that is not a bad idea. Considering the ability of RSS to distort facts and history, they will make sure Manusmriti changed beyond recognition :-)
joke apart it is time to develop the academic and political critique of these social and philosophical texts to bring them down from Sanskrit altar of mysticism to realistic perspective of common man. Manusmriti's texts, perhaps almost to the tune of 80% were rejected or refuted by the later date Indian philosophical schools since the idea, understanding and inference of truth and duty had undergone radical transformations in Indian society, especially among Hindu schools of philosophies.
In the beginning in Vedas, if it was Rit (a complex manifestation of dharma and duty) that was primordial, in later date philosophical schools it got transformed into satya (vaguely truth) then tatwa ( method with moral obligation and hierarchy or priinciple
) and then to tathya. By the time it reached satya itself in Indian philosophical schools, most of the Smritis were refuted or were rejected, including the Manu Smriti.
) and then to tathya. By the time it reached satya itself in Indian philosophical schools, most of the Smritis were refuted or were rejected, including the Manu Smriti.
It is the neo-liberal RSS founder's flawed idea of Hinduism as inferred by the mimamsakas is the core of the problem. Manusmriti was rejected and refuted by all post smriti period Hindu schools of philosophies.
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