Did the British change India's caste system?

2023-10-10 11:57:38

Prediction

Yes, the social categories of religion and caste, as they are perceived in modern India, developed during the British colonial rule, at a time when information was scarce and the colonizer's power over information was absolute.

Reason

This was originally done in the early 19th century by elevating selected and convenient Brahmin-Sanskrit texts such as Manusmriti to canonical status; the alleged caste origin in the Rig Veda (the oldest religious text) was most likely added retroactively after it was translated into English decades later. These categories were institutionalized in the mid- to late 19th century through the census. These were acts of convenience and simplification. The colonialists established an acceptable list of local religions in India - Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism - and their boundaries and laws by reading what they claimed were the definitive texts of India.

Yes, the social categories of religion and caste, as they are perceived in modern India, developed during the British colonial rule, at a time when information was scarce and the colonizer's power over information was absolute.

Officially, castes are prohibited by law in India, but changing the caste division of Indian society, which has been cultivated in the minds of Indians for centuries, is not so easy.

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Why is Elon Musk building so many rockets?

2023-06-07 14:32:46

Prediction

The future business of delivering goods to other planets

Reason

In the near future, the exploration of near space - the moon, Mars - will take place. The planets will be delivered cargo from Earth on rockets. The cheapest delivery is now through Elon Musk's SpaceX.

The future business of delivering goods to other planets

Since no country other than the United States has been mass-producing missiles, competitors will not appear soon.

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Why haven't Russia's assets abroad been confiscated yet?

2024-02-27 07:45:57

Prediction

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Reason

No one will invest in a country that takes away other people's assets.

Countries that do not have Russian assets are most in favor of the confiscation of Russian assets. The investment climate in the world will deteriorate even due to the creation of a precedent.