jbgud

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by jbgud 6y ago
... "there is no evidence in the Rigveda for an elaborate, much-subdivided and overarching caste system" [1] Caste and any discrimination is abhorrent, and like others have commented is a more recent phenomenon. In old times and t
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by jbgud 6y ago
>> India: lowest life expectancy India is 145th out of 201 nations measured [1]. Not great, but it's not the lowest as claimed. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expe...
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by jbgud 6y ago
Right, resort to personal attacks when you have nothing left to argue.
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by jbgud 6y ago
Doniger and the publisher were taken to court like any civil society would. Publisher chose to drop the book instead of facing legal consequences. By the way, another publisher did publish the same book in India. Any neutral sources for the
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by jbgud 6y ago
Selective reading of texts that are thousands of years old - to bash modern Hindus that do not believe in any of these.
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by jbgud 6y ago
Scholars studying Hindu texts is not offensive to Hindus. What is though, is the racist perversion that some of them like Doniger make. Doniger's book is not "banned". It was withdrawn by the publisher - because it was offens
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by jbgud 6y ago
India should act in interest of India. Playing nice with the aggressor makes them more aggressive - it has been tried for past 60 years.
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by jbgud 6y ago
Walmart's returns section is also (deliberately?) frustrating.
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by jbgud 6y ago
>>Neither Apple nor Google have found TikTok problematic enough Security researchers have found it grossly problematic though. 1. https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-protection/underst... 2. http
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by jbgud 6y ago
>> require an in-person interview, which the US (bafflingly) doesn't do. Not all, but at least premium ones do alumni-driven interviews.
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by jbgud 6y ago
Agreed, I'd also like to see more transparency - nevertheless, this is exciting. Good luck!