Manuvāda

Manuvāda (also Manuvād, Manuwād, Hindi मनुवाद) is the ethos of a society governed by Manusmṛti. Manuvādi is a proponent of such an ethos.

In contemporary discourse, these terms (especially the latter) are often used oppositionally for contrasting their positions, interests, and viewpoints with a society that is informed by and/or identifies with Manuvāda, particularly with respect to caste.[1][2][3]

The term came to the fore in the politics of India in the early 2000s, during the government of the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. The term came to be used for the allegation of a hidden agenda of the nationalist parties by their opponents, for example, in 2003, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati remarked that "the Lok Sabha had been taken over by Manuvadi forces".[4]

References
  1. "Manuwadi, threat to India's integrity: Karnataka seer : Mail Today, News - India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  2. ""Speaker's 'review quota' call reflects Manuwadi mentality" - The Hindu". Thehindu.com. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  3. Avijit Ghosh (19 August 2011). "'Anna Hazare's movement is anti-social justice, manuwadi' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  4. Arvind Singh Bisht (June 17, 2003). "Rediscovering Manuvad?". The Times of India. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  • Shashi Shekhar Sharma, Imagined Manuvād: the Dharmaśāstras and their interpreters, Rupa & Co., 2005

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