#brahminism — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #brahminism, aggregated by home.social.
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Banaras Hindu University researches Manusmriti ‘applicability’
Banaras Hindu University is researching the continuing “applicability” of the Manusmriti, which codified what became the caste system and gave women the status of family property, with government funds earmarked for worldclass academic projects.
#UttarPradesh #BHU #manusmiriti #education #brahminism #casteism #CasteSystem #sexism #misogyny #untouchability #CasteDiscrimination #hindutva #BJPStates #india
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Saving the World Like a Savarna
Savarnas can pose as extremely radical and culturally progressive and then, with the flip of a metaphorical switch, slip back into their privileged family lives without the slightest existential friction. This switching is possible because Savarna social lives are largely public-facing performances, writes Prof. Ravikant Kisana.
https://theswaddle.com/saving-the-world-like-a-savarna/
#caste #savarnas #UpperCastes #brahminism #LiberalBrahmins #casteism #CasteDiscrimination #untouchability #communalism #brahmins #india
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Why the apologism over Perumal Murugan’s son’s wedding sets back anti-caste discourse
Writer Perumal Murugan’s son’s inter-caste wedding involving Brahminical rituals has been defended as a necessary compromise and a matter of individual choice, but such excuses only set back the anti-caste movement, writes Aazhi.
#TamilNadu #casteism #brahminism #gounders #brahmins #rituals #caste #AntiCasteMovement #PerumalMurugan #TMKrishna #hinduism #patriarchy #india
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Caste violence unleashed in Haveri: Little has changed for Madiga Dalits over the years
The incident has brought to focus the caste-based discrimination in Haveri's Ranebennur taluk, where a 2019 report had found that Madigas were not allowed to enter the village temples in 72 of the 87 villages.
#karnataka #haveri #dalits #dalit #madiga #CasteViolence #TempleEntry #untouchability #nandihalli #casteism #caste #brahminism #ranebannur #HumanRights #CivilRights #panchamasalis #lingayats #india
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Clash breaks out over Dalits offering prayers at Madhya Pradesh Shiva temple
The brawl was allegedly triggered by upper castes using casteist slurs and chasing away a group of Dalit women offering prayers in the temple where they had been denied entry a few days ago.
#MadhyaPradesh #khargone #dalits #balai #TempleEntry #untouchability #shivratri #casteism #brahminism #caste #dalit #gurjars #marathas #HumanRights #ReligiousFreedom #hinduism #CasteViolence #india