08-23-2004, 01:01 PM
Nobody criticizes hammurabi for not being modern enough in his outlook. It is expected that the laws he devised were meant for his age and less so for today. But the secularist brigade do not give the benefit to Manusmrti They expect the laws of manu to conform to the laws and mores of today. Forget about praising Manu for being the earliest Law giver known to the homos apiens species, it is hard to find a writer Indian or otherwise saying anything remotely complementary to Manu.
Such denigration of manu when it occurs is along expected lines and is now fairly commmonplace. Another instance of the Societal Stockholm syndrome ?
Such denigration of manu when it occurs is along expected lines and is now fairly commmonplace. Another instance of the Societal Stockholm syndrome ?