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...It can be said that the Gita as it is unmistakably propounds the caste system and unambiguously details the caste characteristics that is besides the earmarked social occupations / obligations of its members. Hence, one should ponder - would have Krishna chosen to reduce Shudras, his own p...

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...The sore point to those at the rough-end-of-the-caste-stick in the ‘in vogue’ Gita (short description of the Bhagavad-Gita) is God Krishna’s alleged owning the creation of the very discriminatory caste system thus: chātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sruṣhṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśhaḥ tasy...

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...The Gita ‘As It Is’ - A Travesty of CasteBy BS MurthyIt is a safe bet to say that while most might have heard a... ...ithunderstandable misunderstanding as it, as it is, sanctions the inimical caste divisions in theHindu polity as opposed to the Torah, the Bible, and ... ...the respective communities.The sore point to those at the rough-end-of-the-caste-stick in the ‘in vogue’ Gita (shortdescription of the Bhagavad-Gita) ... ...ta) is God Krishna’s alleged owning the creation of the verydiscriminatory caste system thus:chātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sruṣhṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśhaḥtasya ... ...e (human) qualitiesand (mundane) activates he had created the four varnas (castes), and although he was thecreator of this system, he remains a non-do... ....However, Gita’s modern-day protagonists, mostly hailing from its pampered castes, seekingto cover up this embarrassing reality aver that the envisage... ...stes, seekingto cover up this embarrassing reality aver that the envisaged caste system is based not onone’s station of birth but on the state of his ... ...his human evolution etc. Granted, but if indeed it istheir conviction that caste only symbolizes an evolutionary human state then they shouldhave been... ...ey shouldhave been at the forefront in fighting against the birth oriented caste system. Besides, whythere is no advocacy whatsoever on their part tha...

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...tions, published way back in 2003. Be that as it may, before the veracity of the Sangh Pramukh’s “If some pundits citing scriptures are talking about caste-based discrimination, then it is false” averment is examined; it is imperative to delve into the cynical Dalit and Shudra Cards in play to affect the Double Hindu Squeeze....

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...the raise, the unraveled Nehruvians, driven by their craving for power, stoked up the Shudra flames of Ramcharitamanas in the hope of regaining their caste traction in the country’s political arena. Maybe, Dr. Bhagwat’s assertion supra is primarily meant to douse the Shudra political fire but if only carried forward, it has an immense potential to set the Hindu polity on i...

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...Bhagwat De-squeeze of Hindu Caste-SqueezeBy BS MurthyAddressing a gathering at Ravidas Jayanti in Mumba... ...datelineFeb 6, 2023, has said - “To our Creator, we are equal. There is no caste or sect. If somepundits citing scriptures are talking about caste-bas... ...on, then it is false. .. Weare confused in the whirlpool of the concept of caste and caste hierarchy. This confusion hasto be removed.”As a corollary,... ...of the Sangh Pramukh’s “If some pundits citingscriptures are talking about caste-based discrimination, then it is false” averment isexamined; it is im... ...Double Hindu Squeeze.Whereas the Muslim Sufis were the first to breach the caste fault lines to spread Islam intothe Hindu hinterland that eventually ... ... Hindus began toassuage the aggrieved Dalits by downplaying the underlying caste-discrimination withingenious propositions such as the Hindu varna is ... ...on withingenious propositions such as the Hindu varna is not to be seen in caste colours for to startwith all are Shudras at birth and it is guna (nat... ... say, this half-hearted attempt that is insincere at bestfailed to cut the caste ice and the evangelicals of the alien faiths continued to fish in the... ...hamic votes on religious grounds andfragmenting the Hindu franchise on the caste lines.It was this Double Hindu Squeeze affected by the Dalit and Shud...

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...No mistaking it, in India’s socio-religious turf, caste is the divisive creed of the Hindus, largely immune to the cultural credo of the Hindutva, formulated by Savarkar, which diminishes their demographic strength in its electoral arena, comprising of non-Hindus in conside...

