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The Manusmriti, the social doctrine of yore, and the Bhagvad-Gita, the spiritual tome in vogue that lay down the discriminatory dharma (duties) of the four social classes (castes) have been the bugbears of the Hindu backward classes. However, to their chagrin, of late, as the latter is being mindlessly promoted even though the former was constitutionally debunked, they began advocating that it too should be dumped in a dustbin.Ironically, the improbability of their progenitor Krishna, the architect of the Gita, relegating his own ilk to the social margins failed to dawn upon these that Gita supposedly slights, even to this day! Thus, their intellectuals, instead of seeking to reclaim their p...

“Let’s talk about Politics & Religion” was written mainly for young adults in compensation for the biased press and the generalized departure from the truth by the educational and political system. The objective is to shed light on the truth about these much-avoided subjects.Under politics the book first defines all the political systems and assigns a few countries that operate under these systems. Then it analyzes each country economic parameters, such as the per capita gross domestic product and a few others, to show how some political systems provide much more wealth for their citizens than others. Because economic well-being is not the entire motivation for people, it also anal...