Mysore/Mysuru: The caste system in India is a deeply ingrained social hierarchy that has shaped Indian society for centuries. Despite legal protections and affirmative actions, caste-based discrimination continues to persist in various forms, said Columnist Captain G.R. Gopinath, also a soldier, farmer and entrepreneur whose Air Deccan gave wings to the dreams of the common…
A timely book on caste system and politics-2
February 12, 2024By R. Chandra Prakash [Continued from Feb. 9] It is a fundamental truth when the authors emphasise that Hinduism is an open architecture offering a vast library of texts providing guidance and therefore there are multiple choices. Every Hindu can, and does, cherry-pick his personal choices of metaphysical interpretation, of guru for guidance (or no…
A timely book on caste system and politics-1
February 9, 2024By R. Chandra Prakash Title: VARNA, JATI, CASTE – A Primer on Indian Social Structures Authors: Rajiv Malhotra & Vijaya Viswanathan Year: 2023 Pages: 160 Price: Rs. 250 Publisher: OCCAM, BluOne Ink LLP, India Caste system has been arraigned for creating extreme discrimination in the Hindu society. It has also been a political tool…
‘Caste system has prevented Dalits from entering mainstream society’
January 19, 2021MP Sreenivasa Prasad releases book ‘Tathagata Patha’ Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that caste system is dominating Hindu Dharma, MP V. Sreenivasa Prasad said that the same system has prevented Dalits from entering mainstream society. He was speaking after releasing writer S. Chikkasavaka’s work titled ‘Tathagata Patha’ at a programme organised by Mysuru Unit of Bharatiya Bouddha Mahasabha…
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