Imagined Manuvad

"The current work is a small effort to provide an alternative perspective on one of the pet themes of gentoo scholarship, namely the question of the 'law' of Manu which gives birth Manuvad seeking religious support from Dharmasastras of the Hindus. It would appear, however, that the reality is totally different from what is preached. The Dharmasastras did not create the 'caste system', nor did they establish a fixed principle for caste hierarchization and conflict. It is wrong to suggest that the Dharmasastras are the 'Laws of the Hindus', and it would be unfair to give a pre-eminence to texts like Manusmriti over other texts of the Hindu tradition, by privileging this work as the 'core-book' of the Hindus