"The fact is India that is Bharat has always been a pluralistic society" -
Yes but we never had or felt the need for a uniform code to sustain this pluralism as long as the King was Dharmic. No popular demand for uniformity existed ever.
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Yes but we never had or felt the need for a uniform code to sustain this pluralism as long as the King was Dharmic. No popular demand for uniformity existed ever.
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https://twitter.com/pranitasubhash/status/1494557819613302788
Harmony doesn't need uniformity.
Totalitarian big brother states need control and uniformity.
Not decentralised Dharmic constructs where the head of state can be a sovereign of sorts on top without being a control freak or indulging in micro management
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Totalitarian big brother states need control and uniformity.
Not decentralised Dharmic constructs where the head of state can be a sovereign of sorts on top without being a control freak or indulging in micro management
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The secular state tries to wrest control from religion(s) on the lives of people in the garb of defending individual rights and the autonomy of man. This is a problematic construct. It will only shrink the role of religion more as there is only so much room anyway!
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"If we were to examine certain practices through a 21st-century lens, some seem regressive, outdated and archaic. A few Hindu practices too, are no exceptions. But more importantly, we have embraced reforms, from Adi Shankaracharya to Swami Vivekananda.."
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From that 21st century lens some may consider religion itself regressive and outdated. What if that then?
Reform can be done without enforcing Uniformity as well. That is how we had it in the past with that much flexibility without losing diversity.
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Reform can be done without enforcing Uniformity as well. That is how we had it in the past with that much flexibility without losing diversity.
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Kumbha Mela itself was a famed gathering of experts for course correction on deciding on such to make amends to lokaachara (law of the land) from time to time
There are so many other constructs like Parishads, Local assemblies that had this power to reform from time to time.
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There are so many other constructs like Parishads, Local assemblies that had this power to reform from time to time.
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Too much friction? Ok go ahead and create your own sampradaya. That route existed as well.
To codify Hindu laws and customs may be a decent endeavour as long as there is awareness that they may change here and there from time to time.
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To codify Hindu laws and customs may be a decent endeavour as long as there is awareness that they may change here and there from time to time.
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But to push for uniformity in the name of codifying is another thing altogether.
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No one knows what forms UCC would take but going by this country's post independent history and the general cluelessness of Hindus on Dharmic matters we may only end up reforming Hinduism to take it closer to Abrahmic faiths.
That is my thinking.
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That is my thinking.
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