Mario Goveia wrote: > Have either of you stopped to wonder WHY there are reserved categories for lower caste Indians, after millenia of blatant discrimination that continues against them today? > Only when we get to the point that most people judge others by the content of their character can you demand that the very systems that have been put in place to ameliorate the accumulated and harmful effects of caste be removed. > Date: 26 Apr 2008 11:34:44 -0000 From: "jane gillian rodrigues" > As per Mario's comments..... > He agrees with Mr. Arjun Singh, and in fact, gives reasons why caste-based reservations in govtmt jobs and govtmt educational institutions must continue. > So.......no further comment. > Mario clarifies: > I think your comments clearly illustrate why the caste system has been so difficult to stamp out. You seem oblivious both to the caste system and the harm it has caused. > The reservations policy was instituted in an attempt to balance the playing field because higher caste Indians heve refused to give up the advantages and positions of power they blatantly and callously acquired for themselves over thousands of years while keeping the lower castes downtrodden. > My call, and that of the other anti-casteists on Goanet, seeks to end the abomination of the caste system. Without the caste system there would be no need for a reservations policy. >
