New Delhi: Shantishree Dhulipudi, the vice-chancellor of Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), says that "Hindu gods and goddesses are not of upper castes." Lord Shiva can also belong to SC/ST (Shudra). The Vice-Chancellor spoke amid caste-related violence in the country. At the same time, he has said that "according to the science of mankind, the gods are not of the upper caste." Let us tell you that in the Dr BR Ambedkar lecture series on Monday, Dr BR Ambedkar's thoughts on Gender Justice: Decoding the Uniform Civil Code' Vice Chancellor Shantisree Dhulipudi Said that "Women have been given the status of Shudras in Manusmriti".
In fact, she also said ''Let me tell all women that according to Manusmriti all women are Shudras, so no woman can claim that she is a Brahmin or anything else. Women inherit caste from their fathers or husband. I think it's something that is extraordinarily regressive."
She further said- 'Most of you should know the origin of our gods according to the science of mankind. No god is brahmin, the highest is Kshatriya. Lord Shiva must be from a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, as he sits on the cremation ground. Snakes live with him. He wears very few clothes. I don't think Brahmins can sit in a crematorium.'
In fact, the Vice Chancellor said that Mata Lakshmi, Shakti, and even Lord Jagannath do not come from the upper caste according to the science of mankind. Lord Jagannath is actually of tribal origin. So why are we still continuing this discrimination which is so inhuman? It is very important that we are rethinking Babasaheb's views. We don't have a leader from modern India who was such a great thinker.
Further, she said, "Hinduism is not a religion, it is a way of life. And if it is a way of life then why are we afraid of criticism". Let us tell you that Gautam Buddha has inherent, structured discrimination in our society. But he was one of the first to wake us up.
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