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...aste PreservativeBy BS MurthyNo mistaking it, in India’s socio-religious turf, caste is the divisive creed of theHindus, largely immune to the cultura... ... status quo in the long run, pitching for thesame as the preservative of their caste identities and interests that are dearerto their hearts above all... ... varnavyavastha based on varnāshrama dharma (occupation-oriented castegrouping) with swadharma (caste code of conduct) unique to each va... ...gelists, soas to serve their Christian cause, started turning the Hindu menial castes intosoft conversion targets by polluting their minds with the pr... ...ets by polluting their minds with the projection of varnavyavastha as an evil ‘caste conundrum’ that’s debilitating as well as demeaningto them. And t... ... And thereafter, as a double whammy, the left-leaning stuff brandedHinduism as caste-oppressive Brahmanism and that began to alienate theintermediate ... ...ducation and that brought about social confidence in the Hindu middle andlower castes but as the Brahmins continued to remain the face of ... ...karacharyas (it’s time they’reforced to shut their shops that impede the Hindu caste equity) and even asSarsanghchalaks of the vaunted Rashtriya Saway... ...ultural vehicle in the Indian political arena, got mired in the quagmireof the caste conundrums even after India’s traumatic partition on the Islamicl...

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...lk Page shall be given, for the interested reader to understand the context of the writings. It may be mentioned in passing that I do not have any caste feelings. I do not vouch for the on-going caste based reservations being doled out to the various groups, each competing on claims of antique inferiority. The need of the hour is to appreciate quality, and not mediocrit...

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...l side also, with almost all communities trying to claim ancient links to ‘superior’ castes. This is being done not only by the Hindus Conte... ...e converted Chris- tians (Travancore kingdom). No one wants a link to any ‘inferior’ castes of yore. There is much GoBack claim of a l... ...more thanOnePageBack 7000 years back. SEARCH Then there is the issue of the certain castes leaderships trying to usurp the leadership ofOth... ...certain castes leaderships trying to usurp the leadership ofOther BOOKS other unconnected castes and populations by claiming that they are their ... ...motives in these actions are off-course political power based on huge populations of caste subordinates. I, the writer here, have ... ...d the context of the writings. It may be mentioned in passing that I do not have any caste feelings. I do not vouch for the on- go... ...ique inferiority. The need of the hour is to appreciate quality, and not mediocrity. Caste has no meaning. Nor does religion. The quality im... ... endeavour of the Indian leader. See this link for an example. As to the claims of 'caste' defining human quality, it is nonsense. The lowe... ... departure of the British rule. These persons do not currently exhibit any signs of low caste NextPage demeanour. In fact, many of them c...

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...eged partiality towards certain races and also given the prevalence of slavery in their societies, they saw nothing perverse in the inequity of the castes in the Hindu religious fold that its interpolations espoused. Ridden of the following 110 spoiler slokas, the Gita acquires the clarity of expression and thought required for its comprehension and contemplation. ...

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...work deserving to be thrown into a dustbin for “it advocates inequality of man based on caste,stigmatizes women as an inferior kind and legitimizes vi... ...hat rightlyoutrage the Mankars of the non-Brahmanical world, which the favoured varnas (castes)downplay with winding explanations that cut no logical ... ...ṁ shreyaḥpara-dharmo bhayavahaḥ.It is far better to perform one’s prescribed duty (read caste duty) faultily than to performanother’s perfectly. In fa... ...tamguna-karma-vibhagashahtasya kartaram api mamviddhyakartaram avyayam.The four varnas (castes) have been created by Me, based on the division of guna... ...sham api na tyajet,sarvaarambhaa hi doshenadhoomenaagnir ivaavrutaah.Natural duty (read caste duty), even though fraught with defect, should not be ab... ...s to reasonthat it was the priestly interests that inserted these to suppress the other castes, saveKshatriyas with whom they were in cohorts, and bel... ...evalence of slavery in their societies, they sawnothing perverse in the inequity of the castes in the Hindu religious fold that its interpolationsespo...

