--- Vivian D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is the modern world where people are > judged by their achievements and not whether they > were born to nobility or caste or even the color of > their skin. > Mario adds: All I can add is, Amen! However, one person responded to one of my posts on the subject some months ago to claim indignantly that high-achievers enjoy an "unfair advantage" over low-achievers. > Vivian continues: > As a Catholic I have no caste. > My family left casteeism behind when we converted or > were converted into Catholicism several centuries > ago. > Mario responds: You would think that any Goan Catholic with half a brain would know this, Vivian, and I'm sure they do in their hearts. But as we have seen, apparently the "higher castes" still use the system to signal their mythical superiority, and apparently the "lower castes" are now also using it to garner some benefits from government programs.
