaha (marriage).
When his caste fraud stands exposed, he kills his wife and is caught by the cops. He is determined to conceal the reason behind the killing and is ready to face any punishment, resigning to his fate. However, destiny has other plans when he loses a bet to his former black student on the outcome of the presidential election of 2008 against Barack Obama's victory. Ironically, in losing the bet, he realizes the truth of America's founding principle that God created all men equal and wants to shout out the lie of inequality of the Chaturvarna caste order to the world in a court of law.
Will Anant's (Asat's) revelations in the court help Americans understand Brahma vivah's absolute bond that is the foundation of the Chaturvarna caste order, and will he have his eureka moment of finding the singularity called Paramsat?
