As we all know the whole
controversy is being created by Mr Chandra Prasad Saikia and GOA. The battle is
far from over, and this is only the beginning, it seems.As it stands
now,they are trying to get rid of the Tai-Ahom name ASSAM (originally
written as ACHAM) and want to install the ASOM
Himenda:
I am yet to find a Hindu scholar
who would say that Caste was hereditary in past. Everybody, starting from
Radhaksrishnan and all, try to defend the position that the caste system was
actually NOT hereditary in the past citing examples like you did.
But till now nobody could
Title: Re: [Assam] Hereditary Caste System in
India
But Rajen,
One thousand years before
Mahabharata and Bhagavadgita, Chandogya Upanishad carried the
wonderful story of Satyakama where an illegitimate son of a slave
woman was accepted as a brahmin. Later Satyakama became the principal
hymn
Title: Re: [Assam] Hereditary Caste System in India
One thousand years before Mahabharata and
Bhagavadgita, Chandogya Upanishad carried the wonderful story of Satyakama where
an illegitimate son of a slave woman was accepted as a brahmin. Later
Satyakama became the principal hymn writer in
Title: Re: [Assam] Hereditary Caste System in
India
One thousand years before
Mahabharata and Bhagavadgita, Chandogya Upanishad carried the
wonderful story of Satyakama where an illegitimate son of a slave
woman was accepted as a brahmin. Later Satyakama became the principal
hymn writer in
Title: Re: [Assam] Hereditary Caste System in India
This is a oft repeated story by all
Hindu scholars including Dr Radhakrishnan. ( I will post the story when I find).
The full story says thatm since the slave girl was telling that she did not know
who wasSatyakama'sfather since she slept
I will agree with you. My only
point was that caste system was hereditary even in the past. Unless some proves
otherwise, let us accept it and proceed.
Nobody is blaming the Brahmins.
Brahmins did not start the caste system. In fact I am of the opinion that
the practice caste system is more
Title: Re: [Assam] Hereditary Caste System in
India
*** Ah, the plot REALLY thickens!
Good thing you knew THAT version of the story too. I
was going be what we were told, no doubt as the truth. It will
be interesting to see if there are YET other versions of the same
truth.
That leads us back
Title: Re: [Assam] Hereditary Caste System in
India
OooH! Touched a raw nerve or what :-)?
But it was NOT a Bamun-bashing festival. The shoes should are for
ALL those to wear on whom they fit.
It is about the absence of the ABILITY of REFORMS, the
ability that is touted to be the strong point
This has got to be one of the cleverest E-mails I've received in awhile.
Someone out there either has too much
spare time or is deadly at Scrabble. (Wait till you see the last one)!
DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM
PRESBYTERIAN: When you rearrange the letters: BEST
This is really welcoming news. Hopefully the GOA and the Center will take this seriously and make this a reality - ie Global companies are queuing up to make a hub for their Asian agro businesses.
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NDTV CorrespondentFriday, March 24, 2006 (New Delhi):America's
*** No wonder therefore, the hereditary caste-system is at par with all of them
who did and still do practise racism!
Hope you all don't mind my butting in.
What have these crafty Brahmins done now?
This thing about heredity is NOT confined just to Brahmins, is it?
Lets look:
Assamese don't
But I know the answer why they cannot.
I understand your position. But what is the answer as why they cannot?
My question is why the lower castes 'look up' to the brahmins? Why should they even take the names of Sarma or Goswami? Why are they trying to emulate the bamuns and want to take the
If an average candidate's wealth is calculated at Rs 10.12 lakh, his wife is presented as being in possession of some Rs 27 lakh. - The Statesman
And yet, the voting public is extremely happy to re-elect these scoundrels every election cycle.
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The jewel in the Assam politician's
Umesh:
On this one will have to go deeper.
First we need to determine when Gita was
composed.
Second, what was behind the theory of the four
caste system.
Third, how and when the caste system in India
actually started.
All these are linked up.
My position is that Gita has perpetuated the
It is perhaps better that these scoundrels are elected every time.
Otherwise, freshly elected representatives that are initially poor would
engage in much greater intensity of wealth gathering activity.
After all wealth gathering by politicians is not effortless. The fat old
incumbents have
Decision of
Armywithdrawal from Assam with the Centre: Gov
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=63056
Press Trust of India
Posted online: Saturday, February 18, 2006 at 1246 hours ISTNew Delhi, February 18: Favouring holding of direct talks with banned insurgent outfit
I think it has something to do with your 'a sudro
looking for a bamun priest' syndrome.
RB
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