Shatrubodh : An insight about the civilizational threats

When Devas and Rakshasas fight, the smartest trick Rakshasas use, is to trap Devas in their own morality. The path connecting the two points in time, looks rosy, heavenly, righteous, even ecstatic, because the kind of kick and high, that you get out of creating a very holy pious and moral self image, is incomparable to any other narcotic substance. Fortunately or unfortunately, our civilization has set for itself, such a high standards of moral behavior, that we can be easily trapped by any enemy, whether it is an insider or an outsider. So much so that even the most wicked of our civilizational enemies, can give us guilt trip with their words when we fight them using their techniques, and we will start to rethink our strategy to fight them, will get self conscious and will walk right into their trap when we are about to slay them and then they will rise up again, filled with confidence and treachery. And we? We backtrack hoping that the Rakshasas have a change of heart. Our own trait ...

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...