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Varna
Ramayana series: what the Grantha says about varna
Dasharatha of the Suryavanshi (solar) dynasty ruled from Ayodhya. The beautiful city had many 7-storied buildings, theatres, and parks. Ayodhya has innumerable well-decorated temples...
Varna and Birth
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It is one of the strangest ironies that, despite being an intricate part of our daily lives, we do not have any theory explaining...
Secret No. 3: How Varna and Jati Morphed into Caste
Ethnocide of Hindu Society by the British Raj
The caste system we know today is a gift of the British Raj. How and why they...
Caste as an anchor point of Hindudvesha
The focus of this session was how caste is getting entrenched into the Hinduphobia narrative and what needs to be done to stop this....
How the West maligns Hindu Dharma
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The concept of caste is not Hindu, no matter what a well-funded and well-organized West Coast socialist activist, Kshama Sawant, tells you. I submit...
Europe invented the word “Casta” linking purity of blood & skin color to status in society
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It was not Bharat but Europe which first invented the word “Casta” linking purity of blood & skin color to status in society. Hindus...
Study of social stratification and hierarchies across the world
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Social stratification is age old as well as global. In fact, studies show that social stratification existed in Europe as early as the Bronze...
The true picture of Hindu social structure
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Bharat has been castigated for 'caste', a European construct which was force-fitted onto our Varna/Jaati social categories. Ironically, racist colonizing cultures which committed numerous...