At 11:57 AM -0500 10/19/07, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
>*** Is it good or bad? Should they too submit
themselves to their fathers' sins?
Depends on how they think and what they choose.
Everything may not be as sinful.
*** Does not have to be, unless it comes in a
take it all or leave it package, right?
"In order to make spiritual progress you must be
patient like a tree and humble like a blade of
grass"
- Lakshmana
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:55:30 -0500
To: assam@assamnet.org
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Assam] My Allergies
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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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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]>
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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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