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...traders and Shudras the artisan-labour force lived in the same quarters, which happenstance underscores that the varna vyavastha of yore was not that caste-tight after all. But sadly, so it seems, at some point thereafter, Shudras, based on their respective occupations, came to sub-divide themselves into numerous caste groups in what can be called vruththi vyavastha, an im...

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... Christian party colleague A. Raja pitched in with AIDS and leprosy tags to picture Hinduism as a menace to the world at large for it is a synonym of casteism. But who were to ask the Indian Church as to why it won’t deem encouraging Crypto-Christianity, which is the secret practice of Christianity, in places and time periods where Christians were persecuted or Christianit...

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... picture Hinduism as a menace to the world at large for it is a synonym of casteism.But who were to ask the Indian Church as to why it won’t deem enco... ... to the malicious Semitic attack on their dharmicethos was stymied for the caste has always been the Achilles heel of their social chore.Hence, it is ... ...emitic madness to deride Hinduism and that is toturn the disgruntled Hindu castes into an evangelic feed to try to fulfill the fond hope ofPope John P... ...he tougher half lies in Hindus themselvesadmitting the inequalities in the caste order and redressing the same.Well, to begin with, it is inconceivabl... ...uchable neechamongst men, and yet this abominable disparity had become the caste reality of the Hindupolity, the why, how, and when of which is rarely... ...searched. What isworse is the Hindu hypocrisy which proclaims that in fact caste is not about birth but is allabout one’s guna (character) or that all... ...lies the naivety of the savarna minds, the alleged guna-aidedascent on the caste ladder exhibits their intellectual dishonesty but for whichDr. BR Amb... ...sgruntled dalits have come to naught, it is imperative that a levelplaying caste ground is provided to alleviate their justifiable bitterness.In this ... ...n theirrespective occupations, came to sub-divide themselves into numerous caste groups in whatcan be called vruththi vyavastha, an imitation of the h...

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...Though the dalit tag affords political clout to its desperate classes as a whole, it had failed to buttress the self-worth of its disparate caste groups for in the Indian cultural calculus, caste is intrinsic to the social-worth of its members. Thus, it is imperative to cast a sense of caste-worth in the dalit fold in the ‘Black is Beautiful’ mould for the collec...

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... of Ambedkar, notonly adopted them through its 1950 constitution as schedule castes, SCs in popular parlance, butalso obligated the state to engage it... ...ter theirtraditional oppressors from indulging in insinuations against their caste base to belittle their state-induced social advancement. But before... ...downtrodden in theconstitutional scheme of things. Nonetheless, as the upper-caste prejudices persisted, theiratrocities against these continued, more... ...heir part tended to falsely implicate the former under the stringentSchedule Castes and Schedule Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 that manda... ...ion and moral upliftment are far from being ripened, but why? And the upper castes, for their part, seeing their untouchables becoming the spoiled ch... ...ate all along. While thisnew savarna grievance helped buttress the old upper castes’ hostility towards the downtrodden ofyore, the latter, who needed ... ...classes as a whole, it had failed tobuttress the self-worth of its disparate caste groups for in the Indian cultural calculus, caste isintrinsic to th... ...o the social-worth of its members. Thus, it is imperative to cast a sense of caste-worth inthe dalit fold in the ‘Black is Beautiful’ mould for the co... ...n, is the subject of oursubjective attributions. And the same applies to the caste names that came to represent theascending steps of the Hindu social...

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...cial doctrine of yore, and the Bhagvad-Gita, the spiritual tome in vogue that lay down the discriminatory dharma (duties) of the four social classes (castes) have been the bugbears of the Hindu backward classes. However, to their chagrin, of late, as the latter is being mindlessly promoted even though the former was constitutionally debunked, they began advocating that it ...

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...he only epic in the world that is admired without application of mind and debunked with reasonable misgivings as it, as it is, sanctions the inimical caste structure in the Hindu polity that is as opposed to the Torah, the Bible, and the Quran, which seek to inculcate emotional unity amongst their respective adherents! Whatever, on one hand, William von Humboldt, the ph...

