Mithiborwala is an anti-caste system activist, and in particular, opposes Manuwad or the supremacist hierarchical ideological system that relegates India's Shudras, Ati Shudras and Adivasis to second class status. He has been inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and is also a leftist and a Phule-Ambedkarite described as "an ideologue" who has been a leftist and also part of the Sarvodaya movement. In his view, noted a profile in the Indian magazine Outlook, "Hindu is not the enemy; casteism is."
