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jbgud

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    Comment #24555019

    ... "there is no evidence in the Rigveda for an elaborate, much-subdivided and overarching caste system" [1] Caste and any discrimination is abhorrent, and like others have comment…

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    Comment #24529786

    >> India: lowest life expectancy India is 145th out of 201 nations measured [1]. Not great, but it's not the lowest as claimed. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_…

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    Comment #24392956

    Right, resort to personal attacks when you have nothing left to argue.

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    Comment #24392942

    Doniger and the publisher were taken to court like any civil society would. Publisher chose to drop the book instead of facing legal consequences. By the way, another publisher did…

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    Comment #24392187

    Selective reading of texts that are thousands of years old - to bash modern Hindus that do not believe in any of these.

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    Comment #24391666

    Scholars studying Hindu texts is not offensive to Hindus. What is though, is the racist perversion that some of them like Doniger make. Doniger's book is not "banned". It was withd…

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    Comment #24364010

    India should act in interest of India. Playing nice with the aggressor makes them more aggressive - it has been tried for past 60 years.

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    Comment #24348196

    Walmart's returns section is also (deliberately?) frustrating.

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    Comment #24026682

    >>Neither Apple nor Google have found TikTok problematic enough Security researchers have found it grossly problematic though. 1. https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-protecti…

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    Comment #24011634

    >> require an in-person interview, which the US (bafflingly) doesn't do. Not all, but at least premium ones do alumni-driven interviews.

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    Comment #23922550

    Agreed, I'd also like to see more transparency - nevertheless, this is exciting. Good luck!