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...es)Sundara Kānda - Hanuman’s Odyssey (A translation in verses)Dedicated to the slighted castes, whose forebear, Krishna, bestowed the invaluableGita u... ... of mind and debunked with reasonable misgivings as it, as it is, sanctionsthe inimical caste structure in the Hindu polity that is as opposed to the ... ...owards his chosen peoples, mighthave seen nothing perverse in Krishna’s creation of the caste inequity in the Hindusocial fold sanctified in the Gita ... ... māṁ viddhyakartāram avyayamIt is I who engineered the division of men into four varna (castes) based on their guna(innate nature) and karma (earthly ... ...s with its fascinatingphilosophical postulations, bypassing its alleged espousal of the caste inequities in analien polity the nuances of which they w... ...nam adharmo ’bhibhavaty utaCh1, v41Sex ratio adverse that war ensuesTurns women soft on caste barriers.adharmābhibhavāt kṛiṣhṇa praduṣhyanti kula-stri... ...able for Arjuna, who was a Kshatriya, seated next only to theBrahmins on the Hindu High Caste-tableSo, Lord Vishnu, the Creator, in his avatar as Kris... ... latter-period by 110 inane interpolations.Be that as it may, did Krishna share ‘higher caste’ Arjuna’s ‘lower’ caste concerns?Seemingly not since he ... ...e Sanskrit usage. But the hard rub, as is already seen,was the attribution of the false caste narrative to Krishna with its debilitating lowercaste du...

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...However, the moot point is whether or not Manu can be exonerated on the grounds that his original composition was subsequently fouled by caste prejudices and vested interests, and it seems to be the case. It all began thus: 1.1. The great sages approached Manu, who was seated with a collected mind, and, having duly worshipped him, spoke as follows: 1.2. ’D...

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...iti had its last sway, if at all, over the Indian polity but still theHindu castes that it slighted lazily hold it against the Brahmins that it once e... ...human form.Besides, belying the perceived oppression of the so-called lower castes, apparently therewere rulers among them, never mind Manu is said to... ...h has become subject to heretics, nor inone swarming with men of the lowest castes.Just the same, no denying that the Brahmins, nay the pious among th... ...n who enjoys a willing maiden shall not suffer corporal punishment, if (his caste be) thesame (as hers).9.90. Three years let a damsel wait, though sh... ...ble; but after that time let herchoose for herself a bridegroom (of) equal (caste and rank).9.91. If, being not given in marriage, she herself seeks a... ...ated on the grounds that hisoriginal composition was subsequently fouled by caste prejudices and vested interests, andit seems to be the case.It all b... ...to us precisely and in due order the sacred laws of each ofthe (four chief) castes (varna) and of the intermediate ones.1.3. ’For thou, O Lord, alone ... ...2 was a later-day interpolation intended to dragthe discourse onto the four caste track from 1.31 onwards with many more insertions, albeitintermitten... ...oyal sages who formerly possessed the whole world, caused a confusionof the castes (varna), his intellect being destroyed by lust.However, the true gi...

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...y.” Humayun Kabir (at the inaugural of IIT Madras, 1959). This essay seeks to highlight segregation as the keynote of traditional Indian life and caste as the key to the evolution of segregation. Caste in India could, over the centuries, unfold a truly pluralist polity, though each caste in itself was quite monolithic. The coexistence without coalescence of numerous ca...

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...nipluralism: Introductory III. Hinduism and Buddhist Protestantism IV. The Impersonal Individual V. Hindutva: A Theological Figment VI. Nature of Caste Pluralism VII. Royal Government and Caste Plurarchy Afterword Notes...

