...of spiritual life mirrored that of civic life. Just as tribal elders were consolidated and transformed into kings and bureaucrats, so too were shamans and adepts devolved into priests and a priestly caste. This shift is by no means in nomenclature alone. While the shaman’s task was to negotiate between the tribe and the spirit world, on behalf of the tribe, as directed by the collective will of the...
... a remote and destitute state in eastern India. This violence seems to have been fueled, at least in part, by discontent at a time when the gap between India's haves and have-nots is growing. Caste Christian missionaries in India have focused on indigenous and lower-caste groups, including untouchables, or Dalits. Despite laws dating almost Indian independence in 1947, Dalits are often discriminated...
...wasn't sure whose really that i hate the most...and after some time it occurred to me yeah the one person I hate the most is the person who discovered,introduced or proposed,implemented the system of caste,sub-caste in this world not only in India. Then i had a target but it had no name was it just one person or many at the same time at different places.So as i said this is the person i hate the...
I don't seem to understand why reservations are required in education, and that too caste based reservations. Why reservations? Why caste over merit? Why meritorious people denied their seats? I have been thinking for a long time and came up with some conclusions. Let me share my thoughts one by one... Why reservations? The reservations are first introduced to balance the social composition in...
...downside undoes all the good work. In contrast, Ramu, Raju’s friend and fellow protégé succeeds with apparent ease. He has a wealthy, comfortable background in contrast to Raju’s lowly origins and caste. Indeed Ramu seems starred with instant success. Raju, on the other hand, always has to do things the hard way and, despite his obvious talent, keeps missing out on the glory. G V Rama Rao skilfully...
...bats to " teach erring men a lesson ." In one instance, they chased a woman's abusive, alcoholic husband into a sugarcane field and sorely thrashed him. They also go after corrupt government officials. Last year, they stormed a police station after cops refused to register the case of a low-caste man simply because of his social standing. Read more at: http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/7995
...never find a kajira when I need one. However my complaint is when you start to change the "essence" of what Gor is. The very philosophy of it. Recently there was a note card sent to me from the Caste of Physicians, of which I am a proud member. It dealt with how we should handle certain things and a variety of other issues. I will post this card and my responses to it when I return home, currently...
...is upset with sexy music videos which "play with Punjab's culture". In Gujarat, Modi causes property prices to rise . Whatever. Honour killings are not entirely unknown in India. Nor is caste-based discrimination in universities . As you may or may not be aware, Indian stock markets have been crashing a lot lately. Some blame the Vaastu of a recently installed bull statue . Whatever...
It looks like the central govt. of India seems to be going the way of some other state governments. It has suggested that there needs to be a way to increase reservation. It quoted statistics of people...linked, if not the same, sentence. What a pain! Another hierarchical madness; another vote bank; another day; soon people will forget and none may bother but endure and accept that life goes on
...say. So it won't happen. Staying with Gujarat, prohibition in the state has not prevented the national AA convention in Ahmedabad. Hic hic hooray. I have believed for some time now that caste discrimination is about more than superstition. It is also about preserving power hierarchies. But do school children get involved? Apparently, yes . In a state ruled by the champion of the dalits...
