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  Is caste a superstition? Is caste a mental colonization? Are we humans truly superior to animals? We have control over resources, places, and even animals. If this is true, then being a Brahmin should mean having control over their inferiors too. So, why is it considered wrong? Woah, woah... got hurt? Before we assign superiority among ourselves, let's first understand ourselves and the labels we have given ourselves.   History Vedic period and how they started this mess? Let's go back to the Vedic period and see how this mess started. Even famous writer Valmiki had a humble past, raised by a hunter and was once a thief. In Indian history and literature, we give the Vedas a pedestal, seeing them as noble scriptures. We know they are divided into 4 Vedas: The varnas have been known since a hymn in the Rigveda, which portrays the Brahman priest, the Kshatriya noble, the Vaishya commoner, and the Shudra servant issuing forth at creation from the mouth, arms, thighs, and feet of...

  Heard of White Sheets on the First Night... Why is it so? There is a community in India called Kanjarbhat. In this community, after all the wedding rituals and customs are performed, they let the bride and groom go into a room, and then the groom is asked, "*Tujhe jo maal mila tha, voh khara mila tha ya khota?*" This means, "Were the goods you received good or spoilt?" Here, they are referring to the girl's virginity.   I think we pretty much got the point why is it important for us to know about virginity when india is bearing many incidents like even today!! For Context Let's delve a little bit into virginity and understand what it actually means. Virginity is a taboo social constraint used to determine whether a person has engaged in sexual intercourse or not. Now, how do people estimate that? In the vagina, there is a thin membrane called the "Hymen." People believe that during sexual intercourse, the hymen breaks, and it may cause slight ble...