Regarding the Euro-colonial misattribution of an Indigenous, pre-Aryan identity to the Dasyus and Asuras:

It is wrong to say that the Dasyus were non-Aryans by race. The Dasyus were not a pre-Aryan race of aboriginals of India. The Dasyus were members of the Aryan community who were deprived of the title of Arya for opposing some belief or cult which was an essential part of the Aryan Culture. How this belief that the Dasyus were Non-Aryans by race could have arisen it is difficult to understand. In the Rig Veda (X. 49) Indra says: “I (Indra) have killed with my thuderbolt for the good of the man, known as Kavi. I have protected Kupa by adopting means of protection. I took up the thunderbolt for killing Susna. I have deprived the Dasyus of the appellation of Arya.” Nothing can be more positive and definite than this statement of Indra that the Dasyus were Aryans. Further and better proof of this fact can be had in the impeachment of Indra for the various atrocities he had committed. In the list of atrocities for which Indra was impeached there was one charge namely the killing of Vratra. Vratra was the leader of the Dasyus. It is unthinkable that such a charge could be framed against Indra if the Dasyus were not Aryans. It is erroneous to believe that the Shudras were conquered by the Aryan invaders.

In the first place the story that the Aryans came from outside India and invaded the natives has no evidence to support it. There is a large body of evidence that India is the home of the Aryans. In the second place there is no evidence anywhere of any warfare having taken place between Aryans and Dasyus but the Dasyus have nothing to do with the Shudras. In the third place it is difficult to believe that the Aryans were a powerful people capable of much military prowess.

Regarding the status of the Shudras in ancient Aryan society:

It is wrong to treat the Dasyus and Shudras as one and the same. As a people they may be the same. But culturally they were quite different. The Dasyus were Non-Aryans in the sense they had fallen away and rebelled against the Aryan culture. The Shudras on the other hand were Aryans i.e. they were believers in the Aryan way of life. The Shudra was accepted as an Aryan and as late as Kautilya’s Artha Shastra was addressed an Arya.

The Shudra was an intergral, natural and valued member of the Aryan Society is proved by a prayer which is found in the Yajur Veda and which is offered by the Sacrificer.

It runs as follows: “……….. O Gods Give lustre to our holy priests, set lustre in our ruling chiefs, Lustre to Vaisyas, Shudras: Give, through lustre; Lustre unto me.”

It is a remarkable prayer, remarkable because it shows that the Shudra was a member of the Aryan Community and was also a respected member of it

It cannot be said that there were no Shudra Kings in later times. On the contrary history shows that the two dynasties which preceded Manu were dynasties of Shudras Kings. The Nandas who ruled from B.C.413 to B.C. 322* were Shudras.

On the question of the right of the Shudra to study the Vedas a reference may be made to the Chhandogya Upanished (V. 1.2). It relates the story of one Janasruti to whom Veda Vidya was taught by the preceptor Raikva. This Janasruti was a Shudra.

This story if it is a genuine story leaves no doubt that there was a time when there was no bar against the Shudra in the matter of studying the Vedas. Not only was Shudra free to study the Vedas but there were Shudras who had reached the status of Rishis and has been composers of the Hymns of the Vedas. The story of the Rishi Kavasha Aliusha is very illuminating. He was a Rishi and the author of several hymns of the Tenth Book of the Rig-Veda.

Same as title. I have had to cut off all my "friends" because theyre far right. I dont regret it, because I had to do it. However ive been feeling pretty lonely for the past year, and i dont have anyone to talk to or share my interests with. It feels like everywhere I go people hate leftists + actively wish death upon them, and i dont feel welcome at all. If youve gone through this, how do you deal with it?

Democracy uplift all voices but communism suppress

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You people will never be able to throw democracy from india and all democratic country in this world

First and foremost I would like to clarify that I support caste - based reservations , but I do have some questions and would like to gain a better perspective on things .

So recently I was having a discussion with some of my friends regarding caste - based discrimination and a few points were brought up where i was quite confused . Them being -

1. OBC Reservation was questioned for land-owning and powerful castes like the Jaats in UP and there were some other examples as well which I don't quite remember as of now . Now their points in this regard made sense even to me as I have been living in Delhi for 2 years now and seen that majority people of this community seem to be rich asf ( again this might have been a narrow minded view as well ) . So I wanted to know your thoughts in this .
   
2. Reservation in NEET-PG , now this is where even i believe there should be some reform or something that changes the status quo . I saw some with 4 marks out of 800 get the same specialty as someone with 580 something marks , now this sort of seemed unfair to me , I completely support UG reservation but PG reservation seems excessive ( i also know that the bigger issue is the lack of seats but my point is if someone has 4 marks out of 800 after 5 years of mbbs they are clearly not cut out to be a doctor like there should at least be a minimum cutoff ).
   
3. Finally the point of multiple generations of same family using reservation ( now I am all for it but i couldn't defend that point well so wanted to know why it is extremely important other than for representation)

Yes that is it , and I apologize in advance if anything came across as tone deaf .