Anatomy of Caste System
Book Review Title: Savitribhai Phule: Her Life, Here Relationships, Her Legacy Author: Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta Publisher: HarperCollins India, 2023 Pages: 271 S hastri, a Brahmin, is very unhappy with the reforms that the British Raj has introduced in Hindu traditions like banning the Sati system and introducing education to the low castes. So he engineers a way to reintroduce the Sati. When he sees a low caste man named Tambe on his way, he curses him and his entire family for the offence of not moving away from a Brahmin’s path. Tambe apologises and explains that since he was working he hadn’t noticed Shastri coming. Shastri offers a solution: go and get a live poisonous snake. Tambe doesn’t want his entire family to live under a Brahmin’s curse. So he goes to the forest to catch a venomous snake. And he is killed by the snake. Then Shastri spreads a message in the village that they’re going to be blessed with a Sati goddess. Tambe’s wife is going to be a Sati, a...
