Ep. 139: The Gita Press and Hindu Nationalism
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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Karpatri's Regressive Views on Women
Among several examples of Karpatri Maha's regressive views are most offensive. Women were considered a threat to the Hindu social order, where a woman was limited to the domesticswear as daughter wife or mother. In Marxism, since everything was state owned, there was no need for a woman to be in a relationship with one man. As there were no laws of inheritance and private ownership of property, Karpatri said, a woman became like a bucket of water that could winch the thirst of many men. Even Johnson got a point dumped him. And this book itself is hilarious.
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