MANU

Manu and Manusmriti:

• Manusmriti, also known as Manava-Dharmasastra, records the words of Brahma
  
  
• The text presents itself as a discourse given by Manu to a group of rishis, who ask him to tell them the "law of all the social classes".
  
  
• Manu: In Hinduism he is regarded as the –
  • Progenitor of mankind (i.e. the First Man)
    
    
  • First king to rule this earth, who saved mankind from the universal flood.
    
    
  • He was initially known as "Satyavrata" (because of his honesty)
    
    
  
  
  

Statue controversy:

• The issue of shifting the Manu statue from the High Court premises has been pending ever since its installation in 1989.
  
  
• According to a section of activists, the Manusmriti, supposedly authored by Manu, had laid down “regressive laws” for women and the people of so-called lower castes.