Hey
Look at this video.
https://youtu.be/X1Gf46mHkIA?si=br3UYmA2VySt3erj
Relentless AI slop mixed with colonial era propaganda in Katherine Mayo style, with extraordinary AI made caricatures of Brahmins and some more lies. They show Tamil Nadu but somehow in the video the grandma is speaking Marathi. Here's a much better and more nuanced video on courtesans and Devadasis of ancient and medieval India.
In pre-colonial India, Devadasis (and related communities like the Maharis) held a highly respected position that completely subverted standard patriarchal norms: 1) they were among the few groups who could legally inherit, own, and manage land and wealth independently, 2) they were the primary custodians of classical Indian arts, they were experts of the natyashastra, and they composed devotional poems still chanted by millions, 3) they were Nitya Sumangali (eternally auspicious) because they were married to the deity rather than mortal men, freeing them from the strict social codes of widowhood.
To explain how evil the British colonial rule was and what damage the Christian missionaries have done, please go through this post. The British actually created an entire separate "caste of prostitutes". The anti-nautch movement dehumanised Indian woman just because of the way they dressed was not suiting Victorian sensibilities
💬 6 🔁 10 ❤️ 16 · I found that book on Project Gutenberg and on archive.org too and the British rule was infinitely more horrible than peop
Anyway, thanks for giving me the heads up. We must fight against this relentless propaganda.
