These days we see that our country is divided on cast lines by our politician's for their vote bank
politics and people are getting exploited by them.But in our ancient civilization cast were based on
work not by birth. In Vedas it is mentioned that the person who used to teach was called Brahmin,the
person who used to govern or fight for their community were called kshatriyas,the person who used
to do trading were called vaishya and the person who used to clean or work for others called shudras.
It was never by birth.
But slowly the brahmins in few hundred years started asserting themselves and told the ignorant
public that they are superior to everyone and they are direct representative of God on earth.As i have
mentioned in my earlier articles that in Vedic times we used to worship only the natural elements like
earth,water,fire,air & sky but these brahmins to establish their authority on the masses and taking help
of natural calamities like earthquakes,floods,eruptions of volcanoes or different type of diseases they
instilled fears in their mind and started Idol worship and slowly started different rituals to increase
their authority and income and that is how this caste system became by birth.
Slowly in hindu religion they introduced sati rituals and child marriage and parda system to exploit
the women who had equal rights in the vedic time and they had the rights to choose their husbands by
doing swayember. So slowly our society became Patriarchal in nature. Now women like Trupti Desai
has started asserting themselves again for equal rights which was available to them 5000 to 7000
years ago in Vedic times.
politics and people are getting exploited by them.But in our ancient civilization cast were based on
work not by birth. In Vedas it is mentioned that the person who used to teach was called Brahmin,the
person who used to govern or fight for their community were called kshatriyas,the person who used
to do trading were called vaishya and the person who used to clean or work for others called shudras.
It was never by birth.
But slowly the brahmins in few hundred years started asserting themselves and told the ignorant
public that they are superior to everyone and they are direct representative of God on earth.As i have
mentioned in my earlier articles that in Vedic times we used to worship only the natural elements like
earth,water,fire,air & sky but these brahmins to establish their authority on the masses and taking help
of natural calamities like earthquakes,floods,eruptions of volcanoes or different type of diseases they
instilled fears in their mind and started Idol worship and slowly started different rituals to increase
their authority and income and that is how this caste system became by birth.
Slowly in hindu religion they introduced sati rituals and child marriage and parda system to exploit
the women who had equal rights in the vedic time and they had the rights to choose their husbands by
doing swayember. So slowly our society became Patriarchal in nature. Now women like Trupti Desai
has started asserting themselves again for equal rights which was available to them 5000 to 7000
years ago in Vedic times.
Religion was always one of the means for asserting the power of some over others.
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