C' da: The same way I guess as they made statue's of Ram, Krishna or Siva.... Hindu's identify the God's with the garb and paraphernelia of the idol.
Same goes with Lady Liberty.... Mohan > >> >I believe he is not one person, but many. There has >>been many manu's who contributed to the manu shastra. > > > I can believe that. But what I get more curious about, is how they > decided what this Manu looked like to make a statue of his? > > Perhaps it was an abstraction? Like a body without a face ? Or a > piece of stone with a nameplate at the bottom identifying it as Manu > :-)? > > > > > > > > > > > At 8:41 AM -0400 7/6/07, Mohan R. Palleti wrote: >>You are right! A government office should not be putting up a idol >>pertaining to a particular religion. >> >>As regards to Manu. I believe he is not one person, but many. There has >>been many manu's who contributed to the manu shastra. >> >>A manu is a person who is supposed to be casteless. He is supposed to be >> a >>offspring of a manov and danov. In today's parlance he is the product of >> a >>intercaste or inter-state/community marriage. He was vested with the job >>of writing the hindu laws, because he was thought to be impartial, not >>belonging to any particular caste or creed. >> >>But like any humane person, he too was falible. If a Manu was to rewrite >>the manu smriti, he would definitely have written it differently..... -:) >> >>Mohan R. Palleti >> >> >> >> >> >>> Is there not a separation of State and Religion in the seculiar Indian >>> Constitution which prohibits such display of Hindu religeous figures >>> in >>> public place? How can the symbol of Manu harmless? >>> I think he is the cause of the overall deteriation of the Indian >>> civilization. >>> RB >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 2:01 PM >>> Subject: [Assam] From Tehelka---Manu's Memorial >>> >>> >>>> **** Is it a simple, harmless symbol of cultural heritage? Or is >>>> there a whole lot more to it? >>>> >>>> cm >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> THE WORSHIP OF FALSE GODS >>>> >>>> http://www.tehelka.com/story_main31.asp?filename=Cr070707shadow_lines.asp >>>> >>>> When a new building was constructed in Jaipur for the state High >>>> Court, the local Bar Association put forward a proposal for the >>>> installation of a statue of Manu to beautify the premises. From >>>> proposal to completion, the entire plan was kept a close secret, >>>> never made public until the statue was in place. Manu was the creator >>>> of the varna system under which Hindu society for centuries denied >>>> all basic human rights and dignity to Dalits. For us, a statue of >>>> Manu can only symbolise the unjust social structure imposed on us >>>> from time immemorial. All the oppression we continue to suffer is >>>> because of Manu and his treatise, the Manudharma Sastra. >>>> >>>> >>>> We turn to the courts when we are in trouble. Can we ever expect >>>> justice from a court which we enter looking at Manu's idol? >>>> The Constitution has attempted to improve the condition of Dalits >>>> through law, but Manu's words have been an unwritten stricture the >>>> law cannot touch. Had Manu's statue been installed anywhere else, >>>> perhaps we would not have cared to react. But to see such homage paid >>>> to a figure who represents all that is unjust in this society, and >>>> that too standing proud in the premises of the Rajasthan High Court, >>>> is shocking. It is beyond acceptance. We turn to the courts when we >>>> are in trouble, which for us is almost perennial. What worse message >>>> could we receive? Can we ever expect justice from a court which we >>>> enter looking at Manu's idol? It only tells us that even the High >>>> Court subscribes to Manu's ideology. On the other hand, the statue of >>>> Dr BR Ambedkar, the father of our Constitution, has been shunted to >>>> an invisible corner. It says a lot about the mentality of the >>>> judiciary and the government in Rajasthan. How is such a system to >>>> contribute to the constitutional ideal of a casteless society? >>>> >>>> The statue was installed on June 28, 1989, and we have been fighting >>>> it ever since. There were huge protests all over the state soon after >> >> it was put up, and a full bench of the High Court ordered that it be >>>> removed within 48 hours. We were all happy, but soon after that the >>>> Vishwa Hindu Parishad's Acharya Dharmendra filed a writ petition in >>>> the court of Justice Mahender Bhushan, who passed a stay order on >>>> July 27, 1989 - as a result the statue is there till date. There are >>>> many cases dating back to 1989 that have seen their final hearings, >>>> but not this one. Each time this case comes to a final hearing, the >>>> bench postpones it on the grounds that it is a very sensitive issue. >>>> But we will not give up easily - we haven't so far, and we will not >>>> in the future. We will continue to file applications asking for a >>>> final hearing in this case. We want to see how they will justify >>>> their deliberate delays. >>>> >>>> We install statues of Ambedkar because that's our way of reclaiming >>>> our lost dignity. But why is the government installing a statue of >>>> Manu? The very government which is supposed to have no biases towards >>>> any religion or caste. Let there be Manu statues wherever anyone >>>> pleases, but the government should not be a party to it. >>>> >>>> Mimroth is a Jaipur-based advocate >>>> As told to Praveen Donthi >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> assam mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >>>> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>assam mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
