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... "there is no evidence in the Rigveda for an elaborate, much-subdivided and overarching caste system" [1]

Caste and any discrimination is abhorrent, and like others have commented is a more recent phenomenon. In old times and today, anyone can become a priest/Brahmin by learning. [2]

1. Same wikipedia page

2. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amaravati/first-bat...

>> India: lowest life expectancy

India is 145th out of 201 nations measured [1]. Not great, but it's not the lowest as claimed.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expe...

Right, resort to personal attacks when you have nothing left to argue.

Doniger and the publisher were taken to court like any civil society would. Publisher chose to drop the book instead of facing legal consequences.

By the way, another publisher did publish the same book in India. Any neutral sources for the so called "violent threats"?

One of her book titles literally is "Eroticism in the Mythology of Siva" [1] And yet, there were no riots or burning down the publisher or the cancel culture that Hindu-phobes routinely engage in.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Doniger

Selective reading of texts that are thousands of years old - to bash modern Hindus that do not believe in any of these.

Scholars studying Hindu texts is not offensive to Hindus. What is though, is the racist perversion that some of them like Doniger make.

Doniger's book is not "banned". It was withdrawn by the publisher - because it was offensive. Details in same wiki link.

Another such "scholar" wrote extremely offensive passage on Lord Ganesha and got away with it.[1] Hindus have tolerated abuse for so long and they continue to do so. Try letting cats out of the bag on Abrahmic religions.

[1] https://hwpi.harvard.edu/pluralismarchive/news/hindu-student...

India should act in interest of India. Playing nice with the aggressor makes them more aggressive - it has been tried for past 60 years.

Walmart's returns section is also (deliberately?) frustrating.

>>Neither Apple nor Google have found TikTok problematic enough

Security researchers have found it grossly problematic though.

1. https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-protection/underst...

2. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tiktok-flaws-...

>> require an in-person interview, which the US (bafflingly) doesn't do.

Not all, but at least premium ones do alumni-driven interviews.

Agreed, I'd also like to see more transparency - nevertheless, this is exciting. Good luck!