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The Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, recently criticised the Manusmriti, the ancient Sanskrit text, over its gender bias.
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Manusmriti:
Its significance:
Why is it controversial?
Do You Know? On December 25, 1927, Dr B R Ambedkar had famously burned the Manusm?iti, which he saw as a source of gender and caste oppression. |
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