“No branches without Roots — An understanding of Hindu Social Structure from the outside-in – Part II”, India Facts, June 29, 2023:
“Part II – Community and Sanatana Civilization
(Concepts introduced in Part-I of this essay are frequently referred to, especially the ideas of the world of subsistence/the world of surplus and the six principles of social organization as manifested in the West and in Bharat. Do refer back when needed.)
Community — A Defense
People may imagine, upon reading my words, that I am an “upper caste” man trying to use clever arguments in order to retain my “privileges,” but this could not be further from the truth. I came to rural Tamil Nadu, two decades ago, running away from the ugliness of America and the growing Americana in the urban centres of modern India.
Of course, I had already been brainwashed by Marxist ideas and the logic of social justice movements that were sweeping the West and that would soon become mainstream even in India. I spent years trying to square the circle, to fit my ideas into the village world I experienced every day…..”
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