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...dcodes and even the scriptures. As a path-breaking reinterpretation of theinfamous caste, with all its inequities and barbarities in practice, it bold... ...alized and inexorably resilient. As ithandles the diverse facets and phases of the caste dispensation, the essaymay be tad repetitive, but it is, I ma... ...e perspective to show it could as well be due to the near nullresponse of the vast caste complex to the Buddhist campaign. One cannotmoreover dismiss ... ...t as mere speculation when the author daringly contendsthat Hinduism has not given caste, caste has given Hinduism and, in thesame way, Manu has not g... ...ven caste, caste has given Hinduism and, in thesame way, Manu has not given caste, caste has given Manu. And thefootnote no. 9 too, in small print tho... ... essay seeks to highlight segregation as the keynote of traditionalIndian life and caste as the key to the evolution of segregation. Caste inIndia cou... ...ste in itself was quite monolithic. The coexistence without coalescence ofnumerous castes could facilitate a polycentric social order in which powerwa... ...gave no scope for centralized autocracy or mega-government.The pluralist legacy of caste may finally account for the unique success ofthe Indian exper... ...hich has had a none toocommendable record in many other non-Western nations. True, caste inIndia would countenance no open or mobile society. But deep...

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...lations has not been mentioned or detected. This most powerful factor is the verbal codes in the native feudal languages, and the exact position of a caste or tribe or individual inside these languages...

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...itutions.com Telegram: https://t.me/VICTORIA_INSTITUTIONS Please note: ‘Castes and Tribes of Southern India' is in the public domain. However, ... ...radation set upon native-English nations 2. Annotating the textual matter 3. Castes and Tribes of Southern India 4. Books by VED from VICTORIA INST... ...a) EDGAR THURSTON, C.I.E.This is Volume One of Edgar Thurston’s CASTES AND TRIBES OF SOUTHERNINDIA.In this book, Thurston has attempted... ... OF SOUTHERNINDIA.In this book, Thurston has attempted to list out the various castes and tribes of thesouthern parts of the South Asian Subcontinent.... ...rn parts of the South Asian Subcontinent.The various attributes of the various castes and tribes, including their family systems,customs, traditional ... ...y and such other things are delineated in this book.In the case of some of the castes, very detailed descriptions can be found.The Commentary given by... ...is the verbal codes in thenative feudal languages, and the exact position of a caste or tribe or individual insidethese languages.As of now, a few new... ...re bereft ofmerit because he was a ‘British colonial official’. CASTES AND TRIBES OF SOUTHERN INDIACommentary ... ...bly have read completely. Even though in a most perfunctory manner. Of the Castes and tribes of Southern India, I have read only Part Icompletely....

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...Description: There is a New System Caste Going on in America Today. These Poems Break Down the Issues in the World Involving What is Known for Being Called the Prison Industrial Complex or Pic. Come on the Journey to Understand the Pic is More and Open Up Your...

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... (from other constitutions) and paste (in the Indian Constitution) work of the so-called framers of our constitution, comprising of the Semitic-naïve caste Hindus and a well-informed, though embittered dalit, as argued above, needs a pragmatic overhaul, for which the level of Hindu awareness about the Abrahamic outrage against their sanātana dharma has to raise to self-res...

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...the Indian political classes were beset with a sense of loss that partition brought in in its wake, the Hindu intellectuals were upset by the age-old caste guilt that the reform movement occasioned in their collective consciousness. ...

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...n brought in in itswake, the Hindu intellectuals were upset by the age-old caste guilt that the reform movementoccasioned in their collective consciou... ... dividends by exacerbating social dissensions based on region, religion, caste et al. 2. While it is the fundamental right of the citizen “to deve... ... inquiry and reform” – a) The State had failed its Hindus to rein in the caste panchayats that tend to lynch the inter-caste couples and b) The ... ...the so-called framers of our constitution, comprising of the Semitic-naïve casteHindus and a well-informed, though embittered dalit, as argued above, ...

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...Utkal Brahmins : Research & Encyclopedia Utkal means that are best in art and those who were Brahman by caste and best in art were known as Utkala Brahman. Now UtkalaBrahmans are found in odisha and its neighboring states borderlike, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhandand other part of India and abroad utkal...

