#brahminism — Public Fediverse posts

Renaming Caste, Retaining Privilege

Attempts to 'invisibilise' caste through definitional alterations – whether in terms of an organic community or of a cultural community – are enmeshed in long-range socioeconomic transformations. Ankur Barua and Vishal Ananthakumar write.

#caste #casteism #HinduPhilosophies #advaita #AdiShankara #vivekananda #HinduScriptures #manusmriti #AryaSamaj #BRAmbedkar #brahmins #TamilBrahmins #brahminism #class #untouchability #india

https://www.theindiaforum.in/caste/renaming-caste-retaining-privilege

Intellectual Insurgency and Mahesh Raut

We are witnessing a pretend politics which lives on the time borrowed from a deferred revolution, write Divya Dwivedi and Shaj Mohan (excerpted from the authors' book Indian Philosophy, Indian Revolution: On Caste and Politics)

#BookExcerpt #BK16 #MaheshRaut #BhimaKoregaonCase #BhimaKoregaon #history #RSS #brahminism #BrahminHegemony #dalits #caste #SocialJustice #rights #UAPA #DraconianLaws #hindutva #books #bookstodon #history #histodon #india

https://thewire.in/rights/mahesh-raut-elgar-parishad-book-excerpt

'Linguistic Imperialism': PIL in Kerala HC Over Hindi, Sanskrit Titles to Central Legislation

The petitioner, a lawyer, urged the court to issue directions to the Union government to provide English titles to Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023.

#kerala #KeralaHC #hindi #sanskrit #HindiImposition #hindutva #UnionGovt #brahminism #india

https://thewire.in/law/linguistic-imperialism-pil-in-kerala-hc-over-hindi-sanskrit-titles-to-central-legislation

‘This is Sanatana’: VCK slams TN Guv RN Ravi for presiding over Dalit poonul ceremony

RN Ravi gave a speech at the event in which he said that there were no inequalities in the Vedas, and that “we are equal”.

#TamilNadu #RNRavi #TNGovernor #janeu #brahminism #CastePride #SanatanaDharma #SanatanDharma #HinduScriptures #VCK #TholThirumavalavan #governors #BJP #RSS #india

https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/this-is-sanatana-vck-slams-tn-guv-rn-ravi-for-presiding-over-dalit-poonul-ceremony

RJD’s Chandra Shekhar compares Ramcharitmanas to potassium cyanide, stirs row

The Bihar education minister said that while Hindu scriptures had many good things to offer, they were equally problematic in some aspects.

https://scroll.in/latest/1056036/rjds-chandra-shekhar-compares-ramcharitmanas-to-potassium-cyanide-stirs-row

#bihar #ChandraShekhar #RJD #SanatanaDharma #SanatanDharma #ramcharitmanas #brahminism #casteism #CasteDiscrimation #HinduScriptures #manusmriti #RSS #golwalkar #india

I started using Sanatana Dharma to stop Sangh Parivar groups from twisting my words as an attack on Hindu beliefs: Thirumavalavan

While Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin’s recent comments about “eradicating Sanatana Dharma” have snowballed into a political controversy, it was VCK founder Thol. Thirumavalavan who had enshrined Sanatana Dharma in the lexicon of Tamil Nadu’s political discourse over the past five years.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/i-started-using-sanatana-dharma-to-stop-sangh-parivar-groups-from-twisting-my-words-as-an-attack-on-hindu-beliefs-thirumavalavan/article67274484.ece

#TamilNadu #TholThirumavalavan #VCK #SanatanaDharma #brahminism #UdayanidhiStalin #DMK #hinduism #BRAmbedkar #EVRPeriyar #ambedkar #periyar #RSS #BJP #hindutva #CasteDiscrimination #caste #HinduScriptures #SanatanaDharmaRow #india