Mr Mishra, I would like to comment from the heading downwards. For your kind information, Varna and Ashrama are two different entities bound by the thread of Dharma.
1. Varna is classification by temperament and Ashrama is stages of life (Brahmacharya, Grahasta, Vanaprastha, Sannyasa). Of these two Ashrama is beyond comments as it is not your bone of contention. Take varna. Varna is temperament. I wrote a post clearly delinking Vedic thinking from Varnic muddle as is prevalent today half of which is due to post Buddhist influence. Please see http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/Jharkhand/message/3544 <http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/Jharkhand/message/3544> 2. Regarding your statement that Hinduism disrespects Hinduism: How false ! We worship Kali , Lakshmi and Saraswati and you still say this ? Compare Hinduism with any other religion. In medieval europe nearly 15 lah women were burnt and killed by the order of the Pope. Islam restricts women's entry into mosques. They eye women as possessions from Mohammed down to the laity. Mohammed married a six year old Aisha when he was 55 years old. All the western civilizations look at women as mere pleasure objects. They all faild to see the spirit soul that she was also. It is India, and Hinduism alone that glorified and still glorifies feminism. It is the only religion that teaches one to see every other moman as mother. Gargi and Maitrayani were tremendous Vedic scholars whose equivalent the world is yet to produce. 3. Manusmriti: Your statement on Manusmriti is debatable. The molten lead theory is rebutted in orthodox circles as a corruption (which was indeed never practiced). Arya Samaj has found pure, original Manusmriti copies where none of the above is found. Even the Rama Killing Shambuka is based on a fraud Ramayana called Uttara Ramayana (not in Valmiki). Dalit activism is welcome on facts not on fabrication. Nowadays Dalit activism are hijacked by missionaries. e.g. dalitnetwork Venkat ( a tribal + Brahmin) -
