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[Goanet]Brahminism and Cricket

George Pinto
Sun, 20 Jul 2003 12:56:56 -0700

I had no idea that supporting Indian cricket meant supporting the caste system!!  The 
author is
pretty tough on the movie LAGAAN too which I did not see.  Maybe time to support 
West-Indian
cricket instead ;-)

See article which appeared in Himal March 2002: 
http://www.himalmag.com/2002/march/essay.htm

See responses from Sudhanva Deshpande and others, as well as a rebuttal from Siriyavan
Anand: http://www.himalmag.com/2002/may/response_2.htm



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