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Santosh - I am sure you're correct about the reasons for the caste system in India today. And I feel that most people outside of India don't even think about the Hindu caste system; it's not at all on their radar.
It just seems that George is always tilting at some right-wing windmill somewhere in the world. :-)
Viviana
Santosh Helekar wrote:
I think George is referring to the Hindu right wing fundamentalists here, or the vestiges of their mentality in otherwise liberal Goan Catholics.
I wonder if conservatives in the U.S. realize that the Hindu caste system is the bedrock of conservatism in India. Indian liberalism has failed to eliminate it. I suspect this is so because we liberals have not tried hard enough. We have never backed our public denunciations with private actions in our own lives. There are many reasons for this, most of which are not very flattering, granted some may be as bland as a simple inertia or lack of courage to go against the grain.
Cheers,
Santosh
