India is an ancient country. We have a history of 5000 years in record. Right from the day Vedas was written , to the writing of Constitution of Modern independent India. Much has been changed , but there was something that was constant in all those 5000 years , and that was the hierarchy of Caste system. Yes it was part of Sanatana Dharma, the Hindu way of life and it has survived with it to today. From Manu to Mayawati , this notion of Caste has seen so much. And it is also true that it has lost its real intention somewhere in between , it is very correct notion in my opinion ; that it was never meant to be a Oppressive or suppressive system to ristrict some groups of people and to give sole right to some others, but it was made to simplify things, to simplify way of life . But , if modern thinkers see it as Negativity as Hurdle to all round development and theory of equality, then it is also true that there must be some thing rotten in this system from day 1 that came stingin...
There was this incident , a prominent professor of a Medical college while teaching , complained that Countries like USA follows their recommendations in filed of science, and write it to their books which we in any case read as "standard reference books" Then he said that when we try to tweak that FDA CDC or USA standard mentioning that it is for USA mainland and not for India where local conditions are different, expert here cry and shout that this is without evidence and they will follow "more correct" international recommendation. He linked it to patriotism, said that it was a patriotic act by Experts of specific countries to "trust" their Countrymen and while we indians are not patriotic in "true" sense . Well , what he have Not noticed that when reference in field of Ayurveda, Yoga , Siddha, astrology, etc is taken , it is indian reference books, writers and works that are given precedence over Western Works Its simply the fact that , m...