Tagged: Varna

Re-examining Manusmriti

Thanks to Krishen-ji for alerting me to this article by Dr Arvind Sharma. The essay examines (in Krishen-ji’s words) How authoritative really was Manu, and was his a contested text? Was the Manusmriti prescriptive of...

The British ‘Caste System’ – excerpts

Over the weekend, I came across this excellent�critique by Edward Hamala on the “caste system” in India and�how it is misrepresented in the West.� Excerpts below: *** …The Indian �caste system� that has so...