If it gives them solace, it is surely good for them.
Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 6:42 AM -0700 10/19/07,
SANDIP DUTTA wrote:
"It seems the people born with caste hindu tags are making a bee-line to
de-class themselves:-) "
*** Is it good or bad? Should they too submit themselves to their fathers'
sins?
How rightly said :-)). So declassing has become a self-inflicted "allergy"
now. Regards, Sandip
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From: uttam borthakur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 4:17:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] My Allergies
Dear Manoj You are correct. But in Assam and so in India, you will note
that the ruling polity has changed from what it was before the British came and
when they left. So, the caste -hindus as a 'class' ( some over -simplification
is involved though) have been enjoying the fruits of that change since then, as
the society has remained agarian and under-developed. But over time, the
divested ones began to assert themselves and the results are noticeable in
'Mandal' and such schisms. (It is an oversimplification again). Also the winds
of change that is blowing in the economy may qualitatively change this picture
in the coming days. If you look at Assam,its frequent divisions into smaller
units, transition from Bordolye to Sinha to Saikia and then to Mahanta again,
various ethnicities asserting themselves etc. indicate the shape of the things.
But again, some people want to equate castes with economic classes, which may
be an over-simplification. It seems the people born
with caste hindu tags are making a bee-line to de-class themselves:-) Sense of
guilt my dear, sense of guilt. You'll find it in the deepest niches of your
heart, however hard you try to deny it.
Manoj Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
we cannot really generalise. birth is a pure accident..:)
mkd
On 10/18/07, SANDIP DUTTA <[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 < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world
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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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