'The Constitution, our new Manu Smriti, rejects homosexuals'

December 12, 2013 14:45

In every age there is a Manu who writes the Manu Smriti, code of appropriate social conduct for humans. The first Manu Smriti established the caste system and validated practice of untouchability and seeing women as being inferior to men. We rejected it, and rightly so, writes Devdutt Pattanaik on his blog.

'The Constitution, the new Manu Smriti, rejects homosexuals. At least, that is what the Supreme Court Judgement on IPC 377 seems to suggest in spirit, if not letter,' he says.

How did ancient India handle trans-gender issues? Devdutt, a popular author on India's epics, offers a view here.

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