Shatrubodh : An insight about the civilizational threats

No, this article is not about defining law. But in order to set the background, we must understand this from the social point of view. The codified version of the collective morality of a particular society which applies uniformly to the common populace to some extent, is called law. While there might be improvisations or exceptions made in the law as per the circumstances, law in general is reflection of the society for which it is drafted.  Let's hop on to Indian society, and ask ourselves a fundamental question: Who drafted the laws and legal system for this country in the contemporary world? Answer to this question is quite obvious, the white Christian British coloniser. If you look into the debates of imperial legislature in Britain, you'll get to know that they intended to enforce their version of morality on diverse Indian society or say Hindu society.While these laws look very distinct from religion, the reality might be otherwise. As previously stated, law is collectiv...

In this age of politically independent India, we casually, or dare I say unthinkingly, use so many terms as a part of our day to day language. Like 'modern', 'rational', 'orthodox', 'scientific', 'reason/reasonable', 'logical' etc., to name a few. But do we ever ask ourselves, where does the origin of the inherent meaning of these words lie? The practices which are synonymous to these terms today, have their origin in the era of renaissance, and the 'Age of enlightenment'. It was then, when the treaty of westphallia was signed and the first voyage of Columbus took place and then began the 'Age of discovery'. The European colonial powers, by the use of brute force/tactics, subjugated societies all over the world. But their interest didn't just involve the political and economic exploitation. They also desired to convert the entire subjugated society to their way of life and they did so by means of introducing the Europe...