Her introduction, The Doctor and the Saint, looks at the ways in which caste plays out in modern India and how the conflict between Ambedkar and Gandhi continues to resonate into the present day. This extensively annotated edition of Annihilation of Caste is introduced by Arundhati Roy. The worlds best known Hindu, Mahatma Gandhi, responded to the provocation. It offers a scholarly critique of the Vedas and shastras-scriptures the Hindus regard as sacred, scriptures that sanction the worlds most hierarchical and iniquitous social system. When it read an advance copy of the text of the speech, the group found the contents "unbearable" and rescinded its invitation. In 1936, a Hindu reformist group invited Dr. Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition Annihilation of Caste is an audacious denunciation of Hinduism and its caste system.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |