The Manusmriti Special Series: D.V. Gundappa's Guide to Understanding the Manusmriti

The first episode of a series on correctly understanding the Manusmriti drawn from D.V. Gundappa's treatise titled "The Code of Manu."

Preface

THE MANUSMRITI IS AMONG THE MOST REVILED WORKS in public discourse both in India and the world. The revulsion stems from a variety of wrong reasons foremost of which is its macabre politicisation by colonial European “scholars.” What was regarded as a sacred work for millennia has today been reduced to the status of an arsenal which continues to …