The village - 14

...However, all this fabulous display of bravery is reserved to be used against helpless, weak and unarmed people who can barely manage to make the ends meet. None of this fabulous, legendry and god created inherently superior bravery was on display when it met with Muslim invaders and British colonizers. Then their righteous mightiness disappeared into unknown places with its tail tucked deep inside. At that time they gladly adjusted to their subordinated status; not an iota of an effective bravery was on display. All the bravery was trampled upon by the foreigners with ridiculous ease; the Hindus could rule only over a disarmed, unclothed and hungry population. Only a handful of foreigners were needed to bring this ancient and mammoth civilization down to its knees and that too with effortless ease. Absolutely at that time the question of their honor or honor of their womenfolk did not arise. The Muslim warriors who were without women were not supposed to play marbles with the girls and women of this land. It was forced Niyoga. The question of honor or dharma did not arise at that time. Actually the concept of dharma became malleable instead of being permanent or divine. The non-Hindu human beings could easily play with this divine dharma. This malleability or a tendency to capitulation enabled this Varna dharma to survive. They opted for submission to avoid further damage. Had they taken brave and rigid stand at that time then the dharma would have been destroyed totally. The authority of Muslims was submissively acknowledged. So it was not desirable for Muslims to push the servile Hindus too far. The sheer arrogance of higher Varnas got completely reduced to dust. Their pride crawled on the ground. At that time the eternal dharma went to pieces and nobody effectively objected to it. The God created intelligence, the God created bravery, which were used with killing effects against the untouchables refused to essay anything other than complete servility. A paralysis developed in the innate superior qualities. After all, the God created them to rule; they turned out to be miserable failures. Dharma survived by accepting the meek position of servitude and subordination. The divinely ordained intelligence and bravery hid themselves under the dust raised by the hooves of horses of Muslim invaders. These qualities readily mingled with earth on which the foreigners treaded with their mighty boots. The half-baked bravery and half-baked intelligence were reserved for the landless, hungry, weaponless, isolated untouchables living in small mud huts without any viable means of subsistence...