You are absolutely correct Sanjay! How on earth does a socalled caste system give only responsibilities but no privileges to its highest ranking members i.e the Brahmins? Brahmins were kept out of wealth accumulation, land ownership and reservations have kept many poor unto this day. They had no armies, no treasury and just duties like the priestly ones, teaching, science and scholarship(with no pay) besides which they had to do Biksha to get their sustenance. Its through their very spirit- one that got us our independence(70% of freedom fighters were Brahmins), that many have climbed out of the rut that the British, their chamchas in India and the current reservation system has put them in. Any authority a Brahmin derives is not through his/her lineage as Rishi putra/putris but through their knowledge of the Vedas. If the westerners had such a religion/social system, they would cherish it but since it belongs to another, they had to destroy it- ergo the British empire’s villification of Brahmanism/Hinduism. Many Indians and westerners have made their careers out of the socalled Indian caste system, so I doubt they would recognise that Brahmins in India are amongst the most oppressed minorities in the world today and that this was’nt really a caste system. Even the word itself is derived from Portugese/Latin.
You are absolutely correct Sanjay! How on earth does a socalled caste system give only responsibilities but no privileges to its highest ranking members i.e the Brahmins? Brahmins were kept out of wealth accumulation, land ownership and reservations have kept many poor unto this day. They had no armies, no treasury and just duties like the priestly ones, teaching, science and scholarship(with no pay) besides which they had to do Biksha to get their sustenance. Its through their very spirit- one that got us our independence(70% of freedom fighters were Brahmins), that many have climbed out of the rut that the British, their chamchas in India and the current reservation system has put them in. Any authority a Brahmin derives is not through his/her lineage as Rishi putra/putris but through their knowledge of the Vedas. If the westerners had such a religion/social system, they would cherish it but since it belongs to another, they had to destroy it- ergo the British empire’s villification of Brahmanism/Hinduism. Many Indians and westerners have made their careers out of the socalled Indian caste system, so I doubt they would recognise that Brahmins in India are amongst the most oppressed minorities in the world today and that this was’nt really a caste system. Even the word itself is derived from Portugese/Latin.
Thank you for your enlightend view.
Yes Britishers invented Hinduism too in India. Remove Hinduism Remove Castism and then we will leave Reservation.
Peace