Caste System: 'Chardi' with a priest in the family Ref: My earlier writing on caste sytem etc..
I know some of you like it and some of you dont. This is for those who like it (others may please look away now) This is again about charddi Caste, I am sorry, but this is something we will never forget.. Just yesterday we (4) were in a pub near Majorda. Because we met each other after a long time, we were talking about our teenage life in our locality. There were 3 or 4 charddi families living in our village. There were about two others Nairobi/Kenya returnees families who also acted like chardis And this incident, we simply cannot forget. Every time we meet we do bring this topic up. Once we went for a small function with ladin (litany) to a Chardi family in our neighbourhood. After the end of the litany a male member of the family said please be seated by pointing his finger to a left side sal or seating room/hall. (the house had two halls one left of the entrance and the other to the right, the narrow entrance had the olotor(i) where litany was sung. Where as the other Chardi people automatically went to the right hall. As teenagers, we really did not take this that bad because we knew they were from higher class. What really shocking or insulting was this.. He heard the noises of crockery and cutlery in the chardi hall, we said Ah, aroz (pulav) asa mista, boxiamcho avaz eta..). To our surprise, we never got that Aroz or stov (stew) and all we got is a piece of birthday cake and soft-drinks. When we told this at home none of our parents took this lightly and said never go to their place again but no one had guts to confront them simply because they were of higher caste. As we grew older, we always asked ourselves How could they possibly do this to people?? We even find it more and more difficult to digest when we knew there was a young priest in the family (now very popular, well educted, well traveled, was working for Bishop house too). Padrimche Xermao vhoniek nhuim? Often we blame the older people in the caste but this is not always true. We found the young and the educated are even the worst. That's include NRIs too. Some of us working abroad, there we mingle with all type of people black, white, Punjabis, sardajis, malbaris, srilankans, tamils, keralite, Bangladeshi, Paistani, Indian ganties etc etc but once we are back home we still think we are above all by following the same age old tradition of caste system. Following is also commonly noted amongst the chardi families: - Always English speaking (we called it let-fet) Except those who are Poder or Render - Non-chardi locals never called them by names, instead, they would call them both young and old Bai and Baba - Birthdays and other functions, no locals are invited (strictly a family affair i.e. chardi families only) - Should there be a wedding in the family, locals are invited for the sake of inviting. They never mention about the free bus or transport simply because there no such free transport. However, a small mini bus will leave their residence with chardi people only. Note: No offence to anyone. Not all charddi may be the same (but I am yet to find one-different) If no one believes me on above, I am sure there would be atleast one who will, and that's the priest (if at all he reads). Not many houses have or had two seating rooms. [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa or http://is.rediff.com/profilevisitor.php?mem_id=48419 __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spread the Christmas Cheer, even when you're not here! Send classic greetings to your loved ones in Goa. EXPRESSIONS - 2007 Christmas Hamper Visit http://www.goa-world.com/expressions/xmas/ Or e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