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...cyclopedia. Utkal means that are best in art and those who were Brahman by caste and best in art were known as Utkala Brahman. Now Utkala Brahmans are... ... kings and they were allowed to sit on the Muktimandap to adjudicate inter caste and inter village disputes andother matterComposition of Utkala Brahm... ...upations are called Halua. Those who are halua byoccupation and Brahman by caste are called Halua Brahman.Halua Brahmans are similar to Bhumihar of Bi... ... lineage or new gotras by inter marriage with other sub-groups of the same caste, and inspired by another rishi whosename they bear as their own gotra... ...Utkal Brahmans:-There are many surnames of Utkal Brahmans that cuts across castelines and were given on work basis by kings in recognition of work int... ...xt the title of Mohanty/Mahanty isawarded by the king without prejudice of caste to those who hadvast knowledge about administration, who had vast kno... ...ndin Indian state of Odisha,Telangana and Andhra Pradesh)Kayasthaand other caste and due to this reason amongMahanti/Mahanty/Mohanti/Mohanty surnamego... ... the few surnames.(ޘދ ݺގދހ ޗފ ށޝݶݳޏݔގप ނݦ އޏݭ ,ݵޑݩ ޗݺपݗ ޛݮthat cuts across caste lines and was ordained on work basis. Afamily received the title Moha... ...othersurname of Utkal Brahman community are also found in Brahmanand other caste. It is pertinent to mention here recently it has been observed,someed...

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...ity and Structural Economy Of the Grand Discourse. What is Worse, to the Chagrin Of the Majority Of the Hindus, Some Of These Legitimize the Inimical Caste System While Upholding the Priestly Perks and Prejudices. This Rendition Seeks to Restore to the Gita, Its Original Character By Ridding It Of Hundred and Nine Interpolations, Which Tend to Keep the Skeptics Away From I...

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...hagrin of the majority of theHindus, some of these legitimize the inimical caste system whileupholding the priestly perks and prejudices. This rendi... ...e, sreyaan sva-dharmo vigunah, s35, ch.3 and s47,ch.18, seek to perpetuate caste oriented duties by discouraging anyswitch over, and thus are clear in... ... youth ours haywire?41Sex ratio adverse that war ensuesTurns women soft on caste barriers.42Fallen women all go to hellWhat is more their bastards rob... ...the battlefield ofKurukshetra itself. That brings us to the first of the caste-oriented precepts in the Gita- chaatur varnyam mayaa srustam (s13). T... ... of thissloka would have us believe that the Lord Himself created the four-caste system, of Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya and Sudra, to suit theinclinati... ... Heshould not be deemed as the doer. These so-called castecharacteristics and duties as well figure in s 41-s48 of the concludin... ...riginal text, or are mere later day insertions, meant to sanctify theAryan caste credo with the underpinning of 'exclusivity of duties'through the ven... ...na would have been aware that this turn of phrase is likely to beviewed in caste colours rather than in general terms. That being thecase, the Lord wo... ...cheme of things governing man’s birth if they aren’t asnarrow as the Aryan caste system propounds. Or is the chaatur varnyam His real will, whether ...

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...ch as marriage, divorce, inheritance etc. they are hindu laws, sharia laws, christian laws, Sikh laws etc. these laws create problem in time of inter caste relationship. to solve this problem uniform legal system such as uniform civil code is necessary. besides these laws dont treat their subject in similar way. sharia law tortured women more than hindu laws and christ...

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... of the peninsula. The latter fill their writings with their passionate loyalties to various local powers, claimed antiquities and caste aspirations. ...

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...ended from a tree in a forest near Ambalapusha, on account of the supposed crime of killing a cow.” Again he says : “At Quilon, I saw a native of the caste of the Shanars hanging on a gallows for having stolen three cocoanuts in the house of a Nayr. The corpus delicti was suspended from his neck, in order that it might serve as a warning to all passengers.” “For the rest...

