Chapter Twenty-Six: Powerlessness

PS: There were some changes made in the previous chapter, which caused trouble to your reading, I apologize for your understanding!

"What are the two reasons?" Tan Mi asked.

Shakru raised a finger and replied: "On the one hand, because of the low employment rate of women, the political status of the family will naturally become low if there is no economic status, so in the traditional concept, the man thinks that he needs to support the woman for a lifetime in the future, so the woman's family must come up with a large subsidy, otherwise the woman's future living situation will definitely not be very good." On the other hand, because the woman's family wants to change the caste status, it is necessary to pay a large dowry to make up for the man. ”

"Caste, caste, caste, I really don't understand why you still insist on this completely unreasonable system when everyone is equal in the whole world, and you India are also a democracy?

Shakru pondered for a moment, and then replied: "Well, this question has been thought about for a long time, but unfortunately, there is basically no solution. First of all, there is too much resistance, because there are too many vested interests, and the vested interests mentioned here are not only Brahmins like me, in fact, almost all people in India are vested interests, because although the Vaishyas are inferior and discriminated against compared to Brahmins, at the same time they can also discriminate against Shudras and Dalits! Even the Dalits that are lowly to the dirt are divided into dozens or even hundreds of subcastes within themselves, and there is a chain of contempt in this, so if you are going to overthrow the caste system, it is tantamount to touching the interests of everyone, think about how difficult it is? And it has nothing to do with whether or not to receive higher education, even if I have a vested interest in not recognizing this system, the most I can do is not to fight the rebels, and expect me to overthrow this system. Destroy my vested interests, unless I'm a saint or a madman!"

"But even then, there should be a pariah at the bottom, and can't there be a leader among them? Tan Mi still asked without giving up.

Shakru nodded and replied: "Yes, it is true that some untouchables must be recruited, but most of the untouchable students who can go to college are actually the children of slaves of the high caste, after all, it costs to go to college, and the real untouchables will never be able to take it out, so most of them are high castes who send their slave children in, do you think such students will lead the overthrow of the caste system?"

And then there is a very important problem, which is that in our India, there is no tradition of rebellion, unlike in China, where there is a sense of rebellion among princes and generals. On the contrary, under the brainwashing of religion, untouchables will think that the reason why they became untouchables is because they have done bad things in their previous lives, and that their suffering in this life is atonement, and only by working hard to wash away their sins in this life, will they become a high caste and enjoy happiness in the next life, so even if you lead them to rebel, they will not agree. ”

"Those who have the ability will not do this, and those who can do this are incapable, it seems that this is really incomprehensible!" Tan Mi muttered depressedly, but then a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, and a good idea came to mind: "Since the caste system is regulated by Hinduism, then these untouchables don't believe in Hinduism." Isn't it possible to get rid of untouchability if you don't believe in Hinduism?"

"It's not that you don't believe it, it's like everyone around you thinks you're a murderer, and you say no, what's the use? Can you change other people's perception of you?" Shakru asked rhetorically.

"Then, you can always join another sect, right? For example, MSL, there should be no one to discriminate against there, right?" Tan Mi retorted.

"The method of proselytizing has long been thought of and done, but it does not have much effect, because in India, even Buddhism, XXX religion and Christianity there are caste classes, such as the same Christians, but the high-caste believers will definitely not worship in the same church as the low-caste believers, so the strong caste system forces other religions to divide the caste class, otherwise it will not develop in India at all. Shakru replied slowly.

Despite the argument against Tan Mi, Shakru's mood is still extremely heavy, after all, as a Chinese, he can't accept this unequal thing, but as he said to Tan Mi, he really can't do anything about this matter, after all, he is not a saint, it is impossible to give up everything for the happy life of the Indian people!

Not even this thought can be said to anyone, not even a loved one like Uncle Carthus, who was very nice to him. So one day when he was having dinner at Carter's house, Carter asked him curiously, "Little Shakru, what's the matter with you?

Shakru casually made an excuse, pointed to an old painting on the wall, and asked Carthus, "Oh, Uncle Carthus, I'm looking at this painting, it must be very historical, right?"

"Of course there is history! This is what our Pandit family has handed down, it has been hundreds of years, you see that the above sacrifices are the ancestors of our Pandit family, I think our Pandit family was the full-time sacrifice of the Pandit Kingdom, it is said that there are countless treasures, but unfortunately most of them fell into the hands of the British!" Carter said with emotion.

Shakru naturally knew that this was taken away by the British when India became a British colony, but he still asked a little unwillingly: "Then nothing is left?"

Karthus recalled, then replied, "It is said that some of the treasures are stored in the Padmanaba Swami Temple in Kerala, but unfortunately no one knows where the temple treasures are hidden, so they can't be found at all!"

Hearing the words "Padmanaba Swami Temple", Shakru's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration, because this treasure was so sensational when it came out in 2011, just opened a secret room, and the total value of the treasure found is said to have exceeded 500 billion rupees (equivalent to 73 billion yuan), and this is only an estimated value, if it is auctioned, the price may have to be doubled.

PS: Because the line of organ transplantation is invalid, I can only find another way for the protagonist to get money, so the temple treasure can only appear in advance.