Caste : A Creation of the Colonial Mind ?
Looking beyond the hierarchies portrayed by ‘caste’ could help in understanding how authority operates in Indian society !
Looking beyond the hierarchies portrayed by ‘caste’ could help in understanding how authority operates in Indian society !
Justice Krishna S. Dixit of the Karnataka High Court, made these statements while speaking on the topic ‘Law and Religion’ organised in memory of senior advocate V. Tarakaram of the Karnataka High Court.
If the common enemy of fundamentalist Christians, Islamists / Muslims, and Marxists / progressives are Hindus, then they will work together to defeat Hindus–
It is precisely anti-racism that makes Westerners self-righteous vis-a-vis Hindus. Whereas social injustice in Western or even in Muslim society is duly recognised, it doesn’t have the extreme stigma of the caste system
There are 370 registered castes in Tamil Nadu. Tension is created at times within different castes, but the reason for this is not only the caste but also the benefits they get based on caste.
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing stated that caste-based discrimination is not part of Hindu Dharma or its teachings.
Pandey sought proof of the reference in the NCERT book that ‘Hindu priests or Brahmins discriminated against women and Shudras’.
Those whose actions are graceful in this birth, have graceful births in the next, like Brahmin, Kshatriya or Vaishya birth !
Panditaradhya Shivacharya Swami after inaugurating the National Natya Mahotsav by hoisting the Shiva flag, said that the programme could be started after singing Basavanna’s vachanas.
The cancel culture championed at Harvard today is antithetical to the path of the Buddha and inconsistent with Ambedkar’s ideology.