Poverty and India

It is shocking to hear this...According to MPI , Multinational Poverty Index developed by the Oxford research center 8 states in India are poorer than the poorest of African nations...The states include West Bengal, Chattisgarh, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan among

India became free in 1947 after the British had won a pyrrhic victory over Hitler's Germany. They at that time were too weak to hold on to their possessions and Lord Attlee decided the time had come for the British to go away. The Indian Independence Act was passed by the British parliament and

The Caste system has been the bedrock of Hindu society for over 5000 years. We read about the caste system right from the time of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. The caste system is supposed to have been ordained by the Rishi Manu, whose Manusmriti is the Bible of the Caste system.