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 <<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
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From: Chan Mahanta <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the
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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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