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...INSTRUMENTS 27. DISTILLATION AND EXCISE 28. POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITION IN FORMER TIMES 29. SLAVERY 30. CHRISTIAN WORK AMONG THE SLAVE CASTES 31. SERPENT WORSHIP 32. HINDU CASTE AND POLLUTION 33. RECENT MEASURES OF REFORM 34. FURTHER REFORMS NEEDED 35. HISTORY OF TRAVANCORE 36. EDUCATED NATIVES 37. MISSION WORK 38. APPENDIX - INDIAN TU...

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...th their passionate loyalties to various local powers, claimed antiquitiesand caste aspirations. What is happening to pristine England? Englan... ...R, F.L.S. One of the cultural differences could be from the presence of a caste known asThiyya. In this book they are mentioned as Tiyas. There ar... ...e veracity of the claim. Though Thiyyas are generally classified as a low caste, it can be truethat the north Malabar Thiyyas did not suffer from ... ...m must have led to the total breach of theThiyya family system by the higher caste males. To the extent that there was noground for a united stand. ... ...s huge group of people existing just north of Calicut. Thurston in his Castes and Tribes of Southern India does mentioneight illam of the North... ...r it could also mean that they suffered more terrible suppression under their castesuperiors, that they had to opt for conversion. This was to pro... ...as to provoke the terrible series of communal clashes between theHindus upper castes and the converted-to-Islam lower castes. Even though thelow calib... ...e feudal language usages ofthe local vernacular. For instance, when the lower caste Makkathaya Thiyyasconverted into Islam, they would very easily for... ...Islam, they would very easily forego all pretentions of ‘respect’ to theupper castes. Just addressing, calling or even mentioning an upper caste male ...

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...tented, but Bernard, a psychologist in the Directorate of Hatcheries and Conditioning, is not. He is shorter in stature than the average of his Alpha caste—a quality shared by the lower castes, which gives him an inferiority complex. His intelligence and his work with hypnopaedia allow him to understand, and disapprove of, the methods by which society is sustained. Courtin...

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...In India, life of millions of Dalits, even today, is characterised by long, consistent struggle from cradle to grave. Their life is defined by caste-discrimination, exploitation, abuse, and denial of basic right to life with resources for survival – food, shelter, clothing, livelihood, and education. Sufferings and pains associated with vicious cycle of poverty cont...

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...adopted the Varna system, the Indiansociety was stratified on the basis of castes i.e. Brahmin,Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra (with lowest caste being ... ...alits, though in majority, were given the responsibilityto serve the upper castes as per their requirements and wishes.It shows that power tends to co... ...Committee on Human RightsRTI Right to InformationSC Scheduled CasteSSA Sarva Shiksha AbhiyanST Scheduled TribeTADA Ter... ...evolution of human civilisations, with time, socialfactors such as gender, caste, class, race started breadinginequality, oppression and exploitation ... ...e society equally. Gradually, certain socialgroups, characterised by their caste, class, gender, raceaffiliations became more and more powerless, disa... ...ntiringly worked for the marginalised communities atthe lowest rung of the caste hierarchy—the Untouchables/Harijans/Dalits. Both of them have envisio... ...d not in real life. Divisions and sub-divisions, based on religion, race, caste,ethnicity, gender etc are the makers of ‘real’ communities,which are ... ...i. A typical village has many social groups primarily based oncastes, sub-castes and, at times, religion. Though elaboratedlater in the chapters, Ind... ...dlater in the chapters, Indian Hindu society is divided into fourlayers of caste system which, among many aspects, determinessocial interactions. The ...

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...c and Brahmasutric connotations. What is more, while some of those smear its inclusive philosophy with sectarian postulations, which echo Manusmritic caste discriminations that are inimical towards some sections of Hindus to their chagrin, the others are ceremonial exhortations that are irrelevant to the subject matter of Gita’s philosophical discourse and thus are seeming...

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...tsinclusive philosophy with sectarian postulations, which echo Manusmritic castediscriminations that are inimical towards some sections of Hindus to t...