The smartest dominates.
**** On the contrary, the dominants tend to get smarter. Guess why!
"The smartest dominates." ploy has been used by the dominants to
justify their inevitable condition, and is perpetuated by gullible
people who buy the argument and help it spread :-).
At 9:24 AM +0530 10/19/07, Manoj Das wrote:
Dear Uttamda and Sandip
Castes have been used by politicians to create their own pockets,
niches and banks of influence. It's true that certain castes had
starting advantage after independence due to lead in education and
exposure and enjoyed or rather cornered the spoils of state's
resources, jobs, etc. But with education reaching out everyone is
almost at par now. Reservations and myriads of such instruments have
made opportunities available to even the down trodden. There too, a
particular group or the ones who got early entry are cornering the
opportunities from their fellow members.
In south being a Brahmin is a great disadvantage, as one of my Tamil
friend tells. History repeats and there is a class of sufferer
available all the time in a multi ethnic society like ours. It's a
group dynamics and struggle for survival. The smartest dominates.
Being fixed to a particular strata by birth is real frustrating and
demeaning to human life. But one has always the option to die as
someone else..say like a Muslim, Buddhist, Christian or as a member
of Srimanta Sankaraadeva Sangha :)
-manoj
On 10/18/07, Chan Mahanta
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At 2:44 AM -0700 10/18/07, SANDIP DUTTA wrote:
Very well said Manoj da. But if someone is born into a particular
grouping and he hates himself for it, what can it lead to.
Regards,
Sandip
**** Speak for yourself. Who is hating HIMSELF?
----- Original Message ----
From: Manoj Das <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the
world <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 2:37:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] My Allergies
we cannot really generalise. birth is a pure accident..:)
mkd
On 10/18/07, SANDIP DUTTA <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
C'da,
OK got it. But whats wrong in being a Hindu? Why is it sordid and
something not so nice to be - if thats how you look at it?
Regards,
Sandip
----- Original Message ----
From: Chan Mahanta <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the
world <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 10:19:25 PM
Subject: [Assam] My Allergies
You may or may not be aware of the fact that I was born a caste
Hindu. One slightly higher in the food chain than some and lower
than the demigods. So I know ALL I ever needed to know about caste
Hindus and their sordid but not-so-secret ways.
And Bengalis had nothing to do with it, even though I have many fine
and close Bengali friends who have told me of their Hindu baggage,
which I have no doubt, is much heavier and more soiled than the
kharkhowa caste-Hindus', and does not make it lighter or cleaner
even if it was brought out in the open in vivid colors by the
Naxals and assorted 'leftists'., however vile they might seem to the
children of the superior gods.
C'da,
Just one question out of curiosity. You mentioned in one of your
emails that you were living in West Bengal before you left India.
Did you pick up your allergies towards caste hindu/hindutwa and all
the associated ideas over there. I understand that Naxalism was just
beginning to take root there at that time. Seems you are caught in
that time wrap and your present ideas have its foundation from what
you saw or experienced?
Regards,
Sandip
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