Arun Shourie - Falling Over Backwards (2012)
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Should the judges, who quote a sentence or two from Manusmriti, not adduce evidence to establish, first, that the half a dozen verses that are cited again and again are representative of the work; second, that the smritis are intrinsic to Hinduism; third, that the kind of oppression and differentiation that these verses imply actually prevailed in practice?

— Arun Shourie on Manusmriti

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Should the judges, who quote a sentence or two from Manusmriti, not adduce evidence to establish, first, that the half a dozen verses that are cited again and again are representative of the work; second, that the smritis are intrinsic to Hinduism; third, that the kind of oppression and differentiation that these verses imply actually prevailed in practice?" in the context of "Arun Shourie - Falling Over Backwards (2012)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Arun Shourie

About Arun Shourie

Arun Shourie (born 2 November 1941) is a prominent journalist, author, and politician of India.