Our next speaker, Pt. Satish Sharma, author of "Caste, Conversion A Colonial Conspiracy: What Every Hindu and Christian must know about Caste", delves into history & contemporary culture to lay out the history of how this narrative was first created #BreakingIndiaADecadeLater
"Caste is the complete antithesis of everything our Sanatan teachings. They are mutually exclusive philosophies" - @thebritishhindu #BreakingIndiaADecadeLater 2/n
“Caste” is an inherently hierarchical and endogamous system, deployed for the first time by Christan missionaries in India on 4th January.” @thebritishhindu #BreakingIndiaADecadeLater 3/n
“Before 1813, the Church tried to convince East India Co to send missionaries to India. 1812-1813 the Church campaigned in Britain that Hindus needed to be 'saved'". 908 petitions were made in the House of Lords with 500,000 signatures and #Hinduphobia was institutionalized.” 4/n
“Britain was the first country where Hinduphobia was institutionalized from the pulpit.” -@thebritishhindu #BreakingIndiaADecadeLater 5/n
What do we do next? "We need to decolonize language, mind and hearts. Please recognize that our Dharmic Darshan is different from other religions. We can save humanity and we should genuinely engage in Sadhna." - @thebritishhindu #BreakingIndiaADecadeLater 6/6
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