The colour and creed - that <br />Manu gave <br />Set rules - put one above the other- <br />to bring in some order - <br />it will help people to live together <br />Manu said. <br /> <br />Varnas there were four <br />The thinker, The fighter, The seller and The toiler. <br />The head, The body, The abdomen and the foot. <br />The co-ordination between the four - did it <br />give the real colour to life. <br /> <br />Even great people like the 'Mahatma' and 'bharathiar' - <br />were 'FOR' the Varnas <br />The discrimination they accepted- any <br />inhuman aspect in it they rejected. <br /> <br />Bharathiar would say 'Living within the varna- <br />marrying within it- would emancipate man sooner' <br />Mahatma would say - <br />' A handed down profession is always better'. <br /> <br />Even in todays India- where the <br />broad four is no more relevent- <br />where everybody is stepping into any shoe available. <br />Even in todays India- after ages- <br />The colour instead of fading has darkened. <br /> <br />The money can come from anywhere-but- <br />The distinctness in their birth they would'nt spare. <br />Manu's varna was just a pattern-after all <br />Everybody has a head, body, abdomen and a foot. <br />Manu's varna was just a pattern - mind you- <br />It was'nt the 'Rainbow' <br /> <br />(manu was a saint who brought in classification of people into the indian soceity)<br /><br />Samanyan Lakshminarayanan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/manu-s-varna/
